Dallas Cowboys Face Uphill Battle Against the Lions

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00:00All right, back with you right here.

00:16Pro football today.

00:17We did see some points up in London there.

00:19Cole Komet finds the end zone off a beautiful Caleb Williams touchdown pass.

00:24Before we get to our big game here, Lisey, I know you're waiting to see the Bears open

00:28it up a little bit.

00:29Was that a big takeaway?

00:30No, that was a great throw.

00:31I mean, to get Cole Komet involved, that was a beautiful drive.

00:33It started with De'Andre Swift on the ground.

00:36They got the screen game going to Rashawn Johnson, and then they tear apart that defense.

00:40So now maybe this game opens up in regards to the total.

00:44That's a good look.

00:45Great drive.

00:46By the way, impressive too, because that play call was a double screen and then a tight

00:50end outlet down the middle.

00:51It was phenomenal.

00:52You couldn't have drawn it up any better in a great play by Komet to avoid a defender

00:56and score that touchdown.

00:57Did you notice?

00:59Komet had to get right back up and snap the football on that extra point here.

01:01So look at that.

01:02Pulling double duty on the same play.

01:04Good stuff by the Chicago Bears to take that 7-3 lead.

01:06All right, all stuff we will be following.

01:09It's a big game, but again, in comparison, Cowboys-Lions is much bigger.

01:13Whenever you have the Dallas Cowboys involved, we know that that is the case, but man, what

01:17we have here is not normal.

01:21The Dallas Cowboys, a field goal and a half underdog in their own building, and a lot

01:29of this is due to the start of the season.

01:31Look, they usually had this place as a fortress.

01:34You could not show up and expect a victory.

01:36They're 0-2, and again, booked his favor to fall to 0-3.

01:40The defense has been pretty bad, and the defense has banged up.

01:46The Ron Bland still hasn't made his season debut.

01:50We know that Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence will be once again out for this Dallas defense

01:56here.

01:57So Donnie, I'll go to you.

01:58When you break this game down, how much do the Cowboys' defensive woes and injuries make

02:03your decisions?

02:04It worries about me.

02:05Or I worry about it, I should say.

02:07You take a look at last week at the Pittsburgh Steelers, because also, sometimes it's who

02:09you played and how you played the week before.

02:11Gutsy effort of the Dallas Cowboys to pull that game out late.

02:14Boy, they used a lot of energy.

02:15It was Sunday Night Football.

02:16Now they're coming home to take on a team that's rested and ready.

02:20And the best offense in football, when your defense is not the best defense in football.

02:23The one thing for the Dallas Cowboys coming into the season we figured that you can hang

02:26your hat on, guys, was what?

02:27A dominating pass rush.

02:29That's not going to be there.

02:30I'm going to read you, basically, their front six to seven right now, who's going to start

02:33in this football game.

02:34Wheat, Odigizua, Smith, Golston, Overshawn, and Clark.

02:40Against the best offense for me in football, I don't know how that holds up.

02:42Now granted, looking at betting patterns out here, 75% of every ticket's coming in here

02:46on Detroit.

02:47Line opens up at three.

02:48In books like Fandel, still sitting at three in books like Fandel.

02:51The underdog Dallas Cowboys at home, this is usually a spot that they typically rise

02:54to the occasion.

02:55I want to see how that defense holds up, because this should, to me, turn into a track meet.

03:00Which means, Joe, Dak Prescott's got to live up to his earnings.

03:03Oh, absolutely.

03:04And he threw for 300-plus against Pittsburgh, and we saw Rico Dowdle and the offense get

03:09going in regards to the rushing attack.

03:11For me, I think Detroit attacks Dallas' defense first with the rushing attack, right?

03:16We saw two weeks ago Derek Henry rip that defense for 151 yards on the ground.

03:21They got him involved in regards to the screen game.

03:24Look for Jameer Dibbs, Montgomery to be utilized, and look for Jarrett Goff then to work off

03:29a play action.

03:30I think they attack this game a little bit differently because, to Donnie's point about

03:34how banged up that front seven is, you're not just going to throw Jarrett Goff in regards

03:39to first and second downs.

03:41Run the football first, then work off a play action.

03:44They could have huge chunk plays in that type of aspect.

03:47And Jameson Williams came on in the game against Seattle as well.

03:51He's been coming on as well.

03:53Sam LaPorta, 53 yards on four receptions.

03:57Two main factors.

03:58But I do like Detroit because of the physicality of the offensive line.

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