The “all-in” Dallas Cowboys have not made many strikes at the begin of the new league 12 months to truely advocate to their followers that they can count on Super Bowl competition in 2024.

It has been a spring of mild spending for owner Jerry Jones,

who controversially opted to keep head instruct Mike McCarthy following the disappointing conclusion to the Cowboys’ 2023 season and had implied that Dallas would be ultra-aggressive in weaponizing cap space for 2024.

Instead, at the start of a stressful free agent period, the Cowboys made only one outdoor addition in linebacker Eric Kendricks, who replaces the retired Leighton Vander Esch in the heart of the Dallas defense. This frugality is strange of Dallas, and many followers have been bewildered by this response to the wild-card weekend loss to the Green Bay Packers in January. But head coach Mike McCarthy stays assured in the Cowboys’ plan, and he says his group is “definitely improving” entering a pivotal season