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1a. The Cowboys defense has issues—most recently an outright refusal to tackle opposing players. The absence of Leighton Vander Esch has been felt, Sean Lee is showing his age, Jaylon Smith is having a down year, and the safety play has been embarrassing since apparently-all-world safety Jeff Heath went down. If they choose to not tackle, as they did in making the Trubisky Bears look like a reasonable facsimile of a professional-ish football offense last Thursday night, Dallas is going to give up a lot of points to the Rams on Sunday.
However, this is a good matchup for Dallas, and it really is a game they should win.