Cowboys vs. Commanders time, odds, TV: How to watch, live stream, keys, prediction for Thanksgiving battle

FRISCO, Texas —  On Thanksgiving Thursday, Dallas (7-3) will play host to a familiar, NFC East rival in the Washington Commanders (4-7) at AT&T Stadium, an environment that has not been hospitable to visiting squads. Dallas is in possession of the NFL’s longest active home winning streak at 12 and the second-longest in franchise history, and Dallas has won its four home games this season by a combined score of 160-50. The Cowboys lead the NFL in home scoring offense (40.0 points per game), home point differential (+110) and home time of possession (37:33). 

Should the Cowboys come out with another home win on Thursday by 20 or more points, they would create NFL history as the first team to win its first five home contests of a season by that margin. They are currently one of only six teams in league history to win each of their first four games of a season by 20 or more. Just four of the previous five did so in a season in which a championship game existed, but of those four, three reached the league’s championship finale in the same year.  

Teams that won each of first 4 homes games by 20+ points
NFL history

Here’s a full breakdown of Thursday afternoon’s Thanksgiving Day matchup, a look at whether or not the Commanders can keep up with the Cowboys. 

How to watch

• When: Thursday, Nov. 23 | 4:30 p.m. ET
• Location: AT&T Stadium (Arlington, Texas) 
• TV: CBS | Live stream: Paramount+
• Follow: CBS Sports App
• Odds: Cowboys -11; O/U 48.5 (via Caesars Sportsbook)

When the Commanders have the ball

On paper, it would appear Parsons and the Cowboys defensive front, which leads the NFL with a 47.4% quarterback pressure rate, have another strong opportunity to pad their numbers against Commanders first-time starting quarterback Sam Howell. He is the 2023 NFL season’s most sacked quarterback as he has been taken down 51 times in 11 games. That total puts him on pace to be sacked 79 times, which would break the NFL single-season record set by 2002 first overall pick quarterback David Carr in the Houston Texans‘ first year of existence as an expansion franchise. 

The 2022 fifth-round pick, who made his NFL debut in the two teams’ last matchup is playing a brand of football that has never been…