Dallas Cowboys vs Las Vegas Raiders | Week 11 Game Preview

Dallas Cowboys vs Las Vegas Raiders | Week 11 Game Preview

Dallas Cowboys hoping some rest and some new faces help them get lucky on the strip this week. They take on the Las Vegas Raiders who just crapped out again. They stumble in on a three-game losing streak. The kick is over the top of the upright but outside of it. Raiders defense showed up to the party last week. Raiders offense nowhere to be found again. And that’s been the norm most games. Seven points versus Denver. under 21 points. Four of their last five, seven, zero, and six-point showings. Part of that mess. Only one trip to the red zone last week. Four for 15 on third down. Under pressure again. Look out from behind, flips it, but that means next to nothing. So, what’s going to give? An offense averaging 15 points a game against a defense giving up 30 a game. Supposed to be different going forward, though. Cowboys swung big last week, traded for Jets DT Quinn Williams, who has zero sacks this year by the way, and for Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson, who was benched by the one defense maybe worse than theirs. Those two are supposed to help them find the Dbo Bojack stole so teams don’t eat free at Alice’s restaurant anymore. Inside Dallas territory and out of bounds near the 25. Look down and scan the bottom of the barrel. That’s where you’ll see their play on third down and in the red zone. Their play versus the pass is down there, too. Rating allowed, yards per game, yards per attempt, yards per completion, TD passes. It’s been brutal. Corner Don Bland, four touchdowns allowed, a 116 rate. Kaier Elim, three touchdowns given up, a 112 rate. Single high coverage, you’re you’re essentially one-on-one anyway. And Harrison has won that battle for sure. Again, something’s got to give. Gino Smith, second most INTs of any quarterback this season, threw his 12th versus Denver. Five yards per attempt, just 143 yards for a 60 rating. Just goes up and off of his hands into very favorable territory for Denver to be able to come up with a pick. Only one Raider with more than 40 yards versus Denver. Trey Tucker just 28. Brock Bowers a single reception, 31 yards. Gino’s reunion with Tyler Lockett produced a team high 44 yards. Smith on third down, throws, caught and trying to get that first down is Tyler Lockett. Vegas’s O line was not ready for Denver’s Heat. Smith sacked six times by the league’s top pass rush. Right tackle Demar Glaze gave up one and a half. He’s now up to six and a half sacks allowed for the year. Down he goes at the 32 yd line. That pressure again. Allen and Bonito. Dallas’s pass rush 20 sacks over nine games. Pressure rate higher than the league average. James Houston leads them with three and a half QB takedowns. Arizona does. They want to show run and they think they’re going to get something in the passing game, which they would have. Quinn, by the way, has a 12 sack year on his resume. Most years he’s been like a six sack guy. Always tough on runners regardless. So maybe he helps keep backs from having their way against the boys the way the soups have. Allowing 4.9 a carry to Ashton Genty’s position in 2025. Here’s a first down by De Marcado plus and he’s able to keep the clock running. Genty punched in his fourth touchdown in their week 10 loss. The whole I’m just standing here like I’m waiting to get into a movie thing before the snap is funny to watch. Not sure how well it’s working as he’s been sub four yards per carry in seven of nine games. 3.2 a run last week. Running game was going great guns for a while. Not lately, not here either. Raiders defense at least comes in strong or off a strong outing at least. Held Denver to 10 points, 5 for 15 on third down, 1 for three in the red zone. Held Bo Nicks to 150 yards, only one touchdown. Picked him off twice, a 54 rating, 5.4 yards per attempt. Protection’s good. Pass is intercepted. 10 points well below their season average. 24 points per game allowed after that. they’re showing versus Knicks did bring their numbers against the pass into respectable territory, but Knicks and the Broncos offense is one thing. For all of Dallas’s shortcomings on defense, they have stood tall on offense. Dak, CD, Pickkins, Ferguson, Javvante Williams, the driving forces behind 29 points per contest. Now from the five, Prescott end zone touchdown. Prescott 17 touchdowns against six INTs, close to 260 yards per game, a rating close to 100. Maybe not the best quarterback in the league stuff, but he’s top 10 this year. Prescott Lamb got behind the defense and there he goes. Prescott did have back-to- back duds his last two games before their break. So, in a little bit of a skid, Raiders average two sacks a game, which is what they had last week. Neither a Mad Max production. Pass protection hasn’t been a major problem for Dak. 15 sacks taken, so less than two a game, which most teams are happy with. Only pressured 30% of the time. Well below the league average. Good protection. There’s Pickkins again. Raiders held every Denver pass catcher under 45 yds. Held their WR1 Courtland Sutton to 24. Dak spreads his balls pretty evenly between his three top pass catchers. Keeps everyone happy. Lamb close to six catches a game, 81 yards per game. Prescott on play action wide open CD Lamb. So Pickkins now Lamb. Interesting on throws to Lamb. Dak’s rate is 84 to Pickkins 125. Makes a difference when you score more. Lamb only one touchdown so far. George with six. Five and a half catches a game, 84 yards per game. To the sideline and a first down catch by Pickkins. Jake Ferguson also with a halfozen touchdowns. Six catches a game, 42 yards per ride. Over the middle. That’s Ferguson. Good throw. Good catch and breaking tackles. Raiders defense can’t ignore Williams down low. Javvante is having a year. Good thing or letting Rico walk would really stick out. 5.2 a carry, almost 80 yards per game, and a fat eight touchdowns. Back to the run. Javvante Williams with a big carry rumbling down to the five. Vegas gave up 4.3 a run to JK Dobbins 77 yards holding running backs to four a carry. So not bad up front. 13 battles between the silver domed ones. Black hole is ahead of the star by one all time 7 to6. They put on a good show the last time they played in 2021, but 1983 might have been better. After a two-point Raider loss in Seattle, number six Mark Wilson started in Dallas and a huge national television audience saw pro sports winningest team explode for 519 yards against the previously undefeated Cowboys. And Raider running backs showed their versatility as number 32 Marcus Allen displayed multiple talents as a runner and as a receiver. And the Raider attack was complemented perfectly by tenacious fullback Frank Hawkins. Wilson goes back with a play fake. Has time. He’s throwing down the right side. Hawkins. Touchdown Raiders. Wilson will hold the spot. The kick. It is good and far with a 26-yd field goal. Chris Bar’s kick behind Shelby Jordan, Don Mosbar, Ed Moransky, and Don Hasselbeck gave the Raiders a 40-38 try out.

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