Can the Cowboys Break Their Losing Streak in Monday Night’s Unexpected Showdown?

Cowboys vs. Raiders, 8:15 ET

A few years ago I complained about virtually every week of primetime games. It seemed like the Steelers were on one of the games every week, and the majority of matchups, especially Monday Night Football were absolute disasters. The past two years, especially with Amazon getting Thursday Night Football have definitely improved, but this week has been a rough one as we had the Jets and Patriots on Thursday, and now the Cowboys and Raiders on Monday Night.

The Cowboys are one of the more odd teams in football. If they were 5-3-1 for the season, Dak Prescott probably would be getting MVP buzz or potentially even Offensive Player of the Year talk. The reality is the team is 3-5-1 and they are 1-4 away from Dallas. This team has struggled mightily on both sides of the ball after leaving their homes. Their defense is terrible overall allowing 30.2 points per game on the road and even more at home. Their offense does see a big drop on the road. In home games they are averaging 35.3 points per game, but on the road, they are averaging 24.4 points per game. That’s an insane reduction in production. Prescott has played okay on the road, but four of his six interceptions have come in road games. As you can guess the defense is terrible at stopping the run and the pass. They are allowing 143 rushing yards per game and 254 passing yards. That’s probably the bigger issue. On the road it is tough to keep fighting back, but at home, they have the crowd behind them. It’s a guess, but it at least makes some sense. The Raiders have been pretty good against the run, and decent against the pass, but I’m not sure they are good enough to shut down the Dallas offense.