AMERICA’S STREAM: WHY VEGAS IS WRONG ABOUT COWBOYS SCHEDULE RELEASE

Releasing the season slate for each team has become a social media holiday. This year, Dallas produced a livestream full of Easter eggs that even most casual football fans could easily locate and laugh at.

Our own Gavin Dawson immediately went all-in on the over/under of 7.5 wins, calling the Dallas Cowboys 2025 projection a sucker’s bet.

Here’s how the Dallas Cowboys prove Dawson wrong amidst a trio of divisions that look top-heavy on paper going off Roger Goodell’s wink-and-nod script.

NFC EAST EQUALITY. The Philadelphia Eagles regress from reloading to repeat into disease-of-more dystopia as another odd year evens out Nick Sirianni’s rollercoaster hold on front-running emotions. The Washington Commanders struggle with the weight of great expectations as Jayden Daniels shifts from running away with Rookie of the Year honors to running into schemes better-equipped to stymie his virtual reality-enhanced gifts. And the New York Giants quarterback roulette simply drops the ball, again.

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Dak Prescott owns a 33-8 career record against these three teams. Breaking even gets Dallas to 3-3. 

NFC NORTH HALVSIES. The Detroit Lions continue biting their own kneecaps when the league realizes that the analytics guy in Dan Campbell’s ear was Ben Johnson’s genius the whole time. The Minnesota Vikings medical staff reports in that J.J. McCarthy’s knee cartilage is actually grandma’s special peanut brittle mix. The Green Bay Packers revolving door of playmakers plays more curse than schemed blessing. And even with a mad scientist roaming the Midway sideline, the Chicago Bears cannot mature Caleb Williams into a checkdown merchant to protect him from himself.

Is it really a monster of an ask for a pair of wins in these four games? 2-2 keeps Dallas at .500 and gets you to five wins.

AFC WEST SPLITSVILLE. A plus-59 point differential didn’t just give 2024’s 15-2 Kansas City Chiefs a smoke-and-mirrors feel from week to week—it would’ve made them one of the weakest Super Bowl champs of all-time. The Reid-Mahomes factor is as real as the zebras; the former is also a theme that bleeds through Harbaugh-Herbert and Payton-Nix veins for the Los Angeles Chargers and Denver Broncos, respectively. Pete Carroll is a vibe and the Chip Kelly-Ashton Jeanty pairing with the Las Vegas Raiders will keep defensive coordinators up at night. Still, just a pair of victories brings you to the brink.

Noticing a trend? Winning every other matchup breathes fire into the over and gets Dallas to seven dubs on the docket.

THE BEST OF THE REST. New York Jets. Carolina Panthers. Arizona Cardinals. Three relative gimmies needing only one win to, well, win. Even if you don’t think Dallas can break even within the NFC East, NFC North, and AFC West, a stumble against each grouping keeps you on the verge of a winning ticket with a clean sweep here.

Vegas is forever tantalizing. For the 2025 Dallas Cowboys, anything resembling mediocrity makes the 7.5 line a must-watch as the season approaches.

Still on the fence even though Michael Irvin predicts 12 wins for his beloved franchise?

Check out why Dawson might be more than right in this companion post from the How Bout Wow newsfeed.