Dallas Cowboys: 5 Bold predictions vs. Packers, Week 5
By Randy Gurzi
4. Zeke, Dak both rebound
It’s not going to be easy this week as Dallas is facing a team that’s played well this season in the Packers. This isn’t the Green Bay team we are used to either as they’ve had a shif in philosophy this season.
Despite having Aaron Rodgers under center and signing an offensive-minded head coach in Matt LaFleur, the Packers are winning right now thanks to their defense. They come into Week 5 seventh overall in points surrendered, giving up just 17.2 according to NFL.com.
Their bread and butter this season has been slowing down the passing attack as they have given up only 188 yards per contest, which is good for third overall in the league.
As daunting as that seems, the Packers have had one glaring weakness — stopping the run. In this facet of the game, they’ve struggled as they’re 26th in the NFL surrendering 142.2 yards each week.
For the Cowboys, this is something they can take advantage of. Ezekiel Elliott had a terrible outing in Week 4 and will be looking to silence every critic who is pointing fingers at him for that loss. One of those critics is Zeke himself who took the blame for their first defeat.
Should he bounce back that will have a huge impact on Dak Prescott. The Cowboys signal-caller is having the best season of his young career and he’s at his absolute best when he can sell the play fake to Elliott. Each of those players should have no problem proving their last outing to be a fluke even with the Green Bay defense playing so well overall.