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PRE-MATCH
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The best offense in the NFL will be in action Sunday on the lawn at Arrowhead Stadium.
And it won’t be the Kansas City Chiefs.
Granted, the two-time defending American Association champions are still capable of scoring points, ask the Las Vegas Raiders after the 41-14 thaw conceded last week. The offense that so far seems unstoppable this season in the NFL, however, is driven by quarterback Dak Prescott and his teammates of the Dallas Cowboys, who lead the league in terms of average winning yards per game and points per game. after the first 10 weeks of activities.
The last time the Cowboys finished atop these two categories? By 1971, and the Cowboys had won the Super Bowl.
“They have the best offense in the league in several categories,” said Chiefs head coach Andy Reid. Dak is good, just like Ezekiel (Elliott), and everyone else. They have good players in this phase of the game. It will be quite a challenge for our defense. Our guys are aware of this. You just have to show them the video to see it. “
They would then see Prescott enjoying a six-game streak with more than one touchdown pass. And Eliott amassing two touchdowns in last week’s one-sided victory over the Atlanta Falcons, as CeeDee Lamb also tallied 94 yards and two majors from the air.
The Cowboys (7-2) have at the same time reached the plateau of 40 points scored in a game for the third time this season.
They looked like the Chiefs of the last few campaigns.
“I have a lot of respect for them,” said Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy, “but I wouldn’t go so far as to say that in preparation for the season we sat down and said, ‘ we want to be the Kansas City Chiefs’ … They are masters of their section and maybe even of the NFL, if we look at their successes of the last three seasons. They are part of the elite. They’re part of our playoff assessments, and we’ve been looking at their trends since the start of the season. But we haven’t modeled our style of play on theirs. “
Obviously, the Cowboys are much more effective than the Missouri club on defense. However, while statistics suggest that the Chiefs are among the league’s dunces in this facet of the game, they have improved in recent weeks.
It coincided with the return to the game of several players, and the arrival of defensive end Melvin Ingram.
The Cowboys attack will therefore be a real test on Sunday.
“Every week you ask us the same thing: ‘Is this a pivotal game in your season?’ It’s another football game, Elliott said. Every week is important in this league. Every team we face is excellent. If we jump on the field, and we achieve victory in hostile ground, then I believe that we will send an important message. “
