Cowboys score right now12/10/2023 ![]() Dobbs had a 99.9 passer rating last week vs. The Cardinals offense line allowed no sacks last week. Arizona’s defense has nine sacks through two games. Cardinals TE Zach Ertz has 77 catches for 735 yards and five touchdowns in 17 games against the Cowboys. Aubrey had five FGs against the Jets, including a 55-yarder. … K Brandon Aubrey, a 28-year-old rookie and former Major League Soccer player, needs three field goals to become the fifth in NFL history with at least 10 in his first three games. … DT Osa Odighizuwa has three sacks, already just one shy of his career high. Pollard averaged 3.4 yards per touch (32 touches, 109 scrimmage yards) against the Jets. The Cowboys will hope for better efficiency going forward, though. His 48 touches are the most through two games since Elliott had 53 in 2020. … In his second game as the lead back with the offseason departure of two-time rushing champion Ezekiel Elliott in a cost-cutting move, RB Tony Pollard had career highs in rushes (25) and catches (seven). He’s the only NFL quarterback with at least 150 touchdown passes and 25 rushing TDs in his first 100 games. ![]() … QB Dak Prescott will start his 100th regular-season game. … If Dallas allows 16 or fewer points, it will beat the 1974 “Doomsday” defense for the fewest points allowed through three games. The 60-point margin is the second biggest in team history for the first two games, behind a 67-point differential in 1968. … Dallas swept the New York teams by a combined score of 70-10 in the first two games. Their plus-7 turnover margin leads the NFL. STATS AND STUFF: The Cowboys were turnover-free in their first two games for the first time in the 63-year history of the franchise. ![]() The Cardinals have won six of the past seven meetings, including two in overtime. SERIES NOTES: While the Cowboys lead the overall series comfortably, Arizona has a 7-4 edge since the former NFC East rivals went to separate divisions. Two-time All-Pro S Budda Baker (hamstring) was put on injured reserve earlier this week. DL Carlos Watkins (biceps) and LB Josh Woods (ankle) missed practice on Wednesday. He has to miss at least one more game after Sunday to be eligible to come off the PUP list. The Cardinals will be playing their third game of the season without franchise QB Kyler Murray, who is recovering from a knee injury suffered last season. … S Donovan Wilson also is awaiting his season debut after straining a calf early in training camp. C Tyler Biadasz and RT Terence Steele are the other starters. Six-time All-Pro RG Zack Martin, who is expected to play despite injuring an ankle against the Jets, is the anchor along with LT Tyron Smith. Those five didn’t play together at all in 2022 because of injuries. If so, Dallas will have intact for the first time the offensive line it expected to open with last season. LG Tyler Smith could make his season debut after missing the first two games with a hamstring injury sustained in practice the week before the opener. His 18 interceptions since entering the NFL in 2020 are tied for the league lead. Diggs, who led the NFL with 11 interceptions in 2021, had one of three for Dallas against the Jets. KEY INJURIES: Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs torn the ACL in his left knee in practice Thursday. Dallas has forced seven turnovers through two weeks, making life miserable for Giants QB Daniel Jones and Jets QB Zach Wilson. KEY MATCHUP: The Cowboys defense gets a juicy matchup against Cardinals QB Joshua Dobbs, who lost two fumbles in Week 1 but played better against the Giants last week. Gardeck has slowly become a vital piece for the Cardinals over the past six years. CARDINALS PLAYER TO WATCH: LB Dennis Gardeck has been a force through two games with eight tackles, three sacks, three tackles for loss, four quarterback hits and a forced fumble.
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