The Cowboys are looking to move to 3-1 on the young season. A victory by Dallas in Dallas would move the club’s odds of making the playoffs this season to 67%; a loss drops them to 42% according to a recent simulation run by the NFL itself. The Carolina Panthers meanwhile are flying high, winning their first three contests of the season and having a chance to improve their odds to 85% with a win.
Both teams are suffering some major injuries, though the Cowboys have worked through them throughout the year and this will be the Panthers first full game without key combatants. To help sort through the matchups with a foe that is unfamiliar — the two sides haven’t met since a 16-8 Panthes win in 2018 with Dallas leading the all-time series 9-3 — we went behind enemy lines. Virtually sitting down with Panthers Wire’s managing editor Anthony Rizzuti brought some insight into the matchup, and we in turn shared some intel on Dallas.