Sounds like wishful thinking on your part. I honestly don’t see us being better. We’re going to lose too many good players and likely downgrade at those positions.
Like I already said, I think the 12-5 record last season reflects two things 1. A team who went 6-0 against the pathetic NFC East. and 2. A 6-6 record including playoffs against the rest of the league. I lean towards the latter as far as what the Cowboys were last season, an average team who could run up points against bad teams.
It's entirely possible that we can be a better team this next season, in the sense that we can shed some overpaid players who are not worth investing in for the future. We can easily fill spots, maybe not with the best talent, but good enough players for far less money. Players who are younger and more hungry who will get better as the season progresses.
I'll take that over what we had last year. A team loaded with overpaid talent who got worse as the season progressed.