Technically, the Dallas Cowboys won’t reach the one-quarter point of the 2025 season until the end of the first quarter on Sunday in New York. Still, it’s close enough to look at the season so far.
The Cowboys sit at 1-2-1 after Sunday night’s overtime thriller against Green Bay.
They are a blocked extra point and a 64-yard field goal away from being 0-4 at the quarter-pole instead.
Just four weeks into the season, there are some pretty cut-and-dried trends already emerging. The offense is very good.
The defense is very bad.
Here are some of the trends that have developed over the first quarter of the season.
Home And Away
At AT&T Stadium, Dallas is 1-0-1 and has scored 40 points in each of the games.
The defense has given up 77 points at home. The pass defense is almost non-existent.
Both of the Cowboys’ losses have come away from AT&T. Dallas has been outscored 55-34 in those two losses.
The Bears beat the doors off of the Cowboys two weeks ago because the defense could not stop them.
Unfortunately, in those two losses, Dallas’ offense hasn’t showed up like it has at home.
That’s a dangerous trend for the Cowboys to continue. Their next two games, and three of the next four, are on the road.
Dallas will play nine road games in 2025 against only eight at home.
The Cowboys need to start winning outside of Texas, or they can forget the playoffs this year.
Secret To Prescott’s Success
Dak Prescott is off to one of his best starts in his 10th season in Dallas.
Through four games, Prescott is 121-for-166 (72.9%) passing with 1,119 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions. He has 22 rushing yards and a touchdown on five carries as well.
He’s moving around in the pocket better, and he’s getting more breaks going his way than against, a marked difference over the past few years.
But the real reason why Prescott is off to such a strong start is the presence of Javonte Williams in the backfield.
Signed as a free agent over the offseason, Williams has 312 rushing yards and four touchdowns already this year. He’s added 74 yards on 18 receptions.
The threat of him running has bought Prescott the extra time he’s needed to move the ball via the air.
George Pickens, another offseason acquisition, has also contributed, especially with CeeDee Lamb being out.
Pickens has 300 yards on 21 catches with four going for touchdowns. He had a monster night On Sunday against Green Bay with 134 yards and two scores on eight catches.
This formula needs to continue for the Cowboys the rest of the season.
No Defense For The Defense
Dallas has the worst-ranked defense in the league right now.
The biggest problem is that there doesn’t seem to be a lot of help coming to fix it.
Both DaRon Bland and Trevon Diggs are not full back to 100% yet in the backfield. Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown is still looking like a Thanksgiving Day return at best.
The defensive line isn’t getting pressure on the quarterback nor are they shutting down the run much either.
The unit has forced just two turnovers, a fumble and an interception, and has only four sacks. James Houston has half of those, and he can’t seem to buy significant playing time for some reason.
There has been talk of using one of the two draft picks acquired from the Packers in the Micah Parsons trade.
But, honestly, who is out there that Dallas could get that would actually help?
This unit, and defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus, needs to get it together and soon. Prescott and the offense cannot score 40 points a game every week.
Ultimately, this defense will determine how the 2025 campaign ends for the Cowboys.
