The Cowboys can’t turn the page fast enough after Week 5’s massacre and Monday Night Football against the Chargers gives them a chance to save a little face before heading into the bye week and recalibrate their strategies.
Winning the final Week 6 contests takes them to a record of 4-2 and in great position for a playoff run. Losing evens them at 3-3 and sends them on a completely different course heading into the meat of their schedule. As always, there are key players and matchups which should influence the game more than others.
As was pointed out earlier this week, Dak Prescott has never lost back-to-back road games before, so chances are he’ll bounce back in a big way.
With Kellen Moore leading the offense in Los Angeles, it will be a battle of play-callers on Monday night. McCarthy sent Moore packing just months ago so he could do things his way in Dallas. Needless to say, things haven’t gone great for McCarthy and now Moore gets an opportunity to show Cowboys fans the grass isn’t always greener.
Dan Quinn also factors big into the equation since he’ll be leading the Cowboys defense against Moore. Quinn didn’t fare well against his former coordinator when Kyle Shanahan’s 49ers embarrassed him last week. Like Shanahan, Moore also has intimate knowledge of Quinn’s defense.
An argument can be made the key matchups in Week 6 will be between coaches, but what fun is that? Instead let’s look at some of the matchups on the field and see what could determine the game.