Dallas Vs Baltimore 2016
Baltimore Ravens (5-4) at Dallas Cowboys (8-1)
NFL Football: Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 1:00 pm (AT&T Stadium)
The Line: Dallas Cowboys -7 -- Over/Under: 43.5Click to Get Latest Betting Odds
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Dallas Cowboys vs. Baltimore Ravens Prediction and Preview By Tom Bowles, 12/6/20, 8:00 AM EST With COVID-19 cases subsiding, the Ravens look to get back on track in the AFC playoff race in rare. View the Box Score for the NFL football game between the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys on November 20, 2016. Rookie quarterback Dak Prescott threw three touchdown passes and kept any talk for Tony Romo unnecessary, leading the Dallas Cowboys to a 35-10 win on Sunday over the winless Cleveland Browns.
NFL Matchup Report of the Baltimore Ravens vs Dallas Cowboys - November 20, 2016 game with odds and handicapping stats.
Coming up on Sunday, November 20 from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, we’ve got NFL Week 11 action between the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys.
Baltimore comes into this game with a shaky 5-4 record. The good news is that the Ravens have won their last two games, most recently a 28-7 drubbing of the Browns. In that game Baltimore QB Joe Flacco went for 296 pass yards with three scores and two picks. Terrance West held down the Ravens’ running game with 21 carries for 65 yards, and Breshad Perriman was tops in receiving with three catches for 64 yards and a score.
So far this year, Flacco has thrown for 2374 yards but has a 9:9 TD:INT ratio for Baltimore. West is the Ravens’ lead back on 132 attempts for 510 yards and three TDs, while Mike Wallace is the high man in receiving with 43 catches for 673 yards and four scores.
Over on the Cowboys’ side, they’re rolling this year with a great 8-1 record. Dallas has won eight straight, with the latest being a 35-30 win over Pittsburgh this past Sunday. Rookies Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott were the driving forces for the Cowboys here; Prescott bagged 319 yards and two scores, while Elliott rushed 21 times for 114 yards and two touchdowns.
On the season thus far, Prescott has 2399 yards, 14 touchdowns and just two interceptions for Dallas, while Elliott holds 198 rushes for 1005 yards and nine scores. Cole Beasley is the Cowboys’ leading receiver thus far on 48 catches for 532 yards and four touchdowns.
The Ravens are 2-0-3 ATS in their last five games in Week 11, and 3-0-1 ATS in their last four games in November. Baltimore is also 4-1 ATS in their last five games following an ATS win, and 6-2 ATS in their last eight games following a straight-up win.
Meanwhile, the Cowboys are 7-0 ATS in their last seven games following a straight-up win, and 7-0 ATS in their last seven games following an ATS win. Dallas is also 8-0 ATS in their last eight games overall, and 1-4 ATS in their last five home games versus a team with a winning road record.
The Ravens have looked pretty good over the past couple of weeks, scoring at least 21 points in both games. That said, they also faced Ben Roethlisberger fresh off injury and the woeful Browns in their two wins. That considered, I don’t see any reason to jump off the Cowboys train right now, mostly thanks to that stellar offensive line of theirs. I’ll take Dallas to cover.
Andrew’s PickDallas Cowboys -7
KICKOFF: Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas. TV: CBS, Ian Eagle, Dan Fouts, Evan Washburn.
SERIES HISTORY: Fifth regular-season meeting. Baltimore leads the all-time series, 4-0. The Cowboys are the only team in the NFL that has not earned a victory against the Ravens, who have scored 30 or more points in three of the four games. Baltimore won the most previous matchup 31-29 on Oct. 14, 2012, at M&T Bank Stadium. The Ravens also handed the Cowboys a loss in the final game at Texas Stadium in 2008.
GAMEDATE: 11/20/16
KEYS TO THE GAME:
Rookie Dak Prescott will try for his ninth victory but first as the official starter -- as opposed to a possible place-holder for franchise icon Tony Romo. Expected to suit up this Sunday, Romo openly and graciously acknowledged his role will be as a backup. In a dramatic press conference Tuesday, Romo said Prescott 'earned the right to be our quarterback.' Romo (back) is listed as questionable on the injury report but is expected to be in uniform.
On to the game.
The Cowboys have the league's best rush offense and the league's top runner in rookie Ezekiel Elliott, who has 1,005 yards through nine games. The Ravens are giving up just 3.3 yards per carry and 71.3 yards per game. The Cowboys want to run to continue to take pressure off Prescott, control the ball and keep the defense off the field.
