Cowboys vs Ravens Game Preview: Key Matchup Insights

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00:00Cowboys, Ravens, I cannot wait for this football game.

00:06I think this is super exciting.

00:08I know for a lot of people, they'd be like, ah, this would be better if they were 2-0.

00:12Totally disagree.

00:13If they were 2-0, I couldn't care.

00:15I would argue.

00:16More drama.

00:17Yes.

00:18More drama.

00:19Yes.

00:20Hunger games.

00:21Hunger games.

00:22Now, the caveat is, I actually sneaky think either team could survive a loss due to what's

00:27surrounding them within their divisions.

00:29It's not about your season being over.

00:33It's about what a loss would suggest for one of these teams.

00:36It's about a Baltimore team who thought to themselves, ah, we shouldn't be Kansas City.

00:41We'll be fine.

00:42Love of water.

00:43Up 10 late.

00:44Vegas.

00:45Oh, my God.

00:46We just lost at home for the second straight year to Gardner Minshew.

00:48It's about a Dallas team that punched Cleveland in the mouth and sat on the football the whole

00:53second half, thought they'd show up, roll New Orleans, and got absolutely obliterated

01:00in their own building.

01:02And now, in an attempt to get off of the mat, bring in Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens,

01:07who in their own right are trying to get off of the mat.

01:12Ravens a road favorite, albeit slight, but again, it is noteworthy that under Mike McCarthy,

01:18Dallas has been largely unbeatable in this building.

01:23Just to put it into perspective, when he took the job since that time, this team at home

01:29has the, ah, is 25 and 9 straight up, but they weren't very good in his first year.

01:34They are 21 and 5 at home.

01:37Definitely the best record in the league since 2021 here, Joe.

01:40Cowboys, Ravens, how do you start the breakdown?

01:42Well, I like Dallas here in this matchup because, in fact, they are at home.

01:46I think they need to run the football a little bit more consistently than what they did last

01:50week.

01:51It's a tough task going up against the front seven in Baltimore that held Las Vegas to

01:55a 1.6 yards per carry, but they couldn't use the rushing attack last week because they

02:00fell behind by double digits.

02:02They became completely one-dimensional.

02:05I look for more offensive balance here, and that front seven for Dallas needs to get much

02:09better in back-to-back games.

02:11I know they were dominant against Cleveland in regards to that matchup, forcing turnovers,

02:16but in-run support, they're going to be challenged today by Derrick Henry and Lamar, especially

02:20on the perimeter.

02:21They gave up four touchdowns to Alvin Kamara and over 115 yards.

02:25I do feel that they start running the football, working off of play action.

02:29The fact that they're at home, that's the biggest thing for me.

02:32I'm willing to take Dallas as a slight underdog.

02:35This is what we talk about week one to week two and say, OK, trust your eyes, take a look

02:38at the game plan, but we'll know a little bit more in week number three.

02:41I looked at that game week number one and said, boy, that Dallas Cowboys defense, guys,

02:44was really good.

02:45I'm excited to watch them play, and honestly, in week number two, if New Orleans didn't

02:48pull the plug, they might have been able to hang 70 points on that Dallas defense.

02:52So you had Michael Parsons week number one.

02:53Love these guys.

02:54What a great locker room.

02:55Tremendous, too.

02:56Week number two said, we got to look inside and see if we have any heart left for game

02:59number three.

03:00Now, the interesting point is going to be where we didn't expect the Ravens to be in

03:03this spot.

03:04You might have thought they might lose opening night to the world champions, and they did,

03:06and it was a close game.

03:07Easy win was supposed to be in week number two.

03:09They didn't get that.

03:10Now, you look at week number three.

03:11If you enter in this game and lose and end 0-3, the statistics used to be on a 16-game

03:16schedule.

03:170-2 was the death nail.

03:18Now, a 17-game schedule, 0-3, that should be it.

03:20Now, granted, they're talented.

03:22There's an extra wild card spot.

03:23Seven teams make the playoffs.

03:24They could do that.

03:25But if I'm going to watch this game and see Dallas pull ahead and beat it, I have serious

03:28question marks on that entire philosophy from what they have.

03:31Did they not run it today?

03:32Did they not throw it enough today?

03:33Is Lamar Jackson supposed to be that MVP?

03:35That's what we're going to find out.

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