Cowboys Face Uphill Matchup vs. Commanders on Sunday

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00:00commanders and cowboys, cowboys going through a rough stretch. We said a couple of weeks ago,

00:06they might be the type of team that ends up well under 500. And it looks like it's heading that

00:11way, Joe, they are going to be in Washington today, Washington today, getting 10 and a half

00:18points been a minute since his cowboys have gotten that many points, but without Dak Prescott,

00:22Cooper Russian there, they are plus 430 on the money line with a total of 44 and a half.

00:27I couldn't bet them with your money, Mike, I'll tell you that they have lost five straight by 17

00:31points per game, and they're going up against a team in terms of Washington,

00:35many by last played against Philadelphia lost that Thursday night game on third 10 days ago

00:41in the link, very tough ballgame, they had a third quarter lead, allowed it to surrender,

00:45but I expect a breakout performance by Jaden Daniels in the passing attack. We saw CJ Stroud

00:50and almost every other quarterback attack that secondary over the top. Why should it stop today

00:55as a 10 and a half point favored divisional game? I have no confidence in the Cowboys defense

01:00to make any stops. And where are they from an emotional perspective? I just don't see them

01:05going up and getting up on the road and just playing within the number today, especially

01:09how turnover prone they've been. They're not forcing turnovers from a defensive perspective.

01:14This is all Washington. I do like the over here as well, Donnie. Yeah, here's the problem that

01:18we're going to have with the Dallas Cowboys. Like you can might sit on a normal week like okay,

01:22let's protect Cooper Rush. Let's use the running game and CD Lambs at wide receiver.

01:26Zach Martin's down today, maybe the best guard overall in football are up there,

01:29at least in the top five still, and also banged up in that secondary. Nothing tells me the Dallas

01:34Cowboys should be able to stick into this game unless you believe that they can score a late

01:38touchdown when we know Cooper Rush can't lead anybody down the field, even in junk time. He

01:42couldn't do it last week. I don't think he does it again today. Simple diagnosis for the Washington

01:46commanders. Just be yourself today. Jaden Daniels, let me see some of that over the first four to

01:50five weeks of the season. Explosive outside the pocket, throwing deep shots here. Terry McLaurin,

01:54who was absolutely blanketed last week by Quinion Mitchell in the Philadelphia Eagles,

01:58gets so much easier this week. If you're looking at that commander's game saying,

02:02I really didn't like what they did against Philadelphia, couldn't move the football.

02:04The Eagles are a very good defense. The Dallas Cowboys, not a good defense. Robinson should be

02:08live. McLaurin should be live. The quarterback should be live. And also the defense that is

02:12a little bit maligned for Washington. This is one of those games, Joe, you can pin your ears back.

02:16Think about Thursday night's game. They couldn't run the football at all against Houston. You can't

02:21run the football on the road. You're in long third down situations. More pressure on the offensive

02:25line. And Cooper Rush might not make it through the game in terms of that front seven. I'm serious.

02:30He might be sacked a number of times. We might see Trey Lance by default in this matchup. Let's

02:35not forget Dan Quinn knows the personnel of Dallas very well, right? So he understands the strengths.

02:40He understands the weaknesses. Are we confident that Mike McCarthy and that team are going to

02:45be up for this game? You might bet it from a prop perspective here and there, but tread lightly

02:50because again, if Cooper Rush gets knocked out or doesn't, you know, is not consistent, then you've

02:55got to worry about Trey Lance. What would be your prop in this game for the Cowboys? I mean,

02:59again, like who else? Like, no, but like Dowdle is horrendous or like, hey, he's going to get 50

03:03yards in it. Yeah. Who's the other, they had like three tight ends last time. You guys are making

03:07my sell me something bit that much harder. I'm going to be churning uphill on that one.