Cowboys lead the series 11-4. While cornerback Brandon Carr will draw a majority of the man-to-man coverage, Dallas will need to use its safeties and be creative if they hope to slow down Pro Football Focus’s No. 1 rated wide receiver.
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But not thanks to dueling rookie sensations Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, though both played well in the 26-20 victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at AT&T Stadium Sunday night.
Three Cowboy threats were derailed by major penalties: receiver Brice Butler was flagged for holding after Dallas got inside the Buccaneer 30-yard line, tackle Doug Free was flagged for a facemask after Dallas had first down at the Tampa Bay 16-yard line, guard Ronald Leary was flagged for holding on a Prescott completion to the Buccaneer 33-yard line and Tyron Smith was flagged for holding on a Prescott touchdown pass to Lance Dunbar. Dallas is just 2 of 24 on third down in the past two games. Ezekiel Elliott still leads the National Football League in rushing and will be aiming for his seventh game in a row with more than 100 total yards.
Prescott has the luxury of playing with an elite offensive line and the league’s most dominant running game.
Because of that Winston has to be more aggressive in either getting the ball deep to Mike Evans for chunk gains or take more intermediate shots to his No. 2 wideout Adam Humphries.
One of the great starts to football season ever ensured a likely 60-80 percent football season for LateInfo and the Panthers last week just added to the winning.
But at a certain point, common sense needs to reign, and the league needs to relax a bit on celebrations.
“There’s only so much we can do about it”, head coach Dirk Koetter said. Prescott could have used a little more of that to overcome his issues against the Giants’ defense in Week 14. Despite that, Rodgers hasn’t received many touches since Martin has returned. “If it’s a running back, you can turn around and hand it to him”. In that game, Dak only had 165 yard and a single touchdown after giving up 2 picks.
The post Cover32-Dallas Picks the Cowboys-Buccaneers Game appeared first on Cover32. “I have all the confidence in the guys around me and myself”. The offense also features one of the top tight ends in the history of the game in Jason Witten, who is second all-time at the position with 1,076 receptions and 11,794 yards. Grimes recorded his third interception last week vs. the Saints. Being without defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will not help the Cowboys chances of getting a consistent pass rush. He totaled five of the Cowboys’ nine QB hits tonight.
Execute on first and second down on offense. This is yet another matchup where cornerback Morris Claiborne will be sorely missed.
Looking to take advantage of all that and keep up their winning ways are the Buccaneers, who have run off five in a row to surge into playoff contention with the No. 6 seed.
It’s hardly partner Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” but it was the ideal summation for a game in which Prescott excelled and the 12-2 Cowboys won 26-20.
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The Buccaneers last reached a primetime stage in a game of this magnitude during the Jon Gruden era. Immediately after the Cowboys’ loss to the New York Giants last Sunday, Jones echoed Garrett’s sentiments, saying there would be no talk about Romo returning. Any deceleration from the Dallas offense opens the door for the Bucs to steal it late.
