The Dallas Cowboys’ schedule for the 2022 season has now been officially released. The 14 opponents spread across 17 games and 18 weeks are now set in stone. Hopefully for Cowboys fans the first half of the season starts the same way 2021 did but with much better results in the last half and into the playoffs.
The opponents have been known for a while. As a first-place finisher Dallas has a slew of matchups against other first-place teams but it makes for an interesting schedule. Intra-divisionally, six matchups against the NFC East are expected to give Dallas a soft landing spot, as are matchups against the NFC North and AFC South. Of course, strength of schedule only matters when the year begins, and for the second year in a row, the Cowboys journey begins with a matchup against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Here’s a look at each matchup, with notes on the ebb and flow of the season schedule.