ARLINGTON, TEXAS — For the Dallas Cowboys, Monday night starts with the ground game. Javontae Williams leads the team with nine scrimmage touchdowns — tying Herschel Walker for most by a Cowboy in the first eight games — and has forced 24 missed tackles, ranking sixth in the NFL. When he hits 100 yards rushing, Dallas’ offense clicks; under 80, it struggles.
Through the air, Dak Prescott leans on CeeDee Lamb, who has 39 career receiving touchdowns and is on pace to become the fourth-fastest Cowboy to reach 40, and George Pickens, one of the league’s best on slant routes with 115 receiving yards, second in the NFL behind Ja’Marr Chase. Prescott also boasts a 5-1 Monday Night record, is set to pass Tony Romo for most 100.0 passer rating games in franchise history, and owns a 104.2 career passer rating at AT&T Stadium.
Defensively, containing tight end Trey McBride is key against Arizona.
Dallas has scored 40+ points in all three home games this season — only the third team in NFL history to start a season like that. Establish the run, let Prescott and the playmakers do their work, and the Cowboys could keep the historic pace alive under the primetime lights.
