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Whether it be seeing Patrick Mahomes play, visiting Las Vegas or some other reason, which game are you personally looking forward to the most on the 2025 Cowboys schedule? – Michael Hernandez/San Antonio, TX
Nick: I say this just about every year and so I'm going to stick to my theme here. But I always put a lot of focus on the Week 2 game. This year, it's at home against the Giants. My reasoning is because usually by the second game is when we start to see what the team really is. For some reason, the emotions that come into the Week 1 game can sometimes paint an inaccurate picture for what the season will be. Take last year for an example. The Cowboys went and dominated the Browns on the road, creating a ton of excitement for the defense, only to come back in Week 2 and get completely mauled by the Saints, who turned out to be worse than the Cowboys when the season ended.
If you start the season 0-1, then you better get it turned around with a Week 2 win. If you somehow get the win in the opening game against the Eagles, then it's even more important to stack some wins together and get to 2-0. The best way to get to 8-8 is to go 1-1 and then 2-2 and so forth. So either you're adding to the success with a win, or you're stopping the bleeding after a Week 1 loss. Either way, Week 2 is usually a very telling game and this year, against a Giants team that has added a lot more on defense, it'll be an interesting matchup. Plus, in this case, it's a chance to either go 2-0 in the division or prevent going 0-2.
Tommy: I think the Cowboys-Bears game has a lot of really good storylines intertwined in it. Matt Eberflus returns to Chicago, a place he struggled in as head coach, with something to prove and a lot of his staff from the Bears now with him in Dallas.
It's a battle of two offensive minded, first time head coaches in Brian Schottenheimer and Ben Johnson. Dak Prescott faces off against the number one overall pick in the 2023 draft in Caleb Williams, who will be looking for a much better sophomore season. I think the Bears are one of the teams that improved the most over the offseason, and with Johnson at the helm, have a chance to be a pretty good team and a good test for where the Cowboys stand in the NFC picture .
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