The 17-game schedule is now official. With that bit of news, football fans had a little bit more to chew on as they scrutinized their newly-expanded list of opponents for the 2021 season. The Cowboys know who they’ll play (and where), but the “bonus” game will have real ripple effects. We’ve got a look at what an extra matchup does to the Cowboys’ overall strength of schedule, and a writer’s roundtable explores the impact on things like injuries, travel, and broken single-season records.
Elsewhere, veteran Tyrone Crawford made his retirement official and had some things to say. We’re looking at Keanu Neal and Damontae Kazee and what their onboarding means for the Cowboys as an organization. In draft news, the silver and blue sent big-time delegates to Ohio State for a top-tier Pro Day, the secondary could soon see a Crimson Tide reunion, and there’s a school of thought that says the Cowboys were actually the big winners from the first-round swap engineered by San Francisco and Miami. All that, plus Roger Goodell’s forecast for fan attendance in 2021, and Tony Romo’s getting ready to tee them up once again. Here’s the News and Notes.