Cowboys Headlines: Overconfidence at RB? Schedule news, franchise great passes away

The Cowboys and their fans now have the details on 16.6% of their 2026 regular-season schedule. With news that the team will kick off the Sunday Night Football slate in Week 1 on the road versus the Giants and then, two months later, host the Eagles for their traditional Thanksgiving Day dinner, three of the Cowboys' 18 weeks are now penciled on the calendar.

But let's not get ahead of ourselves. The team itself is still very much a work in progress. And, as it turns out, there may still be some holes that need patching. Everyone is feeling good about the draft and some of the additions made in free agency, but have they done enough depth-wise at all the key positions? Today's headlines explore running back and linebacker with an eye toward what is still needed before that September trip to MetLife.

And the Cowboys say goodbye to a legend... but they're not the only ones. Craig Morton wasn't just the first Cowboys quarterback to start a Super Bowl or the guy who got nudged out of town by Roger Staubach. He went on to enjoy a stellar comeback stint and further glory with the Denver Broncos. We'll look at how both franchises were impacted by Morton's legacy.

With the full schedule release just hours away, the leaks are starting to come fast and furious; we'll run down what we know so far. The Lions can finally book their flights from the Motor City to Munich, the Bills Mafia learns they'll open their new $2.4 billion stadium in front of a primetime TV audience, and Fox is set to make TV history with the first NFL tripleheader later this fall: three games back to back to back; no need to change the channel.

Elsewhere in the league, Brandon Aubrey isn't alone as the top-paid kicker in the game as the Steelers pony up, longtime tight end is trading in orange for L.A. powder blue, legend will be immortalized within franchise lore, and rookie Fernando Mendoza passes up a visit to the White House with his Indiana teammates.