The Wilson news sent a message to the locker room that there are no layups, even in the exhibition season, and for a team that struggled early each of the past two seasons, especially last year in a three-win campaign, forcing the issue in order to set a psychological and physical tone was significant, and the reality was rewarding.

The Rams and Cowboys won't play each other in the regular season, making this their lone matchup of 2025 unless they meet in the playoffs. Both teams are resting their top players, including Matthew Stafford, Davante Adams, Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb, so it'll mostly be backups running the show.