NFL WEEK 3 MATCHUPS
Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Arizona
TV: Fox
Spread (BetMGM):
Cowboys by 12.5
Cowboys’ keys to victory: The Cowboys don’t really need to change what they have been doing to win ballgames. They have scored 70 points and have allowed 10. They have seven takeaways and have allowed an average of 193 yards per game. The Cardinals didn’t turn the ball over against the Giants in Week 2, but they have put together only two-and-a-half quarters of good offense and fiveand-a-half of terrible offense, mustering 210 yards in Week 1 and 138 in the second half against the Giants.
Cardinals’ keys to victory: If they play the way they did in the first half against the Giants, they have a chance. They scored 20 points on 241 first-half yards offensively and held the Giants to 85 yards and five first downs. RB James Conner rushed for 106 yards and a score but netted zero yards in his final six carries. Arizona must protect QB Joshua Dobbs from Cowboys LB Micah Parsons, who has three sacks.
Matchup to watch: Cowboys LB Parsons vs. Cardinals RT Paris Johnson. Parsons has been a wrecking ball through two games. He has three sacks, six QB hits, four tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery. Johnson, a rookie, will have his work cut out for him.
Who wins? The Cardinals should have won their first two games of the season. They blew those opportunities and now open a stretch of what looks like impossible games to win. Dallas’ offense and defense will just be too much for Arizona.
Cowboys 34-13