{"id":18418,"date":"2021-08-12T17:01:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/?p=18418"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:01:31","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:01:31","slug":"friday-night-preseason-nfl-dallas-cowboys-at-arizona-cardinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betonline.ag\/news-room\/nfl\/friday-night-preseason-nfl-dallas-cowboys-at-arizona-cardinals\/","title":{"rendered":"FRIDAY NIGHT PRESEASON NFL: DALLAS COWBOYS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BY ADAM GREENE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Friday night preseason last call comes in Arizona as the Cardinals host the Dallas Cowboys, fresh off the premier of HBO\u2019s Hard Knocks<\/em> and a lackluster loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Hall of Fame game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals find themselves once again full of preseason expectations and the exact same road blocks as last season to achieving them; the rest of the NFC West. Arizona could be a better team, and they certainly look that way on paper, and finish with the same or a worse record simply because the San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks and Los Angeles Rams all got better too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dallas is in the midst of a warts and all look deep inside the team on Hard Knocks<\/em>, and while the premier episode was outstanding, as NFL Films decided to continue its recent trend of actually focusing on the super stars and not some practice squad wannabe and whatever waddling toddler he drug to camp with him, it still showed a team in desperate need of leadership and direction. Something Mike McCarthy cannot provide, regardless of how many lines he can quote from Austin Powers<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DALLAS COWBOYS AT ARIZONA CARDINALS (-1.5, O\/U 39.5)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location:<\/strong> State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broadcast:<\/strong> NFL Network<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kickoff:<\/strong> Aug. 13, 10 p.m. EST<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DALLAS<\/strong> COWBOYS (0-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s just no way we\u2019re going to see Dak Prescott this preseason and I am more than OK with that. As shown in Hard Knocks<\/em>, McCarthy\u2019s half-assed head coaching got Prescott\u2019s arm strained as they had no one assigned to keeping his reps down early in camp. His number shocked them later from the GPS data when, you know, McCarthy was standing right there and should have realized his multimillion dollar QB was throwing way too much. There\u2019s a reason head coaches get fired from appearing on Hard Knocks<\/em>. For the Cowboys\u2019 sake, let\u2019s hope McCarthy keeps that trend going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of that, we\u2019re getting more Garrett Gilbert, Ben DiNucci and Cooper Rush. I do think they\u2019ll stupidly play their starting wideouts and offensive line a while, but that\u2019s just McCarthy. He\u2019s the guy that got Jordy Nelson\u2019s knee destroyed in a meaningless preseason game in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ARIZONA<\/strong> CARDINALS (0-0)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Cardinals have plenty of new toys to play with this season, thanks to the addition of A.J. Green and J.J. Watt, but make no mistake. You won\u2019t see either of those guys Friday night. In fact, so many of Arizona\u2019s roster is listed as questionable or out, they might have to drag some people out of the stands to play offense. Kliff Kingsbury probably won\u2019t play Kyler Murray more than a series before tossing the keys to Colt McCoy. Whatever Arizona hopes to accomplish this season, it can\u2019t do it if everyone\u2019s not healthy and right now, according to the injury report, that ain\u2019t a lot of guys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PICK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like McCoy and he\u2019s started and won NFL games, but the Cardinals are coming into this match up short handed on a roster that\u2019s not that deep to begin with. Dallas has the one preseason contest under its belt and its back ups didn\u2019t look like a disaster. This one\u2019s not going to light up the scoreboard, but McCarthy will get to celebrate his first win of the preseason before shutting down the local Golden Corral. Cowboys 13, Cardinals 9<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preseason<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Straight up:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Against the spread:<\/strong> 1-0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The NFL season begins on Thursday, Sep. 9 and the Week 1 Schedule is already up and taking bets at BetOnline.AG<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Follow our BetOnline Twitter accoun<\/a>t for the latest sports news and betting odds, and stay tuned on the Instagram feed<\/a> for more good information too.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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