Cowboys Pregame Three Thoughts: Week 3
It is time to find out what these 2024 Dallas Cowboys are made of against the Ravens.
The Dallas Cowboys have no choice but to answer the challenge to their manhood.
Not only do they have to deal with a week of being called soft and front-runners, but now they also have to deal with a team that is designed to deal with soft teams in an incredibly unpleasant way. The Baltimore Ravens are a punishing running team, and a tough-as-nails defense. Oh, and they are winless and mad.
Let’s start with the defense: Since 2018, they have been at or near the top 10 in pretty much every single season. They get the ball and they hit the man. They play defense as if their reputation depends upon it.
Now, onto the running game. This is a team that believes in ground and pound. Since 2018, they have been ranked 2nd, 1st, 1st, 3rd, 2nd, 1st, and this year they are only 7th through two weeks.
They believe in challenging your manhood and outlasting your appetite for pain. The fact that they appear on the schedule at the very moment this city has accused the Cowboys of not having the stomach for the fight—mostly because last week they didn’t—shows the schedule maker’s sick sense of humor coming to life.
Of course, I cannot wait because this is the type of gut check you live for if you love big NFL tests. Well, this is a big one.
Let’s dive in.
These are my Cowboys PreGame Three Thoughts:
– This running game was the source of many off-season fears and there has been almost nothing to soothe those ominous feelings. For Dallas to win this game, they have got to find a way to run the ball – even if Baltimore is not going to cooperate.