Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!
Thanks to the Giants loss on Monday night, we’re now down to just two undefeated teams in the NFL: The Eagles and Dolphins. Those are also the same two teams that played in the Super Bowl in the movie “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” so we probably all should have seen this coming.
Anyway, now that Week 3 is officially in the books, that means we’re going to start moving on to Week 4 today and we’re going to do that by making some picks for Week 4, plus we’ll be unveiling Pete Prisco’s Power Rankings.
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1. Today’s show: Recapping the Cowboys‘ big win over the Giants
The only thing that was more exciting than the Cowboys’ 23-16 win over the Giants on Monday night was the podcast that Ryan Wilson, Will Brinson and I recorded following the game. We spent roughly 45 minutes debating whether Daniel Jones played well and we also debated how long the Cowboys should let Dak Prescott heal since Cooper Rush seems to have things under control.
With that in mind, here are three key things from the game that we talked about during the podcast:
- Giants can’t stop Cowboys’ balanced offensive attack. If there’s one unsung hero of the NFL season so far, it’s probably Cooper Rush. The Cowboys won their second straight game without Dak Prescott, and Rush played a big part in that. The Cowboys backup QB threw for 210 yards and a TD. He also caught fire in the second half, completing 12 of 13 passes at one point. Of course, Rush also got plenty of help from a Cowboys rushing attack that totaled 178 yards. The Cowboys finally let Tony Pollard run wild and he responded by rushing for 105 yards on just 13 carries. Not to be outdone, Ezekiel Elliott also added 73 yards on 15 carries. Another player who came up big for the Cowboys was CeeDee Lamb, who caught eight passes for 87 yards, including a wild one-handed catch for a touchdown in the fourth quarter that you can see here.
- Cowboys defense destroys New York’s offensive line. A big reason the Cowboys won is because their defense simply overpowered an overmatched Giants offensive line. Demarcus Lawrence tallied three sacks on a night where…
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