The Cowboys will again try to impose their will on the ground against a stingy Ravens front. That's been their formula for success all season. They are not changing now.
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The Ravens must set the tone early with defense and let their offense get into sync without needing to play from too far behind. As a result, look for Baltimore to bring the pressure, although measured to fill the gaps or Elliott will find the openings as he did against Pittsburgh.
While the Dallas offense gets the attention, its defense has been solid as well. Baltimore needs to get a run game revved up to control the clock and keep the Cowboys' offense off the field. Ravens offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg has stayed committed to the ground game even when the running backs have struggled to find yards. That will continue against Dallas to take some of the pressure off quarterback Joe Flacco, who is just 3-4 when forced to throw 40 or more passes this season.
MATCHUPS TO WATCH:
--Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott vs. Ravens DT Timmy Jernigan. Jernigan is one the game's top defensive players. He has been a force all season on a Ravens defense that is ranked No. 1 in the league vs. the run. Jernigan and the rest of his unit, however, will face its biggest test against Elliott, who is having an MVP-caliber season and leads the NFL with 1,005 yards and has scored nine touchdowns. Jernigan battled a shoulder injury in practice this week and is questionable.
--Ravens receivers vs. Cowboys secondary. Baltimore quarterback Joe Flacco likes to take an occasional shot downfield, especially when speedy receivers Breshad Perriman and Mike Wallace get on-on-one matchups. He will have an opportunity to throw deep against a Dallas secondary that is dealing with several injuries. Both safety Barry Church and cornerback Morris Claiborne are expected to miss the game, while veteran cornerback Orlando Scandrick will likely be able to return. Dallas will try to keep the pressure of Flacco to prevent him from looking downfield.
PLAYER SPOTLIGHT:
Ravens WR Breshad Perriman. Last year's first-round pick has improved steadily each week and notched his first career touchdown reception against the Browns. Perriman's rookie season ended in training camp when he suffered a partially torn posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee. Another knee injury in this year's OTAs put him on the PUP until Aug. 18. Perriman is finally starting to look more fluid in his routes and could be a difference maker against the Cowboys.
Cowboys LB Rolando McClain. Rolando McClain was pegged as a starter at middle linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys before the season began but was instead suspended 10 regular-season games for a violation of the NFL's drug policy. Now he's facing another ban after reportedly missing a drug test.
With his suspension set to expire Monday, McClain would have been eligible to report to work with teammates for the first time this season to begin Week 12 preparations and possibly play in the team's annual Thanksgiving Day game. The first-place Cowboys host the Washington Redskins in a critical NFC East game Thursday. Instead, McClain is expected to be banished for the rest of the season.
The league drug-testing protocol requires suspended players or those in the NFL's program for previous offenders to participate in regular tests. McClain did not show up, according to multiple reports.NFL Network reported the Cowboys are doubting McClain, the 27-year-old former Alabama linebacker who was a first-round draft pick of the Oakland Raiders, wants to resume his football career.
McClain re-signed in the offseason as an unrestricted free agent on a one-year, $5 million contract. He missed the first four games of the 2015 season serving a ban for violating the same policy. McClain recovered from offseason surgery in 2015 to play 11 games and record 97 tackles, two sacks, nine tackles for loss, 10 pressures, one interception and three pass breakups. McClain and the Cowboys appeared headed for a split at the end of this season. There was acrimony about his absence and lack of conditioning during the offseason.
FAST FACTS:
Ravens QB Joe Flacco was 30 of 41 for 296 yards and a season-high three touchdowns last Sunday, completing at least 70 percent of his throws for the 29th time in his career. Dallas has allowed opponents to complete at least 70 percent in five straight games, the longest streak in franchise history.
Cowboys rookie RB Ezekiel Elliott ran for 114 yards and two touchdowns last weekend, going over the 1,000-yard mark and giving him nine rush TDs, tied for second in the NFL. Elliott had an 83-yard scoring catch against the Steelers, becoming the first player with a 60-yard TD run and an 80-yard TD reception in the same season since Gale Sayers in 1965.
PREDICTION:
We thought the Steelers just might stop the Cowboys last week in Pittsburgh. But we missed that prediction when Dallas, behind a great OL and MVP candidate Ezekiel Elliott, took the game to a higher level when necessary. Impressive stuff.
OUR PICK: Cowboys, 28-21.
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