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The Arizona Cardinals journey to Dallas to face the Cowboys on “Monday Evening Soccer” to conclude Week 9 of the NFL season.
Dak Prescott will look to raise the Cowboys again to .500, whereas Jacoby Brissett is beginning instead of the injured Kyler Murray for the Cardinals.
Observe beneath for the newest information, updates and evaluation on tonight’s sport from our workforce of NFL reporters.
The chief in receiving yards for the Arizona Cardinals isn’t a large receiver. It’s tight finish Trey McBride, who has 421 receiving yards on 47 catches with a team-high 4 touchdowns.
In Week 7, McBride had a season-high 10 catches for 74 yards, and it was his first profession sport with two receiving touchdowns. His 268 profession catches are the second most for a good finish in his first 4 seasons in NFL historical past.
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It has been a gradual sophomore season for Marvin Harrison Jr. The Cardinals extensive receiver has 24 receptions for 396 receiving yards (forty sixth in NFL) with two touchdowns (T-Sixtieth).
He has a chance to have a giant sport in opposition to the Dallas go protection which is thirtieth within the NFL (258.6 passing yards per sport). However with Jacoby Brissett throwing the ball, it is likely to be tough.
It’s no secret that the Dallas protection has struggled mightily this season. Right here is our Cowboys author, Jon Machota, highlighting among the Dallas defensive woes:
💬“In Sunday’s loss [to the Broncos], the Cowboys allowed 426 whole yards, 25 first downs, 179 speeding yards and seven.5 yards per play. As dangerous as these numbers all look, none have been even the worst for Dallas this season. The Cowboys allowed 506 whole yards to the New York Giants, 32 first downs to the Inexperienced Bay Packers, 216 speeding yards to the Carolina Panthers and seven.8 yards per play to the Giants.”
Can Dallas flip it round tonight in opposition to an Arizona workforce with out Kyler Murray?
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Beneath are the Dallas Cowboys’ inactives for tonight’s “Monday Evening Soccer” sport:
Beneath are the Arizona Cardinals’ inactives for tonight’s sport:
Defensive lineman Walter Nolen III, whom the Cardinals drafted sixteenth total in April, is about to make his NFL debut tonight after the workforce activated him from the PUP record earlier right this moment. The previous Ole Miss and Texas A&M participant had been coping with a calf harm suffered through the summer season.
Arizona additionally activated cornerback Garrett Williams from injured reserve forward of tonight’s sport.
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Since CeeDee Lamb’s return from a excessive left ankle sprain in Week 3, he has had stable numbers. By way of two video games, Lamb has 12 catches for 184 receiving yards and one landing.
The Cowboys should hope that Lamb has a giant sport this week in opposition to a Cardinals go protection that’s twenty fifth within the NFL (234.9 passing yards per sport).
In his third season as Cardinals coach and beginning the season 2-5, it begs the query whether or not Jonathan Gannon is on the new seat. Here’s what one government advised our NFL senior author, Mike Sando, about Gannon:
💬“Arizona is (a workforce to observe) simply due to expectations plus circumstances just like the sideline blowup, which may pace it up just a little bit. They’re constructing a brand new facility for 2027, and the quarterback mentioned he hopes he's there to see it, and all people laughed.
💬“You possibly can't hold beginning over, although, too. It's simply laborious.”
Beneath are the numbers for the beginning quarterbacks getting into tonight’s “Monday Evening Soccer” sport:
The choose: Cardinals
These plucky, annoying Cardinals are back after a week off. They’ve misplaced 5 consecutive video games by a grand whole of 14 factors and have a very good run protection.
The Cowboys’ protection stinks.
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The commerce: Cardinals purchase LB Baron Browning from Denver Broncos for 2025 sixth-round choose
Verdict: Strong transfer. Browning turned a stable rotational go rusher final season with two sacks and 14 tackles. However this yr, he has began all seven video games, recording two sacks, an interception and a fumble restoration.
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Sorry to burst your bubbles, Arizona and Dallas followers! The Cardinals and Cowboys are unlikely to make the playoffs based mostly on The Athletic’s latest projections.
Beneath are the odds for the Cardinals and Cowboys to make the playoffs:
Not wanting nice!
Jacoby Brissett will probably be making his third straight begin below heart for the Arizona Cardinals. Kyler Murray continues to be recovering from a foot harm.
Right here is Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon on Murray’s status.
💬“He’s been pushing, we’ve been pushing. He’s getting higher. He’s had some extra work this final week, however he’s simply not able to go but. … I do know he desires to be on the market and he’s doing the whole lot he can.”
Learn extra from our Cardinals author Doug Haller beneath.
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George Pickens enters tonight as one of many main extensive receivers for the Dallas Cowboys. He’s third within the NFL in receiving yards (685) and tied for third in touchdowns (six).
Final week, Pickens had seven catches for 78 yards. He’ll look to have a bounce-back sport in opposition to the Arizona Cardinals.
Javonte Williams is having an incredible season thus far. The Dallas Cowboys working again is fourth within the league in speeding yards (633) and third in speeding touchdowns (eight).
Williams will face an Arizona Cardinals run protection that offers up 100.9 speeding yards per sport. He’ll look to have one other profitable sport on the bottom!
The Dallas Cowboys fall two spots on this week’s The Athletic NFL energy rankings from 18th to twentieth. Listed below are our Josh Kendall and Chad Graff on why the scorebook is something that should terrify this team.
💬: “Pity the poor people who find themselves holding statistics at Cowboys video games — as a result of there are a bunch of them. Because of Dak Prescott, Dallas is scoring 30.75 factors per sport (second within the league), and because of a horrible protection, it’s giving up 31.3 factors per sport (thirty first). Cowboys video games have featured 496 factors and 6,310 yards this season. Each of these numbers lead the league.”
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The Cardinals are twenty fifth on this week’s The Athletic NFL energy rankings. Listed below are our Josh Kendall and Chad Graff on why Kyler Murray’s future is something scary with this team.
💬“Murray’s cap quantity is north of $43 million for every of the following three seasons, and there was little or no distinction between him and backup Jacoby Brissett this yr. Brissett, who has began two video games, truly has a greater EPA per dropback than Murray (0.08 versus 0.06), and Murray is 38-48-1 since being chosen first total in 2019.”
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Regardless of the Dallas Cowboys struggling within the win division, Dak Prescott has stored this workforce considerably aggressive. He’s having a stellar season!
Coming into tonight’s sport, Prescott has 2,069 passing yards (third within the league), 16 touchdowns (T-3), 5 interceptions and a league-leading 79.5 QBR. He’s making a variety of fantasy homeowners pleased too!
For Cowboys followers, they hope Prescott has a bounce-back week after dropping to the Broncos!
