Early Predictions for 2024 Season

stiletto

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Time to go on record with a pre-season shakedown...

L - @ Cleveland
W - New Orleans
L - Baltimore
W- @ NY Giants
W - @ Pittsburgh
L - Detroit
L- @ San Francisco
W - @ Atlanta
W - Philly
L - Houston
L - @washington
W - NY Giants
L - Cincinnati
W - @Carolina
W - Tampa Bay
L - @Philly
W - Washington

9-8 as it is right now for me and I think we might be lucky to get to 9.
 

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L - @ Cleveland
W - New Orleans
L - Baltimore
W- @ NY Giants
W - @ Pittsburgh
L - Detroit
L- @ San Francisco
L- @ Atlanta
L - Philly
L - Houston
W- @washington
W - NY Giants
L - Cincinnati
W - @Carolina
W - Tampa Bay
L - @Philly
L - Washington
 

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L • W1: at Browns
W • W2: vs. Saints
L • W3: vs. Ravens
W • W4: at Giants
L • W5: at Steelers
L • W6: vs. Lions
••• W7: Bye Week •••
L • W8: at 49ers
L • W9: at Falcons
W • W10: vs. Eagles
L • W11: vs. Texans
L • W12: at Commanders
W • W13: vs. Giants (Thanksgiving)
L • W14: vs. Bengals
L • W15: at Panthers
L • W16: vs. Buccaneers
L • W17: at Eagles
W • W18: vs. Commanders

As of today, I’d guess 5 - 11.

Once again, they enter the season without a threat at RB for opposing DCs to have to prepare against.

And they’re entering the season without great players at the interior of the DL to guard against the run and keep LB-ers clean, to make the opposing QB move out of the pocket, and to be able to blitz with only four rushers.

Also, they’re counting on too many unknowns to make major contributions, like players returning from major injuries and rookies transitioning from their last position played in college.

If they sign a good RB after game one, then I might feel differently. But that’s only a small part of the equation.
 

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9-8, 10-7 at best if they get lucky. But either way, no matter the outcome, the real question will be how they do in the playoffs.. Another one and done? Or do they at least win a WC game?
 

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Time to go on record with a pre-season shakedown...

L - @ Cleveland
W - New Orleans
L - Baltimore
W- @ NY Giants
W - @ Pittsburgh
L - Detroit
L- @ San Francisco
W - @ Atlanta
W - Philly
L - Houston
L - @washington
W - NY Giants
L - Cincinnati
W - @Carolina
W - Tampa Bay
L - @Philly
W - Washington

9-8 as it is right now for me and I think we might be lucky to get to 9.
seems about right , 9 wins , and could easily be 8-9 , the games at Pittsburgh and against Tampa will likely be a losses.
 

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Excluding the non-compete game where in week 17 of 2017 Philadelphia rested their starters, Dallas has lost FIFTEEN consecutive games in outdoor stadiums against 11+ win opponents, including playoffs:

2023 Miami 20-22

2023 Buffalo 10-31

2023 Philadelphia 23-28

2023 San Francisco 10-42

2022 Philadelphia 17-26

2022 Jacksonville 34-40

2022 San Francisco 12-19 (playoff game)

2021 Tampa Bay 29-31

2021 Kansas City 9-19

2021 San Francisco 17-23

2020 Seattle 31-38

2020 Baltimore 17-34

2018 Rams 22-30 (playoff game)

2016 Giants 7-10

2016 Green Bay 31-34 (playoff game)



In 2024, Dallas plays

At Cleveland (11+ wins should be a lock unless Deshaun misses significant time again)

At Pittsburgh (Very plausible 11 win team if Russ is even a little better than Kenny Pickett)

at SF (assured 11 win team)

at Philadelphia (11 win team even in a disaster year, evidently), where Dallas has lost 4 of their last 5

Don’t take these 4 games lightly
 

john van brocklin

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Time to go on record with a pre-season shakedown...

