Preview: Cowboys vs. Rams, Week 4
Some notes about the game tomorrow:
* The biggest concern surrounding the Cowboys this week focuses on whether we will see a letdown. With all of the upsets in college today, it would not be a complete shock for an 0-3 team to beat a 3-0 team. This is from DallasCowboys.com:
While the facing the ailing St. Louis Rams on Sunday may seem like an automatic win for the Cowboys, they know better than to look past this game. Despite drastic underproduction and several injuries to key offensive personnel, the Rams’ offense is still dangerous and hungry to prove it’s not as bad as the winless record, leading Rams receiver Isaac Bruce earlier in the week to boldly guarantee a victory at Texas Stadium. In order to extend their record to 4-0, the Cowboys will have to guard against listening to their egos, media and fans, and prepare to play as if they still were the underdogs they were against Chicago last Sunday.
* Jean-Jacques Taylor says that Dallas needs to dominate this week. If Dallas gets early turnovers, I can see this happening pretty easily.
* DC.com had a good feature about Jason Witten, who is off to the best start of his career.
* Prediction from Mickey Spagnola:
And the score . . . now I’m wondering when the last time anyone thought the Cowboys were 13-point favorites? But as beat up as the Rams are, and as seemingly mature as these Cowboys seem to be, that might not be that far fetched. How about Cowboys 27, Rams 17.
Videos
Here are a couple of video previews that are worth watching:
First, from CBS:
And second, here is the preview of tomorrow’s game from the NFL:
Accuscore
I have a much better understanding of Accuscore now. In the site’s 10,000 simulations of the game, the Cowboys won 85% of them. Pretty good odds. Ninety-five percent of the site’s users picked the Cowboys to win as well.
Pigskin Pick’em
The Cowboys are a 12 1/2 point favorite in Pigskin Pick’em, but 67% of users have picked the Cowboys against the spread.
I have only taken four underdogs this week. I’m not sure why.
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