At the beginning of each NFL regular season, optimism is usually high, especially for teams like the Cowboys who have a realistic shot at raising a Lombardi in February, 2024 if things play out as we hope.
Every team – even the best teams – have questions going into season, and the answers to those questions will ultimately determine a team’s results for that season.
Here are some of the key questions that seem most relevant to me for the Cowboys to have success this upcoming season:
- Will the Cowboys be able to produce a third straight 12 win (or more) season for the first time since the mid-90s?
- Will the Cowboys make the playoffs for the third straight year for the first time since the mid-90s?
- Will Mike McCarthy’s new offensive wrinkles be more or less effective than the Kellen Moore led offense?
- Will Dak reduce the number of interceptions from last year to this year?
- Will the offensive line be able to stay healthy enough to remain effective?
- Will Tyron Smith be able to stay healthy for at least 12 games for the first time since 2019? (If not, will there be enough depth in the OL to compensate for his loss?)
- Will the defense continue to be as good or better than the offense?
- Will Micah Parsons be as dominant or even more dominant than his first two seasons?
- Will the defense improve its ability to stop the run?
- Will new K Brandon Aubrey be a reliable and steady weapon for the entire season?
- Will Mazi Smith, Luke Schoonmaker, Deuce Vaughn, and the other young players on the roster develop into reliable players this season?
- Will this team remain relatively healthy?
- Will the Cowboys be able to give Trey Lance enough opportunities in practice and/or games to develop?
- Will this team be mentally tough enough to handle the adversity they will encounter?
- Will this team prove to be as physically tough (or tougher) than the other physical teams like SF and Philly?
There are probably a lot more questions. What are some q’s you have?
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