The 2023 Dallas Cowboys led the league in scoring for the second time in three years, and when combined with also delivering a top-five defense, the team managed its best point differential in 55 years and looked like a clear contender for the Super Bowl heading into the postseason. That was before the defense put up an all-time stinker at home in the wild-card round, letting the Packers jump out to a 27-0 lead in the first half of a 48-32 loss that left the Cowboys again falling short of the NFC Championship, which they last reached in 1995.

After that wild-card loss, defensive coordinator Dan Quinn left to take a head-coaching opportunity with a division rival, and while they brought in another big name to steer the ship on that side of the ball in Mike Zimmer, his defenses at the end of his Vikings career were nothing to write home about. He'll have far more talent at his disposal in Dallas, led by All-Pro Micah Parsons, but it's fair to wonder if Quinn's guiding hand will be missed this season.

There are questions on the offensive side of the ball too, where the Cowboys weren't able to add a running back in the draft and instead reunited with Ezekiel Elliott, who managed a career-low 3.5 yards per carry in his one year with New England. They did spend draft capital addressing the major departures on the offensive line, but overcoming the loss of players like Tyron Smith and Tyler Biadasz is going to take time. Of course, having Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb is a bit of a cheat code for scoring points, and they may be even more critical to the success of the Cowboys with the changes the roster and coaching staff have endured this offseason.

Below, we'll go through the futures and win total markets for the 2024 Dallas Cowboys, sharing odds from major U.S. and Nevada sportsbooks as well as the SportsLine Projection Model forecast for each betting market. We'll then take a look through the schedule, share my power ratings line projections for every game and note any rest or travel advantages or disadvantages to remember. Then we'll examine the changes to the depth chart and what the effect of each could be, before wrapping up with our early forecast of what to expect from this team in 2024.

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