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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 elevate the Cowboys again to .500, whereas Jacoby Brissett is beginning instead of the injured Kyler Murray for the Cardinals.
Comply with under for the most recent information, updates and evaluation on tonight’s sport from our crew of NFL reporters.
Listed here are the NFC West standings coming into tonight’s “Monday Evening Soccer” sport. The Arizona Cardinals face an uphill battle for the remainder of the season, as they’re three video games behind the third-place San Francisco 49ers.
Along with making an attempt to snap a five-game shedding streak, the Cardinals are attempting to get their level differential so as. They’re fourth within the division in level differential at minus-1.
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Zay Jones shall be a important issue tonight for the Cardinals’ receiving corps. He’s aiming for his third consecutive sport with 65-plus receiving yards.
This season, Jones has 12 catches for 183 receiving yards. In opposition to the Cowboys, Jones had success. In his final sport versus the Cowboys as a member of the Jacksonville Jaguars in the course of the 2022 season, Jones had six catches for 109 yards and a career-high three receiving touchdowns.
The Cowboys have added beginning proper deal with Terence Steele to the harm report with a migraine. Steele shall be lively tonight, however he’s questionable to play.
Rookie working again Jaydon Blue, who’s inactive tonight, was anticipated to have a big function this season, particularly with Miles Sanders being injured. However there’s been an excessive amount of inconsistency. Operating again will once more be a place of want for Dallas within the offseason.
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 decent finish in his first 4 seasons in NFL historical past.
It has been a sluggish sophomore season for Marvin Harrison Jr. The Cardinals broad 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 perhaps tough.
It’s no secret that the Dallas protection has struggled mightily this season. Right here is our Cowboys author, Jon Machota, highlighting a few of the Dallas defensive woes:
💬“In Sunday’s loss [to the Broncos], the Cowboys allowed 426 whole yards, 25 first downs, 179 dashing yards and seven.5 yards per play. As unhealthy 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 dashing 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 crew 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 crew activated him from the PUP record earlier at present. The previous Ole Miss and Texas A&M participant had been coping with a calf harm suffered in the course of the summer season.
Arizona additionally activated cornerback Garrett Williams from injured reserve forward of tonight’s sport.
Since CeeDee Lamb’s return from a excessive left ankle sprain in Week 3, he has had strong numbers. By means of two video games, Lamb has 12 catches for 184 receiving yards and one landing.
The Cowboys must 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 crew to observe) simply due to expectations plus circumstances just like the sideline blowup, which might velocity it up just a little bit. They’re constructing a brand new facility for 2027, and the quarterback stated he hopes he's there to see it, and everyone laughed.
💬“You possibly can't hold beginning over, although, too. It's simply onerous.”
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Beneath are the numbers for the beginning quarterbacks coming into tonight’s “Monday Evening Soccer” sport:
The decide: 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 great run protection.
The Cowboys’ protection stinks.
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The commerce: Cardinals purchase LB Baron Browning from Denver Broncos for 2025 sixth-round decide
Verdict: Strong transfer. Browning grew to become a strong 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.
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 shall be making his third straight begin beneath middle 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 every thing he can.”
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George Pickens enters tonight as one of many main broad 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 to this point. The Dallas Cowboys working again is fourth within the league in dashing yards (633) and third in dashing touchdowns (eight).
Williams will face an Arizona Cardinals run protection that offers up 100.9 dashing 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 here 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. Due to 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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