With no Cowboys football today, we can sit back and watch other teams and see how they play. Dallas took care of the Washington Commanders on Thanksgiving 45-10.
If you think of it this way, the Cowboys have a “normal” length week.
Dallas hosts the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday Night Football on Prime Video in four days.
Quiet the noise
Since the 49ers loss, the Cowboys have played like one of the best teams in football.
They did lose to the Eagles on the road, but the offense put up over 450 yards, and they had plenty of chances to win the game.
Now, as Dak Prescott has continued to play well, it’s all about that they haven’t played anyone.
That is fine; we saw the Packers go into Detroit and beat the Lions on Thanksgiving. It happens in this league. The Cowboys are doing what they should be. Not even allowing these teams to make it a game.
That is something they have always struggled with… playing with their food.
Seattle is 6-5 and would be the seventh seed if the playoffs started today.
They struggled at home last Thursday against the 49ers.
They had a chance in the 3rd quarter to cut it to a one-score game, but once they had to settle for 3, making the score 24-13, the Niners ran away with it.
Seattle has beaten the Lions and the Browns, so if the Cowboys can pull out the win on Thursday, I don’t want anyone moving the goalposts and talking about them not being good.
Cowboys at home
Dating back to the start of last season, the Cowboys currently have a 13-game home winning streak. They are playing awesomely at AT&T Stadium.
The Cowboys have the toughest stretch of their schedule starting now, and the way they are playing should help because right after the Seahawks head out of town, they welcome the Eagles.
That matchup could be for first place in the NFC East.
Philly’s next two games are at home against Buffalo and the 49ers.
If they drop either of those games, December 10th is the season’s most-watched game. Dallas will have a chance to silence a lot of folks.
Look, the Cowboys have their chance to prove that they can do what they’ve been doing the last six weeks.
After these next two games at home, they head on the road to take on the Bills and the Dolphins before returning home to face the Lions.
That game against Detriot is when Jimmy Johnson will be put into the Cowboys Ring of Honor, and who knows, it may be for the top two spots in the NFC.
Geno Smith has been banged up for the Seahawks, but I expect Dallas to win that game anywhere from 7-13 points.
If the Cowboys can take care of the Eagles the following week, they will have me fully bought in.
I love how they are playing football right now, and Dak Prescott is in a groove right now.
This is their chance to prove to a lot of people that this team is the real deal right now.
Even in the last couple of years, this team was not doing this type of stuff to bad teams, but now they are.
I like their chances against anyone other than the 49ers, who just have their number. Take care of business the next two weeks, Dallas.