Richard Paolinelli
When the Carolina Panthers entered the league in 1995 nobody expected them to succeed early. The Dallas Cowboys certainly would have preferred not to have seen them the first three seasons the Panthers played in the NFL. The first two times the teams met the Panthers walked off the field winners – including a stunning 26-17 …
The 15th all-time meeting between the Dallas Cowboys and the Cincinnati Bengals will have more than one storyline. Dallas is 10-4 all-time against Cincinnati – 7-1 at home but just 3-3 in Ohio. The Cowboys haven’t lost to the Bengals in 20 years. It has been 36 years since Cincinnati has come to Dallas and returned …
It isn’t as if the rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Commanders needed any extra spice. For what will be a 65th season, the teams have slugged it out. Many times with the divisional title, playoffs and even a trip to the Super Bowl at stake. Back when they were still the Redskins, Washington was …
The Houston Texans arrive at AT&T Stadium in Week 11. It will be the seventh meeting between the two franchises since Houston joined the NFL in 2002. The Cowboys hold a 4-2 advantage in the win column for the series. But the Texans are an up and coming team. After three straight losing seasons, Houston has …
The Dallas Cowboys will not encounter the Philadelphia Eagles in 2024 until the 10th week. They will meet again in Week 17. Last year they played in Week 9 and again in Week 14 and somehow the Cowboys overcame an early division lead by the Eagles. This year they might go into the first matchup fighting …
When the Cowboys travel to Atlanta for their Week 9 showdown, they might want to leave some baggage behind. Namely, they aren’t that good when they play the Falcons in Georgia – at least in the regular season. Dallas is 2-0 in the postseason when they play in Georgia however. They beat the Falcons in the …
The rivalry between the Dallas Cowboys and the San Francisco 49ers is one of the most iconic in the NFL. In addition to 31 regular season meetings – dating back to 1960 – the teams have clashed nine times in the playoffs. Six of those games were for the NFC championship. The team that won five …
The Dallas Cowboys could be sitting anywhere in between 5-1 and 1-5 when they reach the seventh week of the 2024 NFL schedule. Whether they are sitting atop the standings (5-1), or wondering what happened (1-5), the week off is timely. They start a crucial stretch of the schedule in the weeks that follow. The 49ers, …
You have to figure that the Detroit Lions immediately circled their Week 6 game when the schedule was released on May 15th. They return to what they consider the scene of an unforgivable crime. And they’ll be looking for payback. The Lions feel they scored the game-winning two-point conversion when the teams last met back in …
The history between the Dallas Cowboys and Pittsburgh Steelers is one of the most documented in the NFL. The two teams have met three times in the Super Bowl. With Dallas winning the last meeting nearly 30 years ago after the Steelers narrowly won the first two. Pittsburgh’s two championship wins were by a combined eight …
The Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will meet for the 125th and 126th time this season. In the last seven season – 14 games – the Giants have only recorded one victory in the series. That was a four-point win on Jan. 3, 2021, in New York. The year Dak Prescott played in the first …
The Dallas Cowboys and Baltimore Ravens will meet for only the seventh time since 2000. That was the first year of the new Baltimore franchise’s existence. Given the Ravens 5-1 record in the previous six meetings, Dallas would likely prefer to see the team fly off somewhere else. There’s also the matter of the Ravens winning …
When the New Orleans Saints arrive at AT&T Stadium in the second week of the season they will do so at a disadvantage historically. The Saints haven’t beaten the Cowboys in Dallas since Dec. 23, 2012. And they had to go into overtime after blowing a late 14-point lead to do it. The Cowboys have won …
When the Dallas Cowboys open the 2024 season – their 65th in the NFL — in Cleveland on Sept. 8th, they will have two streaks in play. First, they will look to win their second straight season-opening game after dropping three in a row from 2020-23. Second, they will look to beat the Browns for the …
The reactions to the New York Giants’ new alternate jersey for 2024 have been – mostly – brutal. And with good reason. They might just be one of the ugliest uniforms in NFL history. And given the way some of the older uniforms looked, that’s saying something. Judge for yourself. I’m not sure who put this …
Going into the 2024 season, if there is a single position room on the Dallas Cowboys’ roster that is locked down it is the defensive backs. It is certainly the strongest of the three rooms on the defensive side of the ball. Even if the Cowboys decide not to bring back free agent Stephon Gilmore. Prior …
The NFL officially released its 2024 schedule Wednesday night. The Dallas Cowboys have the 12th-toughest schedule for the season. The league didn’t do them too many favors with where and when the Cowboys play in 2024 either. Dallas will only play eight games on the road this season. But they play three of their first games …
Early last week the NFL informed more than one of its franchises that the 2024 regular season schedule was coming out on Thursday, May 9th. Everyone got ready. Everyone got set. Then the NFL said: “Go…away until next week.” No explanation was given for the last-minute, six-day delay – unprecedented in NFL history. But there were …
Even if Micah Parsons and Sam Williams split time on the line and at linebacker there is one big issue in Dallas: The Cowboys are thin at this position in 2024. And it doesn’t look like there’s any help coming. Both Parsons and Williams are listed as defensive ends on the depth chart. Both can move …
I’m going to preface this article with an admission. Last year I watched both the USFL and XFL spring football leagues religiously. This year, not so much. Primarily because when the two leagues merged they axed the two teams I rooted for. With the departure of the New Orleans Breakers (USFL) and the Seattle Sea Dragons …
Last year I postulated that anything less than an NFC Championship game appearance would spell the end of Mike McCarthy as Head Coach of the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas suffered another early playoff exit despite a third-straight 12-5 season. But McCarthy still has his job – for now. He’s on the last year of his contract and …