Back in April, CG Technologies in Las Vegas (formerly known as Cantor Gaming), released point-spreads for the first 16 weeks of the 2016 NFL regular season. Week 17 is generally excluded from these early projections due to high variance caused by potential playoff seeding, teams resting their starters or only playing them part-time, etc.
At the time, the Cowboys were projected for nine wins, and that total dropped to eight wins at the start of the season, capping an offseason full of ridicule.
- During free agency, the Cowboys brought in a handful of players most pundits had to look up on Wikipedia - and signed draft megabust Morris Claiborne to an extension.