Ravens Head to Arrowhead Battling Injuries, Struggling Defense

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00:00Let's move on to the other big game of week four,

00:03which would be the Dallas Cowboys at home hosting the Green Bay Packers.

00:09It is a six and a half point spread in favor of the road Packers.

00:12We have a 46 and a half over under,

00:14and it is the return of Micah Parsons to Dallas.

00:18The summer saga came to conclusion after the final preseason game,

00:23just about a week before week one kicked off.

00:25He was traded from the Cowboys to the Packers.

00:30Odds changed.

00:31We know what went down.

00:33The Packers giving up a couple of picks along with Kenny Clark.

00:37Jerry Jones and the Cowboys insistent that they made the right move.

00:41Joe, so much changed,

00:43and this is all to note that the Packers are coming off a brutal loss to the Browns last week.

00:49Initial thoughts for this.

00:50Well, you talk about it was a couple of years ago

00:53where Dallas was a six and a half point home favorite over Jordan Love

00:57and the Green Bay Packers in a playoff game.

00:59He got kicked in the teeth by Matt LaFleur and the Pack, right?

01:04Now, Micah Parsons was not on that team.

01:06He led them to a 2-0 overall record to start the year.

01:09Everybody bought in.

01:10It's Super Bowl or a bust for Matt LaFleur.

01:13The saving grace, Micah Parsons, is on Lambeau Field.

01:17I'll just say this.

01:18Good for Jerry Jones.

01:20He made the right decision.

01:21I buy into what Jerry said.

01:23He gave him an offer that he couldn't refuse.

01:26He turned it down.

01:27He reached out to the all-time greats like Mike Irvin and said,

01:30Mike, it's about the team.

01:31Micah didn't want to buy in.

01:33So they shipped him to Green Bay,

01:34and this is one of my better picks to the day.

01:37Jerry doesn't forget.

01:38He might not say it.

01:40Bags of cash in the Dallas locker room today

01:43for anybody that steps up offensively, defensively.

01:47I think the Dallas Cowboys win this game outright.

01:50Ooh.

01:51Spicy take here that Cowboys will exact some type of revenge on Sunday night football,

01:56but that's not the only news surrounding Dallas that last week they lost CeeDee Lamb

02:01due to a high ankle sprain.

02:03They lined him up in the backfield the Cowboys did against the Bears,

02:08and listen, when it's all said and done,

02:10you know, losing CeeDee Lamb for three to four weeks is terrible for their offense.

02:13It hurts their overall playmaking potential,

02:15but the fact that they got shut out in the second half at Chicago

02:19against that type of defense is unacceptable.

02:23Now, the running back room coming into the season was pretty average to begin with.

02:27Javante Williams is off to a good start this season.

02:30Miles Sanders, we know that they traded for George Pickens,

02:32but they're going to need players to step up and fill the offensive void

02:36that CeeDee Lamb leaves on offense.

02:39So, it comes down to Pickens, Jake Ferguson, Turpin, Tolbert,

02:44and then the running back room.

02:45There's a lot going on with Dallas this week.

02:47And I think they can get the football to those secondary wide receivers.

02:51They're still averaging 268 passing yards per game,

02:54rushing for about 125 on the ground.

02:57You know, when you look at this matchup going up against Jordan Love,

03:00and Jordan Love has stepped up over the first three weeks.

03:03Got contained in the second half by Cleveland last week,

03:05but the first two games of the regular season,

03:07we saw the Green Bay Packers become more balanced.

03:10I thought last year they relied solely on Josh Jacobs down the stretch.

03:15Definitely in the loss against Philadelphia in the NFC divisional game,

03:19they were one-dimensional.

03:20Jordan Love was under complete arrest throughout that game,

03:23and they changed it up through the first couple weeks of the regular season.

03:27You saw Cleveland, a better defense, sort of exposed them in that game, I thought.

03:31And when you look at this game right now, the concern so much for Green Bay isn't Josh Jacobs.

03:37Can they attack that secondary that Caleb Williams has attacked,

03:41that Russell Wilson has attacked, 450, right?

03:44Caleb with a breakout performance.

03:46Dallas enters this game, Tom, allowing 297 passing yards per game.

03:51If they can't attack it early, Dallas is going to be within margin,

03:55and we'll see how it plays out.

03:56But I don't have a concern so much as long as Dak is healthy.

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