Since the Cowboys won Super Bowl XXX following the 1995 season, the team has started with a 5-1 record only four times—2003, 2007, 2014, and 2016. Dallas wound up in the playoffs during those three previous seasons, and the Cowboys certainly looked like a playoff team in a 30-16 win at Lambeau Field in Green Bay.

Zeke Elliott has been simply awesome. He gained 157 yards on 28 carries, giving him 130 or more yards in four consecutive games. He has 703 yards on 137 carries, giving him a 5.