It’s now what would formally be the exact midpoint of the 2022 season. That doesn’t really exist anymore following last year’s addition of a 17th game, but the Dallas Cowboys have a bye at the perfect time. Injuries are starting to pile up and guys are fatigued and tired after getting themselves to a 6-2 record despite only having their starting quarterback for most of three games. Dak Prescott re-established himself as one of the league’s best starting in the second half of his return in Week 7 and flourished all of Week 8. But just how well did the front office do in assembling the team around him?
Stephen Jones took a lot of flack for what was seen at best as inaction and at worst moving backwards when it came to the talent level on the team, but here they are just a game off last year’s 7-1 schedule against a perceived tougher slate of opponents. So just how well did Dallas do in their offseason decisions of letting guys go, trading players, signing free agents and the draft? Here’s a look, move-by-move, of how well moves made from February to July look in November.