Dallas Cowboys

2–3 · NFC East · QB Dak Prescott
#17
1496 Team Elo
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Projected finish
7.8–9.2 expected
26% playoffs
21% division
<1% first-round bye
2%
4–13
6%
5–12
14%
6–11
21%
7–10
24%
8–9
18%
9–8
10%
10–7
4%
11–6
10+ wins 15% · win out <1%
Upcoming
stakes 22/100· playoff odds 36% if win, 18% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 20/100· playoff odds 39% if win, 15% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 3/100· playoff odds 29% if win, 15% if losstap to see what it moves
stakes 12/100· playoff odds 33% if win, 19% if losstap to see what it moves
The receipts
WkOpponentResultWin%±Rating
W1@ #23 New York Giants NYG L 20–2852%−11.01488
W2vs #22 Washington Commanders WAS W 37–2056%+17.21506
W3n #6 Baltimore Ravens BAL L 31–3441%−0.81505
W4@ #13 Houston Texans HOU W 34–3043%+7.91513
W5vs #25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers TB L 16–2466%−16.31496
Ratingseed 1499✓ receipts = rating1496

Each game moves the rating by K × (result − expectation), where the result is scaled by margin. Start at the season seed, add every line, and you land on today's rating — exactly. Win% is the model's calibrated probability before kickoff.

Rating profile
Team Elo
1496 #17
Offense
1581 #4
↳ Quarterback
1608 #5
Defense
1442 #30

Team Elo is the board's rating, built from margins. Offense and defense are the two Factor Elos — a second model that rates points per possession — and the quarterback is a component inside offense (the ↳). They are shown as the model saw them entering week 6.

Factor Elos
Supporting cast1567
QB · Dak Prescott+27
Situation0
Offense1593 #4
Defense1448 #30

Offense and defense are rated in points per possession by a second model. Cast plus the quarterback's marginal effect plus the situational term equals offense, exactly. The situation line is non-zero only when a team is starting someone other than its established quarterback — that is a property of the team's phase, not the player, so it is kept outside his rating.

Trajectory
#12#16#20W1W3W6

Team Elo rank after each week. Bye weeks hold the previous rank.

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