The viability of the 2025 Dallas Cowboys being a team in playoff contention is on the line as the team plays a late afternoon kickoff from AT&T Stadium for the first time in week seven. The Cowboys will stay in either this timeslot or primetime for the following seven weeks after this Commanders game, and it will take a complete team effort to avoid going into this stretch at 2-4-1. If it feels like things have already reached a fever pitch with how much national and local coverage has gone into stating the obvious about how bad the Cowboys defense has been, the sobering news is there’s still room for it to get worse. The Commanders offense presents challenges in all of the areas this defense has looked helpless to stop, making this yet another game the Cowboys will need near flawless exec
Cowboys defense must allow offense to stick with run game to beat Commanders

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