In mid-September, when the Cowboys had just improved to 1-1 on the season, we took a look at the Elo ratings published on FiveThirtyEight.com and saw that they predicted double-digit wins for the 2021 Dallas Cowboys.
This early projection was not entirely convincing for some of the Cowboys faithful.
“I thought ELO was a band. Who knew they were oddsmakers too?”
“I’m still predicting 8 or 9 wins until I see evidence that the Cowboys are a good team that can string some wins together.”
“I’m sticking to my original 8-9 forecast for now.