For all of the wrong reasons, there are a lot of things that have made the first eight weeks of the 2024 Dallas Cowboys season feel so much different than most in recent history. Yet in a division that refuses to seemingly ever have a runaway favorite, the Cowboys are likely going to stay relevant in the NFC East as the defending champions for at least a few more weeks. Just a year ago, the Cowboys won the division with a 12-5 record, and were 4-2 going into a week seven bye. Currently, they are just a game off this pace at 3-3 off of another week seven bye, but talks of repeating as division winners again have been replaced by much louder noise about Mike McCarthy being a “lame duck” coach or Jerry Jones needing to finally face the reality of his shortcomings as the general manager.
Cowboys have faced same issues in new year that 49ers exposed last season on SNF
