The Dallas Cowboys lost this past week which means that focus has now shifted for many back to the 2025 NFL Draft. Perhaps that has remained your priority all along, but it goes without saying the little winning streak had a few people mildly distracted.
If you assign yourself to Team Tank then you are likely particularly pleased with Monday night’s loss as it came to the Cincinnati Bengals who began the game with a worse record than Dallas. Despite beating the Cowboys, the Bengals still currently sit ahead of them in projected NFL Draft order.
At the moment the Cowboys hold the 12th overall pick.
If you are curious, the Cowboys sit behind the Bengals and New Orleans Saints due to the strength of schedule tiebreaker. Obviously it is ironic given that Dallas lost to both of them.
There are currently four games remaining for the Cowboys and only one against a team in front of them in the projected draft order. That game happens to be this coming Sunday against the Carolina Panthers, but even if Dallas loses (the Cowboys are the underdog for what it is worth) they will still have one more win than the Panthers due at week’s end.
Getting inside of the top 10 would require some luck in addition to losing more games for the Cowboys at this point. This has been the point of people wanting to tank for some time, but it is worth mentioning that Dallas would be at eighth overall if they hadn’t won their games against the Washington Commanders and New York Giants.