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Madden thinks the Cowboys are in store for a tight one on Sunday. Two games in it is fair to say that nothing about this Dallas Cowboys season has gone how we envisioned it. Sure, we anticipated the team being good in our most optimistic projections, but nobody thought that they would have outscored the New York Giants and New York Jets by a combined score of 70-10 over the first two weeks. Football is unpredictable, as is basically everything, which means that we can have all sorts of thoughts and ideas about what is going to happen and then be completely surprised by the...

Yffy Yossifor/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Here’s everything you need to know about Alex Kemp, the man who talks to America. The Cowboys are preparing to go on the road and face the 0-2 Cardinals, believed by many to be tanking this year despite narrow losses to the Commanders and Giants to start the season. Dallas enters the game as a heavy favorite, and understandably so, but could any of that be impacted by Alex Kemp? That’s the man who will be calling this game. Referee for Cowboys at Cardinals — Alex Kemp https://t.co/WgPwhxHMZA...

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Previewing the Week 3 slate of action from a gambling standpoint. Week 3 of the regular season is here. Today we take a look at this week’s slate from a gambling standpoint and give you some of our best picks. All lines/odds via DraftKings Sportsbook. Three Straight Plays Photo by Todd Kirkland/ 1) Atlanta Falcons +3 (-110) at Detroit Lions ⭐️BEST BET⭐️ The Atlanta Falcons are one of the most surprising 2-0 teams in the league. Atlanta has beaten the Panthers and Packers to kick off their season, looking...

The protection may be severely impacted. | Photo by Cooper Neill/ The Cowboys offensive line is riddled with injury all of a sudden, but Tyler Smith’s return really helps. For a while, there was hope this week we would see the full starting offensive line for the Dallas Cowboys on the field for their game against the Arizona Cardinals. But developments on Saturday have cast a shadow on that. The @dallascowboys released CB C.J. Goodwin from the practice squad and signed him to the active roster. The club also made the following moves prior to tomorrow’s game at...

Photo by Wesley Hitt/ Which players are on the rise this week, and who might be in for a tough day against Arizona? The 2-0 Dallas Cowboys look to maintain momentum in their Week 3 visit to Arizona. Which individual players are trending upward ahead of the meeting with the Cardinals, and which players could face some trouble in Sunday’s game? The season-ending injury to Trevon Diggs certainly sent a shockwave through the team. Losing a player of his magnitude affects everyone, even on offense. But while it’s a blow to the Cowboys overall, some players still stand to...

It could be another big day for CeeDee Lamb, but so what? | Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Can we really learn anything from this game? We all know about trap games. That has been a recurring theme for the Dallas Cowboys against their upcoming opponent, the Arizona Cardinals. But this year just feels like Dallas will not fall into one. The team has been clearly dominant over their first two opponents, the New York Giants and New York Jets, and Arizona looks an awfully lot like those teams. They even suffered a loss against the Giants, who fell to the Cowboys 40-0, when...

Vincent Carchietta-USA TODAY Sports When the Cowboys meet the Cardinals, there will be games within the game to watch. The Dallas Cowboys will be looking to start the season 3-0 as they hit the road to play the Arizona Cardinals. After dismantling the two New York teams, they now get arguably the worst team in the NFL. The redbirds are in disarray as they have been without the young quarterback Kyle Murray and some are already thinking about hitting the reset and going after USC star quarterback Caleb Williams in what people are describing as a tank season. Of course,...

Photo by Christian Petersen/ A familiar face for the Cowboys will square off against Dak Prescott this week. As the Cowboys prepare to face the Cardinals on the road this week, and as Mike McCarthy looks to keep his offense humming, the team runs into a familiar face in a new place. Now the head coach of the Cardinals, Jonathan Gannon has had plenty of clashes with Dallas as the defensive coordinator for the Eagles the last two years. So, too, has Gannon’s defensive coordinator. Nick Rallis, the youngest coordinator in the NFL at 30 years old, actually calls the...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ We have a series of Cowboys prop bets for the upcoming game versus the Cardinals. When the Dallas Cowboys play the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday, we’ll all be rooting for a Cowboys victory, but there is a way to add a little more spice to the game. Prop bets! DraftKing Sportsbook has a dizzying array of interesting prop bets for the game, so we’ll take a look at a few to try and get an idea of how the game may go. First, a brief primer on the odds: All the betting odds at North American sportsbooks are based around a bet of $100. A plus sign...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ It’s time to get bold when talking Cowboys and Cardinals. The Dallas Cowboys (2-0) head into Week 2 riding high, fresh off a dominant win over the New York Jets. This week, Dallas travels to Arizona to take on the Cardinals (0-2). Before the Cowboys and Cardinals kick things off, here are three bold predictions for the matchup. Photo by Cooper Neill/ 1) Cowboys dominate Arizona on the ground, rushing for over 160 yards as a team The Cowboys are going to be able to put up points against this Arizona defense. The Cardinals,...

Photo by Mitchell Leff/ The latest Cowboys news is here. Trevon Diggs’ injury ‘a punch to the gut,’ Mike McCarthy says - Todd Archer, ESPN Diggs being out for year shocked the NFL world, but McCarthy feels other guys can show their worth to the Cowboys’ defense in spite of it. Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy acknowledged that the loss of cornerback Trevon Diggs for the season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee during Thursday’s practice is a blow, but said the organization’s goals do not change. “Obviously you feel sick [for]...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ Our open discussion ahead of Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals. Micah Parsons came into the 2023 season with large expectations. The edge rusher had previously accumulated 13 sacks in 2021, a feat that unanimously won him the Defensive Rookie of the Year award. He followed it up with an even more impressive performance in 2022, with a 13.5 sack performance. At just 24 years old, Parsons has finished as a runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year award twice. However, heading into this season, Parsons was the betting favorite to...

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports Tony Pollard feels more than fine after two games this season. A lot has happened with the Dallas Cowboys since we last saw them play, an amazing statement given that it has only been five days. The Cowboys were tremendous against the New York Jets last week and they were so dominant that some things flew a bit under the radar amid all of the hysteria. One of these things, although you are likely aware by now, is that running back Tony Pollard received more carries in a game than he ever had throughout his career. Pollard took 25 total...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ We’ve rounded up some expert takes on the Cowboys and Cardinals game for Week 3, plus we have picks for all the rest of the games. There was a festive atmosphere surrounding the Dallas Cowboys after the first two weeks of the NFL season. Even our survey on this site showed the fanbase was feeling the positive vibes. The team was paying so well and the game against the Arizona Cardinals seemed like a mere formality. All that stopped after the Thursday practice. The Trevon Diggs news cast a pall over the Cowboys, one that we’re not likely to...

Photo by Cooper Neill/ A breakdown of the Week 3 matchup between some of the Cowboys and Cardinals rookie players. Previously we broke down the defense for this week’s upcoming game for the Dallas Cowboys, now we dive back into the position battleground, this time looking at how each team’s rookie class stacks up against each other. Dallas Cowboys NT Mazi Smith (First Round)Smith is still working his way up. Last week he came in and played 11 snaps on defense with no tackles to show for it. This shouldn’t discourage fans though as he’s playing a position that...