'ESPN Computer' Is An Idiot, Predicts Cowboys to Win Super Bowl

Last week, ESPN told us the Cowboys' 2023 season would be a "Disaster in Dallas.'' Now ESPN is telling us the Cowboys are going to win the Super Bowl. Conclusion? The ESPN computer is an idiot.

FRISCO - The "ESPN computer'' is, it has now been established, is a flip-flopping, front-running, fair-weather idiot.

Just a few days ago, the "ESPN computer'' predicted that the Dallas Cowboys would in 2023: lose their Week 1 game at the Giants, fire head coach Mike McCarthy, and finish so poorly that they would land the No. 2 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft.

"Disaster in Dallas'' was the headline. Seriously.

But suddenly ... the "ESPN computer,'' via the network's "Football Power Index,'' has a wildly different view.

After Week 1, the Cowboys have the NFL's best odds (at 28.6 percent) to reach the NFC Championship Game and the best odds (at 17.1 percent) to win the Super Bowl, according to ESPN's "computer'' projections.

The Cowboys - again, just a few ticks on the clock and entries into the Bristol brain machine after having been deemed a disaster - are almost run-away winners of this "ESPN honor.'' The San Francisco 49ers are right behind Dallas, trailing narrowly with a 16-percent chance of winning it all. But ...

Outside of the two NFC contenders (who were always going to be contenders, according to logic, ESPN's illogic notwithstanding), Bristol now says nobody else in the NFL can touch 'em.

The rest of the "good teams'' now have odds in the single digits. The Miami Dolphins are at 9 percent, the Philadelphia Eagles are at 8.5 percent and the Kansas City Chiefs are at 8.1 percent. So they're all out of it, eh? Sweet.

Dallas opened its season with an intimidating 40-0 victory at the New York Giants, with Dak Prescott's offense playing efficiently in support of a dominant defense that produced seven sacks, five forced fumbles, two interceptions, two non-offensive touchdowns and a shutout against against an NFC East rival that like the Cowboys was a playoff team a year ago.

"We're making the statement,'' Micah Parsons said in review. "We're the best defense in the National Football League.''

And at this moment? Cowboys Nation doesn't need a computer to inform the world of that statistical fact. Indeed, nor should Cowboys Nation put any stock into an ESPN system that can't make up its mind.