Field Gulls
The Green Bay Packers had a bit of reality check last week after somehow losing to the Cleveland Browns. I guess we can hold off on christening them as the new NFC champions for a few days. They’re still nevertheless a formidable team and they’ve got a certain Micah Parsons on the squad. Parsons was traded by the Dallas Cowboys to Green Bay in one of the great blockbuster deals in NFL history, and unsurprisingly the Cowboys pass rush (and defense as a whole) is utterly atrocious.
Brian Schottenheimer is in tough as a first-year head coach, as the Cowboys defense has been shredded over back-to-back games by the benched Russell Wilson and previously struggling Caleb Williams. They can’t cover, they can’t rush the quarterback, but apparently they’re okay against the run, so mission accomplished for Jerry Jones.
This is going to be epic return, I believe. And as if there wasn’t enough riding on this game, don’t forget that the Cowboys have Green Bay’s next two first-round picks, so they have extra incentive to pull off the upset in Arlington.
NBC has the kickoff at 5:20 pm PT. Let the hilarity ensue.
