![]() These numbers show the improvement but they also show that the Cowboys still have room for much more. Saints offense versus Cowboys defense is strength-on-strength: They may bend a whole lot but they don’t break too often. The Cowboys defense has answered the call more often than not. Games like these usually come down to which team’s defense can get a stop when they need it most. The one area that can be a killer for the Cowboys defense is on third downs where they are allowing the fourth-highest conversion percentage. The defense really doesn’t need to concern themselves with yards as long as they keep those drives out of the end zone. This Dallas defense has held opponents to 48% in the red zone, that’s fourth-best in the NFL. It’s going to be a lot harder to replicate that against the Saints but that’s likely their best shot at winning.įor the Cowboys defense, they just need to keep limiting scoring opportunities. The Falcons didn’t score theirs until the two-minute warning. The first touchdown didn’t come until there was less than 15 minutes to play and it was the Cowboys scoring it. ![]() That game was 6-3 at halftime in favor of Atlanta. The Cowboys need to force the Saints to play their style, even if it means making this game as boring as the Falcons game started. We don’t dare think about the nightmare of having to face Brees with the home elements of “Who Dat” Nation. They certainly have a few positives in their favor, starting with the fact that this game is at home. It was about as good of a game as this defense could have hoped to play against a potent offense. The Cowboys defense, on the road, held the Falcons to their third-lowest output of the season at 354 yards and only one touchdown. Both teams are averaging over 400+ yards of offense each week. Though these two NFC South rivals are on very different trajectories, New Orleans only out-gains Atlanta by 16 yards per game. The gameplan that was implemented two weeks ago against the Falcons is pretty close to what they’ll need to replicate. This should be the Cowboys mantra for this week up against such a juggernaut of an offense. To paraphrase a quote: You can’t stop New Orleans, you can only hope to contain them. How do you stop a Saints offense that is scoring a league-best 37 points per game? So, the 6-5 Cowboys already know that Thursday Night’s game will present plenty of challenges. Especially when he has guys like Alvin Kamara and Michael Thomas to work with. Drew Brees is still Drew Brees and doesn’t look like he has plans to slow down. All the while, this week’s opponent, the New Orleans Saints are on quite a winning-streak of their own, having won their last 10 games. The Cowboys have flipped the script on this season and have put together a nice three-game winning streak.
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