It wouldn’t be a stretch to say that this week has carried the least quantity of optimism from Dallas Cowboys followers to date on the season. Clearly we’re solely three weeks in, however the temper and vibe have been low.
Such is the case when you’re coming off of a 44-19 loss and one of only 11 teams in NFL history to permit 44+ factors to be scored in opposition to you in consecutive video games at house (playoffs included). It goes with out saying {that a} win may go a great distance round right here.
Oddsmakers consider that’s unlikely although as Dallas is a house underdog in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens this week. We now have seen oddsmakers be improper in every of the final two Cowboys video games at house although as Dallas was favored considerably in each of them solely to be blown out in every contest.
What about Madden, although? What does the online game should say? Each week we run a simulation to see the way it has the Cowboys doing and this week the sport is asking for extra dangerous vibes. Madden has Dallas shedding to Baltimore by a closing rating of 21-14.
Coming into Week 3, Madden had not been variety to the Cowboys as final week the sport called for Dallas to lose a high-scoring affair and whereas that was midway true the Cowboys didn’t stay as much as any form of high-scoring output themselves. Clearly they did lose.
Madden predicted a Dallas win in Week 1 just for the Cowboys to stroll away with a easy victory. Thus far this season the sport is in every single place.
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Week 1 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to Cleveland Browns, 18-17
Week 1 In Actuality: Dallas Cowboys beat Cleveland Browns, 33-17 -
Week 2 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to New Orleans Saints, 36-29
Week 2 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to New Orleans Saints, 44-10
This explicit simulation was fascinating although because it had Dak Prescott getting damage down the stretch with Dallas making an attempt to tie issues up. Cooper Rush pulled off some superb throws on a 3rd and fourth all the way down to get Dallas all the way down to the purpose line, however Ezekiel Elliott was stopped on the 1-yard line. Amazingly the Cowboys received the ball again round midfield with the rating the identical and beneath a minute to go, however a Rush checkdown to Elliott landed 4 yards shy of the endzone for the sport’s closing play.
Ought to the Cowboys lose they are going to fall to 1-2 on the season, a record they have had 12 times in franchise history. They’ve solely made the playoffs on 4 of these cases (Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott had been a part of the group who pulled it off in 2018), however Madden appears to assume they are going to quickly should try to do it once more.
