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The Cowboys offensive line will have to be on their game Sunday night.
FRISCO, Texas – As the Cowboys get ready for their Week 4 matchup against the Green Bay Packers, they’ll be without two starting offensive linemen in center Cooper Beebe and right guard Tyler Booker.
Dallas’ offensive line room has a mantra for themselves: Five as one. When one of the five go down, it’s on the rest of the group and whoever steps up to continue moving as a singular unit.
“The standard doesn’t change,” Smith said. “That’s part of our mantra as an o-line room. When somebody steps up, there can’t be any drop off. I have all the confidence in the world of whoever’s going to be in there whether it’s T.J [Bass]. or Hakeem [Adeniji] or whoever, that they’ll come in and they’ll do a great job.”
It’ll more than likely be Brock Hoffman starting at center for the second straight week, and Bass coming into to fill Booker’s spot. They’ll look to continue helping pave the way for Javonte Williams and Dallas’ rushing attack, which will be key early on come Sunday night.
“Ultimately, I think a lot of our success in this game is going to be based off our success on first and second down,” Smith said. “I think that’s about being on your keys early on, and just execute it from the jump.”
The Cowboys are facing a Packers defense that is first in the league in scoring defense, and fifth in total sacks this year with 10. Evidently, they’ve had success getting pressure on the quarterback. Does Smith think running right at Green Bay’s pass rushers can help them in the run game?
“I think football is as situational as anything else is, so I think if you dominate first and second down and you limit his opportunity to rush or freely rush the way he wants to, you’ll ultimately have more success for sure.” Smith said.
The Cowboys and Micah Parsons will say this is just another game, but it’s not. For either team.
If you haven’t heard, Micah Parsons is headed back to Big D.
No, silly, Jerry Jones hasn’t found an answer for using his recently acquired draft capital to land the edge rusher the Dallas Cowboys desperately need for a woeful defense that, well, surely misses the presence of the edge rusher he traded to the Green Bay Packers nearly a month ago.
Parsons is headed back for a primetime showcase at Jerry World on Sunday night that looks like a slaughter waiting to happen – or perhaps a grand reminder of how much the Cowboys blew it in dealing away...
