{"id":48230,"date":"2025-05-14T09:16:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48230"},"modified":"2025-05-14T09:16:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T09:16:12","slug":"breaking-cowboys-get-grim-news-in-latest-nfl-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48230","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING : Cowboys Get Grim News in Latest NFL Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"l-article__header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"l-article__meta\">\n<div class=\"l-article__meta-item l-article__meta-item--dates\">\n<ul class=\"c-meta c-meta--post c-meta--list c-meta--dates\">\n<li class=\"c-meta__item c-meta__item--updated\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__content\">\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\">\n<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2182723114-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2182723114-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2182723114-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/GettyImages-2182723114-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-img-load-time=\"331\" data-dom-ready-time=\"413\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Dallas Cowboys have a lot of excitement in their camp right now, but it&#8217;s not all the best news when it comes to the upcoming season.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys\/\">D<\/a>allas Cowboys\u00a0have a lot of excitement in their camp right now, especially since the NFL announced that the team will be playing in the\u00a0first NFL game of the season\u00a0on Thursday, September 4, going up against the\u00a0Philadelphia Eagles. The kickoff game will be a great opportunity for the Cowboys to show off their new team, including new head coach Brian Schottenheimer and a once again healthy franchise quarterback in the talented\u00a0Dak Prescott.<\/p>\n<p>But, it\u2019s not all good news for the Cowboys. The NFL has also unleashed the predicted\u00a0\u201cstrength of schedule\u201d\u00a0for all 32 NFL teams. It\u2019s similar to\u00a0earlier reports\u00a0that have come out indicating the difficulty of the NFL\u2019s schedules for 2025, and it brings some tough news for the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Dallas Cowboys in 2025<\/h2>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys ended their\u00a02024 season 7-10, and they didn\u2019t make the playoffs, so hopefully 2025 will be a comeback season for the team. Considering that the Cowboys didn\u2019t have the strongest season, one might thing that they NFL would give them an easier schedule, but that\u2019s not the case.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0NFL\u2019s post with Caesars Sports, the Cowboys have the fifth most difficult schedule in the NFL for 2025. C\u2019mon, guys, do they really deserve that?<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>But, at least there are four teams that have a tougher schedule than the Cowboys. The\u00a0New York Giants, despite being tied for the worst record in the NFL for 2024, have the most difficult schedule for next season. Based on opponent winning percentage from last year, the Giants will have the toughest opponents, followed by the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions, who are both tied at No. 2. The Philadelphia Eagles are at No. 4, followed by the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<p>As for the easy schedules for 2025, the\u00a0San Francisco 49ers\u00a0have the easiest schedule in the league. The\u00a0New Orleans Saints\u00a0and\u00a0New England Patriots\u00a0also have among the easiest schedules for 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-2 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_2\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>So, how did the Cowboys get handed such a difficult schedule despite having a weak standing in the NFL last season? It\u2019s because of the collective performance of the NFC North during the 2024 season. That\u2019s also why the Bears, Lions, Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings all have more difficult schedules.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the good news is that just because the Cowboys have a difficult schedule for 2025, that in no way means they will have a losing season. So, chin up.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-3 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_3\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Followers React to the NFL Strength of Schedule<\/h2>\n<p>When the NFL posted their strength of schedule, followers took to X to comment on the NFL\u2019s post. Some of them noticed that the 49ers were given an easy schedule and said that was expected.\u00a0\u201cLeague giving 49ers easiest SOS, what a shock,\u201d\u00a0one follower stated on X. \u201cNiners superbowl here we come,\u201d another stated.<\/p>\n<p>Other followers commented on the New York Giants having the toughest schedule for 2025. \u201cIt\u2019s not a shock that the Giants have the hardest,\u201d\u00a0one follower stated. \u201cWhat did the Giants do to deserve this?!\u201d\u00a0another said\u00a0along with a skull emoji. \u201cReally had to give the Giants the hardest schedule? Bad enough already\u2026\u201d\u00a0another stated.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-content adthrive-content-4 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,25816858\/AdThrive_Content_4\/5ad7479721520f50ab7da88e_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"google-ad-manager-fallback-container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-content entry-content\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__author-bio\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty The Dallas Cowboys have a lot of excitement in their camp right now, but it&#8217;s not all the best news when it comes to the upcoming&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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