The Dallas Cowboys are perhaps one of the teams that are difficult to get a proper read on ahead of the 2025 season.

Dak Prescott is coming back from a torn hamstring, the defense has gotten a lot of bargain free agent signings, and it will be Brian Schottenheimer’s first head coaching gig. Not to mention all the other coaching changes, and that is before the draft happens.

But it appears not everyone is selling their Dallas stock ahead of 2025.

Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr ranks the Cowboys at No. 11 in his post-free agency power rankings. … surely a surprise to Dallas fans.

“It’s important to criticize this team because of the decisions being made by ownership,” Orr writes. “However, the talent here is good enough to survive on fumes and being a No. 6 seed out of the punchless NFC isn’t exactly a tough task when one has a top-10 quarterback and an elite pass rusher along with a top-five wide receiver. This is especially true if Dallas adds another difference-maker in the draft.”

Orr is right. Dak Prescott, Micah Parsons, and CeeDee Lamb are quite the trio to hitch your wagon to.

But right now, there are too many unknowns on both sides of the ball, but a good draft with say Matthew Golden and Omarion Hampton in the early rounds might shift the narrative.

Dallas, at No. 11, is the sixth-best team in the NFC, which feels right right now, given their year and offseason. However, it is tough to definitively say whether or not the Cowboys are going to be better than they were a year ago.

After the draft, we might get a better indication, but for Cowboys fans, having the franchise at No. 11 might be a bit of a reach, but right now, take it and run.