NFC Rankings: Where Do Dallas Cowboys Land After Eerily Quiet Free Agency?

NFC Rankings: Where Do Dallas Cowboys Land After Eerily Quiet Free Agency?

FRISCO - There can be zero doubt that the Dallas Cowboys roster is worse than the one that played and got blown apart by the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs.

After yet another poor postseason effort, the anger and frustration among the fanbase reached a level not seen for a long time. 

Many thought swift changes would come, but they didn't. Some thought the team would be players in free agency and look to add pieces, but they weren't. Instead, multiple starters and rotational players left with being replaced, seemingly as part of a plan that is as confusing as it is intriguing.

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But with other NFC teams in the Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders, Detroit Lions, and the Packers all getting better, where do the Cowboys rank among the NFC hierarchy?

We would suggest that Dallas - maybe hanging on for dear life here - remains a top-four roster, in the NFC, behind only the San Francisco 49ers (1), Eagles (2) and Eagles (3).

The Cowboys still employ top-notch playmakers in Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, Micah Parsons, Trevon Diggs, DeMarcus Lawrence, Jake Ferguson and DaRon Bland, plus two blue-chip blockers in Zack Martin and Tyler Smith"The concern: What's changed? They've stood pat, and the big-game hurdles remain."

Dallas does have three centerpieces in Dak Prescott, CeeDee Lamb, and Micah Parsons, who all could be seen as top 10 at their positions, if not higher. Is that enough for Dallas to be ranked so high?

Will the Cowboys bank on those three hitting the heights of previous seasons? With a roster that, on paper, isn't as talented as last season, that seems a tall order. But there is still time for the franchise to do some dealings before the NFL Draft.

As far as Dallas being ranked as the fourth-best team in the NFC, after a quiet free agency along with several starters leaving, we admit that statement is on rather shaky ground.