Tag: Dallas Cowboys vs Arizona Cardinals

Cowboys-Cardinals inactives: Martin, Biadasz out while multiple starters return

From @Cdburnett7: The Dallas Cowboys are without two starters on the offensive line in Arizona, while two return after absences last week.

The Dallas Cowboys will be nursing more than just the loss of cornerback Trevon Diggs in Arizona. While Diggs’ absence will last till 2024, the offensive line is suddenly going through a carousel of changes against the Cardinals.

For Dallas, the good news is Tyler Smith will make his season debut while left tackle Tyron Smith is active, but the right side of the offensive line will be in flux. All-Pro right guard Zack Martin and center Tyler Biadasz are both out, and it’ll be a completely different unit up front for quarterback Dak Prescott in the desert. Brock Hoffman is set to start at center for Biadasz; T.J. Bass will replace Martin.

Wide receiver Brandin Cooks returns after missing the home opener, and it’s a massive reinforcement for Mike McCarthy’s offense given the offensive line concerns. Safety Donovan Wilson is also set to make his season debut for Dan Quinn’s defense. Take a look at the full list of inactives before Cowboys-Cardinals kicks off at 3:25 p.m. CT, televised on FOX.

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How to watch, stream, listen to, and wager on Cowboys-Cardinals in Week 3

From @ToddBrock24f7: Everything you need to know about catching all of Sunday’s action from Glendale live as it happens.

On paper, Week 3’s meeting between the Cowboys and Cardinals doesn’t seem to have much juice, as it’s called in NFL locker rooms these days. Winless Arizona is projected to finish the season as one of the worst team in football, while the Cowboys are off to a blistering start and making moves among the favorites in the NFC.

But that, as they also say, is why they play the games. Dallas comes into Glendale fresh off the stunning loss of one of their top defensive weapons in Trevon Diggs and with questions still swirling about whether the offense under Mike McCarthy’s playcalling is really ready to put the league on notice. Oh yeah, and three-fifths of the offensive line’s starters are questionable to even see the field. That, plus a history of strange things tending to happen when these two teams tangle in the desert should make for an interesting afternoon at State Farm Stadium.

Here’s what you need to know to follow the game in a variety of ways.

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Behind enemy lines: Cowboys-Cardinals preview with Cardinals Wire

The Cowboys look to stay undefeated when they meet Arizona in Week 3, so to find out how we go “behind enemy lines”.

Week 3 has arrived and the 2-0 Cowboys travel to Arizona to take on the Cardinals in an attempt to keep their winning streak alive. The winless Cardinals are at an early crossroads in their season. Are they an injured team in need of reinforcements or are they a complete tear down needing a fresh start?

The Cowboys have their own questions to answer. They lost Trevon Diggs to a season ending injury in practice this week and are hoping his replacement, DaRon Bland, is up the task.

The Cardinals may need to get creative to find success against this dominant Dallas team so for insight into their strategy we turn to Jess Root from Cardinals Wire and go “behind enemy lines.”

 

Tyron Smith added to Cowboys’ injury report; questionable vs Arizona

From @ToddBrock24f7: The oft-injured veteran has a knee issue that now makes him a 50/50 prospect to play Sunday; two other OL starters are also questionable.

Perhaps the biggest area of concern for Cowboys fans heading into the 2023 regular season was the offensive line, both in terms of the health of the starters as well as the quantity and quality of the depth behind them.

Three weeks into the season, both will be tested even further.

The fabled “best five” linemen employed by the team still have never taken a snap together. And at the rate they’re going, Cowboys Nation shouldn’t be holding its collective breath for it to happen this Sunday in Glendale, as three-fifths of the starting offensive line is now at 50/50 to play.

Veteran left tackle Tyron Smith popped up on the team’s injury watch list on Saturday with a knee issue. Despite not appearing on the practice reports all week long, the eight-time Pro Bowler is suddenly considered questionable for Week 3’s game versus the Arizona Cardinals.

Smith joins right guard Zack Martin and center Tyler Biadasz as being questionable to play on Sunday. Martin was rolled up on last week against the Jets and came out briefly, though he said he could have stayed in the game had the score been closer. He did not practice all week.

Biadasz has been dealing with some sort of hamstring issue since Thursday. The team elevated two other centers from the practice squad for the gameday roster, perhaps signaling that his injury could well impact his playing status.

Martin, Biadasz, and Smith will reportedly travel with the team to Arizona, but determinations on their playing statuses will likely not come until Sunday.

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Smith, who will turn 33 later this year, has famously not played a full season since 2015 due to a variety of injuries.

Second-year lineman Tyler Smith is expected to make his 2023 debut after his own hamstring injury kept him sidelined in Weeks 1 and 2. Chuma Edoga exited last week’s game with an elbow injury; he is back to full go and could be inserted into the starting lineup depending on how much shuffling the Cowboys have to do within a unit that has given up just one sack this season.

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Cowboys offer optimism with final injury report of Week 3

From @ToddBrock24f7: Trevon Diggs is out. Zack Martin and Tyler Biadasz are officially questionable, but the team is spreading encouraging vibes on both.

Apart from the very obvious injury that dominated headlines in Cowboys Nation late Thursday, the team is actually in good physical shape heading into their Week 3 trip to Glendale, with no new adds to the final injury report of the week.

Cornerback Trevon Diggs will be moved to season-ending injured reserve soon, but for now, he’s the only player on the Cowboys active roster who’s been ruled out of Sunday’s contest.

Brandin Cooks, Tyler Smith, Donovan Wilson, and Jayron Kearse are all good to go, carrying no game-day designation whatsoever into the team’s meeting with the 0-2 Cardinals. Chuma Edoga is also fully back and will be ready to sub in on the line if needed.

