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Cowboys vs Saints recap
Things didn’t start out on an ideal note for either offense, with both teams stumbling due to a mix of good defense and poor execution en route to the Dallas Cowboys handing the New Orleans Saints a 27-17 loss at Caesars Superdome on Thursday night, and despite the absence of head coach Mike McCarthy, who tested positive for COVID-19 earlier in the week. As recently as early November, these two teams were on wildly different trajectories than they were entering this matchup.
The Cowboys were winners of six straight and not only in complete control of the NFC East, but in commanding fashion that also put them in position to try and secure the No. 1 seed in the conference. The Saints were 5-2 and hot off of a victory over Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers — ready to make waves in the NFC South and possibly more. But going into their prime-time battle in Week 13, the Cowboys dropped three of their last four games and the Saints lost four straight.
The Cowboys (8-4) intercepted Saints quarterback Taysom Hill four times in all — three times in the final 6:32 of the game, including defensive tackle Carlos Watkins’ pick-6 on a screen pass that made it 27-10 with 2:52 left.
No Mike McCarthy
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Saints with no Kamara
Ingram 28yards rushing
Montgomery 21 yards rushing
Deonte Harris 96yards
Cowboys
Pollard 71 yards rushing
Zeke 45
Receiving
CeeDee Lamb 89 yards
Dalton Schultz 43
Amari Cooper 41
Predictions
IND-HOU
JF: IND
MIN-DET
JF: DET
NYG-MIA
JF: MIA
TB-ATL
JF: TB
PHI-NYJ
JF: PHI
AZ-CHI
JF: AZ
LAC-CIN
JF: CIN
JAX-LAR
JF: LAR
WAS-LV
JF: LV
BAL-PIT
JF: PIT
SF-SEA
JF: SF
DEN-KC
JF: KC, 24-17