Overview

• The 2025 NFL season kicks off Thursday night at Lincoln Financial Field as the defending Super Bowl LIX champion Eagles host the Dallas Cowboys.
• Dallas traded All‑Pro pass rusher Micah Parsons to the Packers a week before kickoff for Kenny Clark and two first‑round picks, with Dak Prescott conceding, “I’m not going to say we’re better.”
• The Cowboys enter under new head coach Brian Schottenheimer with a reworked roster that includes Clark up front and George Pickens at receiver, while a rebuilt defensive line features Donovan Ezeiruaku, Dante Fowler Jr. and Solomon Thomas.
• Philadelphia returns its offensive core of Jalen Hurts, Saquon Barkley, A. J. Brown and DeVonta Smith, though the defense lost contributors such as Josh Sweat, Milton Williams, Darius Slay Jr. and retired Brandon Graham, with Landon Dickerson practicing this week.
• Oddsmakers list the Eagles as sizable favorites (commonly Eagles -7.5), and fantasy outlets have published Week 1 rankings that elevate Barkley and the Eagles D/ST while flagging Dallas’ reduced pass‑rush threat without Parsons.