In the final third of the season, the Cowboys' toughest tests await, where they will make NFL history in the process. "Someone in the NFL scheduling department must have wanted to see the Cowboys suffer this season, because they got handed a brutal stretch that will go on for SIX WEEKS," CBS Sports contributor John Breech wrote.

The Dallas Cowboys engineered one of the biggest trades of the offseason by acquiring wide receiver George Pickens from the Pittsburgh Steelers. Returning Cowboys star CeeDee Lamb quickly dispelled any lingering concerns about how he'd get along with his new running mate.