Dak Prescott at line of scrimmage
Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)
The NFL schedule release is around the corner, and one of the more talked about teams is the Dallas Cowboys.

The Dallas Cowboys starting the season on the road is a favorite of the schedule creators. Dallas has started the first game away from home for four of the previous six seasons, and this year will be no different.

A new rumor states that the Cowboys will be opening the season on the road at Levi’s Stadium to take on the San Francisco 49ers.

The Dallas Cowboys 2024 schedule will feature seven playoff teams from last season and some tough road and home matchups, via DallasCowboys.com.

In 2023, the Cowboys had an easier schedule, which allowed them to dominate weaker opponents. They have the 15th-easiest schedule in the league, thus this year’s is not the most difficult one.

Dallas’ schedule features the teams from the AFC North and NFC North, the Detroit Lions, and the San Francisco 49ers, in addition to its annual divisional opponents. Nine of Dallas’ games will be played at AT&T Stadium, while the remaining eight will be played away.

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They have home games against the New York Giants, Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, New Orleans Saints, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Detroit Lions, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, and Houston Texans.

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The Cowboys will be hitting the road against the New York Giants, Washington Commanders, Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Pittsburgh Steelers, and Cleveland Browns.

The San Francisco 49ers Have Eliminated The Dallas Cowboys Twice In The Postseason Over The Years

Brock Purdy and Dak Prescott (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

Before the Dallas Cowboys lost to the Green Bay Packers in the Wild Card round this past season, the team had to deal with the San Francisco 49ers, eliminating them in each of the last two postseasons. Those games were in the divisiona round.

The last time the two teams met in the regular season was October 2023, when the 49ers destroyed Dallas by a score of 42-10.

RUMOR: Dallas Cowboys Could Make Surprise Move With One Of Their Quarterbacks Following The 2024 NFL Draft

Jerry Jones of Dallas Cowboys looking on.

Jerry Jones (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
The Dallas Cowboys are one of the more fascinating teams to monitor between now and the start of the 2024 NFL season.

Back in January, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones stated that his team would be “all-in” this offseason, but his moves up to this point haven’t reflected that. Even more interestingly, he has yet to extend quarterback Dak Prescott, linebacker Micah Parsons and wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.

Prescott and Lamb are entering the final year of their respective deals, while Parsons has two seasons remaining on his rookie deal.

The regular season is still four months away, however, so Jones has plenty of time to get those extensions done while also exploring ways to bolster the roster of a team that has finished 12-5 in each of the last three years.

Bleacher Report’s Alex Ballentine recently looked at possible trade and cut candidates in Big D with the 2024 NFL Draft in the books. Ballentine made the case for Dallas to move on from well-respected backup Cooper Rush, who’s won five of six career starts in place of an injured Prescott:

“Unfortunately for him, the Cowboys took advantage of Trey Lance being made available on the trade market. They traded a 2024 fourth-round pick to the San Francisco 49ers for the former No. 3 overall pick.

They ended up carrying (Trey) Lance and Cooper Rush on the active roster. With the new rule that NFL teams can carry a third emergency quarterback without using a 53-man roster spots, it’s a little easier to hang on to developmental options.

But the Cowboys can save $2.3 million against the cap by either trading or releasing Rush.

Given how tight the Cowboys budget is right now, it just doesn’t make sense to pass on that kind of cap savings when Lance has now been around for a year to learn the offense and step in if Prescott is injured.”

 

Rush won his lone start for the Dallas Cowboys in a 2021 “Sunday Night Football” game against the Minnesota Vikings, throwing a last-minute game-winning touchdown to Amari Cooper. In 2022, he went 4-1 while Prescott was sidelined with a fractured thumb, saving Dallas’ season and propelling them to a second straight playoff berth.

Dallas Cowboys Have To Start Making Moves

Regardless of what Jerry Jones and company decide to do with Cooper Rush, it’s time for Dallas’ owner to get serious and start making some moves.

Stars like Tee Higgins, Trey Hendrickson, Courtland Sutton, Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk could be available via trade. There are still plenty of notable free agents available, including David Bakhtiari, Justin Simmons, Donovan Smith, Hunter Renfrow and Xavien Howard.

Jones has no excuses at this stage. It’s time for him to follow up his “all-in” promise by actually making some transactions that put Dallas in a better position to compete for a championship in 2024.