Baltimore and Dallas will both be reeling when they arrive at AT&T Stadium, but it’s two teams with different records and problems.
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott waits to take the field following a New Orleans Saints touchdown in the second quarter at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, September 15, 2024.One game the Ravens could have won. One game the Ravens should have won. And yet they‘re here trying to avoid an 0-3 start.Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy SHOULD stop talking about a need to see more of the Dallas running game in order to make an appraisal.
Running backs do not have comeback seasons. I could try to argue that Larry Csonka did at some level, returning to rush for 800 yards for Miami after wandering away from a back-to-back Super Bowl champ to chase World League money, then winding up stuck for three years on a bad Giants team. But that’s a 240-pound fullback and it was nearly 50 years ago. That’s not in the cards for Zeke. Dowdle is in his fifth season.
The idea that the Cowboys have a diamond in the rough is unlikely. Jerry doesn’t hide diamonds, he displays them and charges admission to see them. But all is not despair. The Cowboys can still escape AT&T Stadium with a 2-1 record Sunday night as long as McCarthy and Schottenheimer are merely blowing smoke about trying to get the running game going. The Raiders came back to upset the Ravens on Sunday when Gardner Minshew threw for 212 yards after halftime. Davante Adams, still near the elite level at receiver, finished the day with nine catches for 110 yards and a touchdown.
We don’t need to see 20 carries from Zeke and Rico unless this game is sewn up by the third quarter. And having just witnessed the Saints scoring six straight touchdowns on this defense — they only got to third down three times total on the first five drives — this does not have the feel of an easy, early win. Dallas only has a chance if it establishes that it’s coming to throw the ball and throw it often..
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