Cowboys Corner: Who is No. 1 trade target? Is 49ers showdown a must win?

David Helman

NFL Reporter

Ralph Vacchiano

NFL Reporter

Jerry Jones is angry and clearly tired of all the criticism. But since the Dallas Cowboys are 3-3, including 0-3 at home, including a 47-9 pre-bye loss to the Detroit Lions, the criticism keeps coming. Everything about the Cowboys seems urgent and tense.

Yet here is the reality they are facing as they return from their much-needed week of rest. They are just 1.5 games back in the NFC East and only one game out of what would currently be the last wild-card sport in the conference.

And most importantly, there are still 11 long weeks to go.

So all is not lost and the season is not over — at least not yet. There’s plenty of time for the Cowboys to turn their fortunes around. Whether they really can or not is what Fox Sports NFL writers David Helman and Ralph Vacchiano explore in this week’s edition of Cowboys Corner:

The Cowboys don’t get an easy return from the bye week, with a Sunday night game in San Francisco. It’s obviously early, but after being blown out by Detroit heading into their bye, is this game a “must win” if they’re still going to be a championship contender?

Vacchiano: I don’t love the idea of “must-win” games until they’re actually elimination games, because so much changes week-to-week in the NFL. But for their own psyche, and that of their beleaguered fans, yeah. They really need this to get out of their collective funk.

And a big reason for that is this isn’t the 49ers team that pounded them 42-10 in San Francisco last year (on their way to the Super Bowl). These 49ers have been battered by injuries — RB Christian McCaffrey, WR Brandon Aiyuk, DT Javon Hargrove, LB Dre Greenlaw are all out, and the statuses of WR Deebo Samuel and TE George Kittle are in up in the air. Their defense isn’t what it used to be. They’re struggling to win close games.

It’s still not an easy game, though. And it sure…

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Publish date : 2024-10-25 13:05:12

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