The 2025 NFL season will kick off Thursday night with two familiar foes, the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, bitter NFC East division rivals. As defending Super Bowl champions with home field advantage, this Week 1 matchup heavily favors the Eagles. That doesn’t mean the Cowboys are just going to roll over though.

While the Eagles are the heavy favorites to walk away with the victory in this Week 1 matchup, the Cowboys have the talent and firepower to pull off the upset. In order to do that though they will need a couple of key matchups to go their way.

DE Sam Williams vs. LT Jordan Mailata/RT Lane Johnson

From being a backup fighting for snaps to ascending to the top of the depth chart almost immediately after the trade of Micah Parsons, Sam Williams is definitely someone to ke

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