Cowboys (3-5) at Colts (2-6), tomorrow 1 pm ET on FOX at Lucas Oil. 1. Taylor against the run D: 610 yards, 8 TDs, held to 23 last week in Jacksonville. Dallas allows a league-worst 152.8 rushing yards a game. #DallasCowboys
2. The game-time calls. Seven Cowboys questionable: Pickens (hamstring), Porter Jr. (ankle), Overshown (hamstring/back), Ferguson (ankle), Schoonmaker, Bullard, Liufau. Downs and Locke cleared protocol and play. Lawrence and Turpin out. Colts rule out Walley and Davis-Gaither.
Jerry Jones on the trade deadline: "I'd a lot more likely be adding to this direction than taking away from it." Deadline is Tuesday, via 105.3 The Fan. #DallasCowboys
Final injury report at Colts: Lawrence and Turpin out. Downs and Locke cleared concussion protocol and will play. Pickens, Porter Jr., Overshown, Ferguson, Liufau, Schoonmaker and Bullard questionable, per @jonmachota. #DallasCowboys
Cowboys (3-5) at Colts (2-6), Sunday 1pm ET at Lucas Oil Stadium on FOX. Three matchups decide it. 1. Lamb and Pickens vs Gardner and Ward. 2. Warren vs a banged-up Dallas middle. 3. Quinnen Williams vs the post-Nelson interior.
1. Lamb (60 catches, 709 yards, 2.8 per route) and Pickens (39 for 533) face a split secondary — Ward allows a 60.9 rating with no TDs, Gardner a 113.6 (PFF) after a career-worst 117 yards in London. Test Gardner's side.
Thursday injury report (at Colts): Caleb Downs and P.J. Locke upgraded to limited, still in concussion protocol. Jake Ferguson (ankle) didn't practice again. DeMarvion Overshown (hamstring/back) is limited, per @dallascowboys. #DallasCowboys
Cowboys at Colts, Sunday 1pm ET. Indy's defense is where Dallas can win this one — 30th in points allowed (27.8 a game), 29th in rush EPA, and it just lost DeForest Buckner to a trade. Three ways in:
1. Run it. Indy allows 4.88 yards per carry (30th) and 131.8 rush yards a game. Jacksonville went for 183 in the first game without Buckner. Williams is coming off a career-high 155 vs Philly.
Cowboys Wednesday injury report: Downs (concussion/ankle), Locke (concussion), Ferguson (ankle), Lawrence (ankle), Turpin (ribs) DNP. Pickens (hamstring), Tyler Smith (ankle), Winters (calf) limited, per @jonmachota. #DallasCowboys
Colts offensive identity, 4 days out: Cowboys (3-5) at Indianapolis (2-6), Sunday 1 pm ET on FOX. Shane Steichen's offense still runs through Jonathan Taylor — the problem is everything around him has stalled. #DallasCowboys
1. Taylor is the engine, now behind a line that just lost Quenton Nelson to Seattle. 148 carries, 610 yards, 8 TDs, plus 21 catches for 202 yards. Rush EPA ranked 4th through Week 7 (+0.030); overall EPA 27th (-0.063).
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Win this week...4-5 it's doable, then win next week against SF and you're 5-5 going into the Titans and Eagles...
