Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald preview the Cowboys-Browns matchup in Week 1 and why so much is riding on both Dak Prescott and Deshaun Watson. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on , , or
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Two double digit win playoff teams last year that got, please beep this out, blown the out.
How did they come back this year?
That’s what I want to see from both of these teams and that’s why I’m keeping my eye my eye on.
But, uh, when you’re watching Browns Cowboys, uh, Charles, what are you keeping your eyes on the whole thing with the Browns is, it’s, it’s the same thing that everyone knows if Dean Watson can get back to looking like he did in 2020.
This is a super bowl contender.
Um, but if not, then I don’t really see why they should be favored over Dallas because based on, on what we have in front of us with Deshaun Watson, he’s played 12 games as a Browns quarterback and like almost all of them have been terrible, just bad football.
I would feel pretty comfortable taking the Cowboys here and I, I do think this will be a tough matchup for Dak Prescott, but Deshaun Watson has just been a total zero so far that I don’t really see why he would have much success against the new Mike Zimmer Francisco as Michael Parsons and we’ll be getting Trayvon Dicks back.
My first note though is like different types of questions at QB.
One is like, what are you guys doing?
And one is, are you sure?
And I think, I think they have.
Yeah, exactly.
And so that, yeah, I want to see how they both come out there.
Uh, we’ve talked much about the Tyler Guyton and Cooper BB at center and left tackle for the Cowboys.
You still are starting to two rookies on the road at the two hardest positions on the offensive line.
That’s not easy for anybody as talented as you are, as good as you could be.
Like, that is just not an easy ask against Miles Garrett against the, against the Browns defensive line.
So expect a lot of chip out, uh, which again is gonna limit what you can do in the past game.
We’ll see, we’ll see how it all comes together.
Also, Cowboys run game.
Can you be, can you be consistent on offense?
So, really, it’s a run game question for the Cowboys on both sides of the ball.
That was a big thorn in their side last year.
Tony Pard was not a good fit for what they needed.
They need more of the efficiency guy.
Zeke, maybe 40% Zeke, uh, can get there, Zeke without the last ee like that, you know, Zach, like maybe he can do, maybe they can be, they just have to stay on schedule.
Because that’s what, that’ll help out this offense so much and expect plenty of CD Lamb because he’ll get some single coverage, uh, as well.