"The good news is that the Dallas Cowboys have a bye week and won't be playing today, or Monday, this week and cannot lose a third straight game today. They will get that chance a week from Monday in Las Vegas. The bad news is, of course, they won't get a chance to snap their two-game slide until next week."
"This will be the fourth bye week that falls on Week 10 of the schedule for Dallas. The first came in 2002, followed by 2008, and the last time was in 2020. Oddly enough, all four years they have had a Week 10 bye, the Cowboys hit the road to play in Week 11. Dallas is 2-1 in Week 11 games in those three previous seasons. Dallas lost to the Colts in 2002 and then defeated the Redskins in 2008."
"In the three previous seasons that the Cowboys have had a Week 10 bye, they all have one bad thing in common. Dallas has never made the playoffs in a season with a Week 10 bye. They are already 3-5-1 this year and have a 93% chance of missing the playoffs in 2025. The Cowboys combined record for those three seasons is 20-28. Dallas was 5-11 in 2002 and 9-7 in 2008. They finished 6-10 in 2020 in Jason Garrett's final year as head coach."
Dallas has a Week 10 bye and will not play until a road game in Las Vegas next Monday. The Cowboys sit 3-5-1 and cannot lose today because of the bye. A Washington upset of Detroit could drop Dallas to third in the NFC East without the Cowboys playing. Detroit is missing Jaylen Daniels, reducing upset likelihood, and Dallas needs an Eagles loss to Green Bay to gain a half-game. This marks the fourth Week 10 bye for Dallas, previously occurring in 2002, 2008 and 2020. In those seasons the team went 5-11, 9-7 and 6-10 and never reached the playoffs. Dallas is 24-12 all-time the week after a bye.
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