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One model believes the Dallas Cowboys will be a below average team in 2025.
There are a lot of different ways to predict or project the NFL season. Gut feelings are one avenue of pursuit. Projected wins are another. Using the infamous eye test, basically an advanced gut feeling, is another way to go. You get the picture.
One method to this madness that ESPN uses is their FPI (Football Power Index) model. This is something that exists as a power ranking of sort as a season moves along and they obviously put together rankings/ratings/projections before it all starts as well.
The projections are out for 2025 and they are not fond of the Dallas Cowboys.
ESPN’s FPI Index believes Dallas is a bottom half team
For starters we need to understand what is going into the FPI model so that we can determine whether it is sound or ridiculous. Here is how the worldwide leader is defining FPI relative to the preseason (in terms of before the season, not the literal time with the exhibition games) is concerned.
