Yahoo Sports NFL analyst Nate Tice and NFL writer Charles McDonald look ahead to Sunday’s clash of preseason favorites – with Baltimore looking to avoid its first 0-3 start since 2015 and Dallas trying to bounce back from last week’s surprise blowout loss to the Saints. Hear the full conversation on “Football 301” – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.
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Ravens at Cowboys.
Cowboys are one point underdogs at home.
What’s the one thing you’re watching in this game?
Charles, huh?
It, it’s just tough because I feel about this the same way for both teams.
Like, can you just grow up a little bit and just do what you’re supposed to do?
I labeled this the, is everything all right though, right?
Because, because what the hell was that last week with the Raiders with the Ravens and the Raiders?
Because look, I I, you lose to Kansas City at least like you, you were for the most part going blow for blow with them.
Like at the end of the game, you’re right there with a chance to win it.
That losing that game is not that offensive, losing this game against the Raiders.
You’re blowing a multicore lead to guard a minu for the second year in a row, dude.
What the hell was that?
I’m just gonna go straight full on narrative like you can’t lose this game like you full on just cannot lose this game because Dallas, at least they have a win week one that they can kind of lean on to the whole place and the whole steady in the standings.
You can’t be, oh, and three in the AFC North, I just, I just don’t think that that’s, that’s really a feasible plan for them to actually make the playoffs this year because it, because, no, because, like, legit me when you’re, oh, and three you are like, will we make the playoffs this year instead of we are hunting for a Super Bowl if you can’t run on this defense?
What’s what, what like, what, what are we doing?
I want an apology for him if they can’t run on this defense.
And, but also that’s the thing is the Saints just ran all over this Cowboys defense.
What do you think Mike Zimmer’s doing all week like that?
Sometimes you don’t want another team to catch the team you just win against because you want to like take advantage of them and make them feel safe.
Uh Yeah, that, that’s, I, I’m glad you actually said it.
It’s like I’m more narrative kind of scouting this game.
That’s kind of how I feel.
I I called the, is everything all right, bowl, the question mark bowl.
It’s like there’s both of these teams have so many question marks for me and I still feel ok about both of them, but still, I want to be like, all right, let’s prove it.
All right.
Are you guys actually for real or are we just kind of what my initial maybe feelings about both of these teams, you know, in July should have gone with my gut instinct, you know, as opposed to what happened in August.
But, uh, yeah, it was embarrassing what happened with the Cowboys defense last year.
They averaged seven yards per play out of base personnel that just can’t happen.
The linebackers couldn’t, the, that’s what Kubiak did.
They put a full back on the field and they said, hey, linebackers fit the run.
Oh, you can’t?
All right, I’m just gonna do it 20 times.
Like, what do you, what do you, what, what position is Patrick Cart play?
So we’ll see how that goes.