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Packers-Cowboys Preview Capsule
GREEN BAY (3-1) at DALLAS (3-1)
4:25 p.m. ET, Fox
OPENING LINE _ Cowboys by 5
RECORD VS. SPREAD _ Packers 3-1, Cowboys 3-1
SERIES RECORD _ Packers lead 19-17
LAST MEETING _ Packers 35, Cowboys 31, Oct. 8, 2017
LAST WEEK _ Packers lost to Eagles 34-27, Cowboys lost to Saints 12-10
AP PRO32 RANKING _ Packers No. 8, Cowboys No. 4
PACKERS OFFENSE _ OVERALL (20), RUSH (26), PASS (14)
PACKERS DEFENSE _ OVERALL (T10), RUSH (26), PASS (3)
COWBOYS OFFENSE _ OVERALL (3), RUSH (5), PASS (5)
COWBOYS DEFENSE _ OVERALL (7), RUSH (12), PASS (10)
STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES _ Packers have won seven of past eight in series, with Dallas victory coming during franchise-record 11-game winning streak when QB Dak Prescott and RB Ezekiel Elliott were rookies in 2016. … Packers 3-0 at AT&T Stadium. … Both teams are in top seven in NFL in scoring defense (Cowboys second at 11.3 points per game, Packers seventh at 17.3). … Packers QB Aaron Rodgers is 6-2 against Cowboys with 2,172 yards, 15 TDs, two INTs and 103.5 passer rating. … RB Aaron Jones had 125 yards rushing, TD in previous Dallas meeting, seeks fourth straight week with rushing TD. … WR Davante Adams had career-high 180 yards receiving against Eagles but didn’t practice at start of week because of toe injury that sidelined him during Philadelphia game. … Preston Smith (4½ sacks) and Za’Darius Smith (three sacks) one of two LB tandems in NFL with at least three sacks apiece. … CB Tramon Williams has five passes defenses in past three against Cowboys. … Since entering league in 2016, Prescott has thrown nine touchdown passes of more than 50 yards, trailing only Tom Brady and Philip Rivers (11 each). Needs one rushing TD to tie Roger Staubach’s club record of 20 rushing touchdowns for QB. Has completed all 28 of his passes in third quarter. … Elliott averaging 133 yards rushing per game in three meetings with Green Bay. … WR Randall Cobb spent first eight years of career with Packers before signing with Cowboys in offseason. … WR Amari Cooper had six catches, 120 yards, two TDs in only game against Packers while with Raiders in 2015. … DE Robert Quinn has three sacks in two games, joined Randy Watts (1987) and Greg Hardy (2015) as only players with sack in each of first games with Cowboys. … DT Maliek Collins seeks career-best third straight game with sack. … Fantasy tip: Cowboys facing NFL’s 26th-ranked rushing defense week after getting fewest yards rushing since having 40 in the second game of Elliott’s second season in 2017, loss at Denver when 2016 All-Pro had career-low 8 yards. Elliott had 35 of team’s 45 yards in last week’s loss to Saints.
Corrects previous version to show fewest yards rushing for Cowboys since second game of Ezekiel Elliott’s second season in 2017, not rookie season in 2016.
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