Cowboys pass protection could determine outcome against Vikings

With the Philadelphia Eagles loss on Monday night against the Los Angeles Chargers, the Dallas Cowboys are once again alive and have a slim chance at winning the NFC East.

In order to do that, though, the offensive line needs to be better when they take on the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Their defensive line is no joke, are a very tough team to move the football on.

Against the Lions, Dak Prescott was pressured a season-worst 20 times, hit 11 times and sacked five times. You are not going to beat many good teams with those numbers.

Check out below all the info before we get to game day on Sunday.

GAME INFO:

Date: Sunday, December 14th | Time: 7:20 CT

Location: AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas

TV: NBC | Stream: FuboTV.

Radio: 105.3 The Fan (KRLD-FM), 107.5 La Grande in Spanish (KMVK-FM).

ODDS:

Moneyline (ML): Cowboys -285 (bet $285 to win $100) | Vikings + 230 (bet $100 to win $230).

Against the spread (ATS): Cowboys – 6 (-110) | Vikings +6 (-110).

Over/Under (O/U): 48.5 (O: -110 | U: -110).

Offensive Line

If you watched the game last Thursday night, it was clear that the Dallas Cowboys offensive line was a huge issue. Maybe the loss of Tyler Guyton is now catching up to them, but I still think even with him, they are below average.

They have been good over this stretch of games, but last week was probably one of the worst games they’ve had all season in terms of protecting Prescott.

Dallas should win this game Sunday night, but J.J. McCarthy looked better last week, but he still does not scare me much with how poorly he has played this year.

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The Vikings’ defense, on the other hand, are one of the better units in football, led by Brain Flores.

I would like Dallas to get out to an early lead for once and, hopefully, run the football to keep the defense off the field. This would also allow them not to have to worry about the pass protection nearly as much.

Stop allowing teams to jump on you early, and have to play catch up.

This team has to win, and the Eagles have to lose two of their next four games, but the way they are playing is not out of the question.

I think this game will be a lot closer than us Cowboys fans want it to be, but Dallas is much better at home, and they will start to pull away late in the game, maybe early in the 4th quater.

Dallas wins this game 31-20, and move to 7-6-and-1 on the year.