L - @ Cleveland
W - New Orleans
L - Baltimore
W- @ NY Giants
W - @ Pittsburgh
L - Detroit
L- @ San Francisco
W - @ Atlanta
W - Philly
L - Houston
L - @washington
W - NY Giants
L - Cincinnati
W - @Carolina
W - Tampa Bay
L - @Philly
W - Washington

9-8 as it is right now for me and I think we might be lucky to get to 9.
Looks about right.
I see another L at the squealers.
So 8 and 9 ...
 

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Excluding the non-compete game where in week 17 of 2017 Philadelphia rested their starters, Dallas has lost FIFTEEN consecutive games in outdoor stadiums against 11+ win opponents, including playoffs:

2023 Miami 20-22

2023 Buffalo 10-31

2023 Philadelphia 23-28

2023 San Francisco 10-42

2022 Philadelphia 17-26

2022 Jacksonville 34-40

2022 San Francisco 12-19 (playoff game)

2021 Tampa Bay 29-31

2021 Kansas City 9-19

2021 San Francisco 17-23

2020 Seattle 31-38

2020 Baltimore 17-34

2018 Rams 22-30 (playoff game)

2016 Giants 7-10

2016 Green Bay 31-34 (playoff game)



In 2024, Dallas plays

At Cleveland (11+ wins should be a lock unless Deshaun misses significant time again)

At Pittsburgh (Very plausible 11 win team if Russ is even a little better than Kenny Pickett)

at SF (assured 11 win team)

at Philadelphia (11 win team even in a disaster year, evidently), where Dallas has lost 4 of their last 5

Don’t take these 4 games lightly
Every fan here even the homers will agree they likely lose 2 - 3 of those.

I have them losing the two obvious ones at Philly, losing at San Francisco.

I believe they beat Pittsburgh but also lose to Cleveland.
 

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Every fan here even the homers will agree they likely lose 2 - 3 of those.

I have them losing the two obvious ones at Philly, losing at San Francisco.

I believe they beat Pittsburgh but also lose to Cleveland.
I really think Cincy is the fourth best team in that division, even with 17 games out of burrow. Joe’s injury is the throwing hand, who knows if he’s 100% out of the gate. They lost Joe Mixon. They lost Tyler Boyd. Tee Higgins is not happy, Trey Hendrickson is not happy, and there’s a decent chance at least one of them is on another team opening day. Their Oline is still problematic even with all the fixes they’ve attempted the last 3 years.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, won 10 games last year with HORRIBLE QB play. The QBs they had threw 13 total TDs in 2023… Even if Russell Wilson still plays at a substandard level, some combination of Russell and Fields is gonna be quite a bit better than that. Patrick Queen was a big get. Trading away Diontae Johnson was a net positive. Fautanu was an awesome get in the draft. That is a strong team
 
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I really think Cincy is the fourth best team in that division, even with 17 games out of burrow. Joe’s injury is the throwing hand, who knows if he’s 100% out of the gate. They lost Joe Mixon. They lost Tyler Boyd. Tee Higgins is not happy, Trey Hendrickson is not happy, and there’s a decent chance at least one of them is on another team opening day.

Pittsburgh, meanwhile, won 10 games last year with HORRIBLE QB play. Even if Russell Wilson still plays at a substandard level, the QBs they had threw 13 total TDs in 2023… some combination of Russell and Fields is gonna be quite a bit better than that. That is a strong team
Doesn't matter, they'll have a backup who we dont' know about who will destroy us
 

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They end with six of nine at home.

If they can tread water early and Mike doesn’t lose the team….as he easily could for several reasons…they could make a run, and head into January with some momentum, which would be a change.

I just can’t see them being good enough to take the next step from there and I really don’t know why they are passing on at least trying to add better personnel (namely at DT and RB) after issuing a statement that claims they think they are “close” after the playoff loss.

I just don’t get who exactly is in charge and what they are thinking and why. Doesn’t add up.
 
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