It feels like every year we hear it. This is the year of the Dallas Cowboys. This same phrase has echoed in the heads of every NFC East fan since Dallas' last Super Bowl in 1995, and Jerry Jones and the Cowboys have been clinging to the glory days with Troy Aikman for the last three decades.
I think I speak for most New York Giants fans when I say it's been an interesting clown show to have a front-row ticket to. Watching the hubris of one of the league's most storied franchises despite having nothing to show for it since the turn of the millennium has been some gratifying karmic retribution.
The Cowboys have had their fair share of elite talents over the years. They've had Dak Prescott and a potent offense for the last decade, yet have consistently been an early playoff exit. Big Blue may make the playoffs sporadically, but at least when they do, they make it count with a Super Bowl run.
The Cowboys are not the legit contenders they're being made out to be
Dallas trotted out an elite offense but a historically bad defense in 2025, which resulted in them missing the playoffs for the second straight season. And now that their defense has made major improvements for a new defensive coordinator, they're receiving a label Giants fans all know too well.
The Cowboys are once again being labeled as a contender, as well as being called one of the most improved teams in the NFL by former NFL GM Marty Hurney. Hurney gave them credit for what they built on defense on top of their existing foundation, but calling them legit contenders is very rich.
“I think the Chargers and the Cowboys are the two most improved teams in the league, for me, as far as moving up to a position where they could really win the whole thing," Hurney told FanSided's own Jason La Canfora. "They both have the QB and they have that QB-head coach combination and they have had a great offseason and the Cowboys have really built up that defense extremely well. I think Jerry has done a heck of a job this year.”
Saying Jerry Jones has done a heck of a job feels like an oxymoron, and it's not even true. The Cowboys spent most of their offense building up their defense because they're still compensating for the mistake of the Micah Parsons trade. Other than Caleb Downs, no move they made is that great.
Since when do a few solid starters turn a seven-win team into a Super Bowl favorite? It's hilarious seeing the narrative that Cobie Durant and Rashan Gary are the missing pieces their defense needed when they couldn't even stop a nosebleed last season. John Harbaugh will expose them in 2026.
There's no denying it: the Cowboys did get better, but Giants fans have to laugh at the absurdity within this narrative. They know by now that bad things happen when you get ahead of yourselves, and that's something the media and their NFC East rivals have spent the entire offseason doing.
Let's not forget the Giants got better too. The truth is that as long as Jerry Jones is still the owner, it's not their year.
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