Zack Martin did not participate for the third day in a row (Friday was just a walkthrough, as usual), but he’s only listed as questionable for Sunday. That’s more encouraging than a “doubtful” status would have been; Martin himself said he could have stayed in last week’s game and kept playing after getting rolled up late on versus the Jets.

As for center Tyler Biadasz, he was a DNP after a hamstring issue popped up on Thursday. Head coach Mike McCarthy said Biadasz was “sore” on Friday, but added that after conferring with the team’s medical staff, “they think he’ll be ready to go.”

The Cardinals kept the same four names on their Friday report that have been there all week. Two defensive players are out; another is questionable.

3 key matchups for the Cowboys in Week 3 against Arizona

The 2-0 Cowboys face a familiar foe in Week 3 so today we look at three key matchups in their game against the 0-2 Cardinals.

The 2-0 Cowboys are understandably favored over the 0-2 Arizona team they’ll be facing in Week 3.

Dallas is widely considered one of the best teams in the NFL, while the Cardinals are in the running for the first overall pick in the 2024 draft.

But a loss on Sunday wouldn’t be the first time a heavily favored Dallas team fell to the Cardinals on the road. As Ben Grimaldi breaks down in his game preview, the Cowboys are 1-5 in their last six matchups in the dessert.

As history has shown, the better team hasn’t always won, and the Cowboys will need to win a few key matchups in order to ensure victory over their former divisional foe.

Cowboys add Trevon Diggs, Tyler Biadasz to Thursday’s injury report

From @ToddBrock24f7: The extent of Diggs’ knee injury was not yet known at the time that Thursday’s practice report was released. Biadasz has a hamstring issue.

Cowboys cornerback Trevon Diggs suffered a torn ACL during the team’s Thursday practice, as per NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport. The All-Pro will miss the rest of the season if the reports are accurate, although the team has yet to make any public statement. Diggs was officially listed as “limited” on the day’s practice report, but the long-term prognosis seems to be much more bleak than that.

It’s a crushing blow to the Dallas defense, which was off to a historic start after the first two games of the 2023 season.

Center Tyler Biadasz is also a Thursday add, considered limited on Thursday with a hamstring issue.

On the upside, wide receiver Brandin Cooks, guard Chuma Edoga, and offensive lineman Tyler Smith were all upgraded from limited to full.

Here’s how the Thursday practice report shaped up for both Dallas and Arizona.

The Cowboys offensive line is experiencing their best-case scenario 

The Cowboys couldn’t have hoped for a better start on their offensive line this season since quality and depth questions have been answered.

If there was one concern heading into the 2023 season for the Cowboys, what would it have been? Their ability to stop the run? Possibly. Their depth at linebacker? That’s valid. How about the inexperience at running back? Maybe.

While all of those concerns are understandable in nature, one area of the team seemed to take center stage in the amygdala of the minds of most Cowboys fans: the offensive line.

With Tyron Smith, Tyler Smith, Tyler Biadasz, Zack Martin and Terence Steele populating the top of the depth chart, the Dallas O-line looked great on paper. Two of those players are widely considered to be future Hall of Famers while two more are some of the game’s biggest rising stars.

But a quick look beneath the surface revealed there were durability issues and depth concerns that couldn’t be ignored.

Steele was coming off a significant knee injury suffered last December, Tyron Smith was averaging less than six regular season games per year since 2020 and Martin was turning 33-years-old and coming off a holdout.

The only proven depth piece, Chuma Edoga, was widely considered a disappointment as a pro. He struggled significantly through training camp but still entered the 2023 season as Dallas’ top reserve.

Beyond Edoga was a collection of Day 3 draft picks and undrafted free agents (UDFA). Even the most optimistic Cowboys fans admitted an injury on the line had the potential to derail the offense.

Zack Martin, Jayron Kearse listed as DNPs on Wednesday practice report

From @ToddBrock24f7: Brandin Cooks, Chuma Edoga, and Tyler Smith were all limited as they try to work back in time for Week 3’s game in the desert.

The Cowboys, coming off an impressive- and in some categories, historic- two-game sweep of New York teams to start the 2023 season, are welcoming back several key players to the practice field in anticipation of Week 3’s trip the Arizona desert to face the 0-2 Cardinals.

Offensive lineman Tyler Smith was back on a limited basis on Wednesday, hoping his hamstring rehab progresses enough by Sunday to allow him to make his ’23 debut. Guard Chuma Edoga was also limited, but guard Zack Martin did not participate in the midweek session after being rolled up on in the fourth quarter of last Sunday’s win over the Jets.

Safety Jayron Kearse also sat out with an illness, but positionmate Donovan Wilson was a full participant, apparently fully healed from his calf injury.

Wide receiver Brandin Cooks was limited- but did practice- after missing Week 2.

The Cardinals had two DNPs; defensive lineman and former Cowboy Carlos Watkins sat out, as did linebacker Josh Woods, who also missed last week’s loss to the Giants.

Here’s a look at who’s on the first practice reports of the week for both teams.

Cowboys vs Cardinals: 6 things to know about Week 3 opponent

From @BenGrimaldi: James Conner and a good pass rush and are among the six things to know about the Dallas Cowboys’ Week 3 opponents, the Arizona Cardinals.

The schedule says the Dallas Cowboys will play on the road against the Arizona Cardinals in their Week 3 matchup. However, the reality is there might be just as many Cowboys fans in State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona as there are Cardinals fans.

Fans always travel well for their beloved Cowboys, but with the state of both franchises, it’s understandable why Jerry Jones’ team will have significant backing in Week 3. Dallas has looked like one of the best teams in the league in the first two weeks, while the Cardinals have yet to win a game. With the home team one of the favorites to earn the first pick in the draft, this could get ugly.

Here are six things to know about the Week 3 opponents for the Cowboys.

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