By Eric Umphrey
The Times 

NFL Week #3-­Cowboys vs. Seahawks

 

September 24, 2020

In week three, the Seahawks host the Dallas Cowboys at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. The game is on Sunday at 1:25 PM on FOX. Seattle has managed to win its first two games of the season due to great offensive performances by Russell Wilson. The defense has struggled to stop the passing game this year and lost two defense players last week to season-ending ACL surgery. Those players are Marquise Blair and Bruce Irvin.

For Dallas, Dak Prescott has completed fifty-nine of eighty-six passes for seven hundred and sixteen yards. He has two passing and three rushing touchdowns for the year. Seattle’s Russell Wilson has completed fifty-two of sixty-three passes for six hundred ten yards with nine touchdowns. Both quarterbacks are the second leading rushers on their team—advantage Seattle.

At running back, Chris Carson has only ninety-three yards in twenty-three attempts on the season with no touchdowns, but he has three receiving touchdowns and ranks third on the Seahawks in receiving yards.


Ezekiel Elliot for the Cowboys has one hundred eighty-five yards on forty-four attempts on the season with two touchdowns. He also has a receiving touchdown and sixty-four yards receiving—advantage Dallas.

Look for this to be another high scoring game with a suspect defense on both sides. Dallas was behind Atlanta 20-0 after the first quarter last week and managed to come back and win the game 40-39. The Seahawks will need to get out to an early lead and keep adding on. Seattle is at home and favored to win this game. Hopefully, their passing defense begins to improve because it is currently last in the NFL for yards allowed.


Seattle’s Quandre Diggs, was ejected from last week’s game against the Patriots for a helmet to helmet hit and will not be suspended by the NFL. However, the league is reviewing the play for a potential fine. Speaking of penalties, Pete Carroll was fined $100,000 by the NFL for failing to wear a mask during Seattle’s game against the Patriots. Kyle Shanahan, head coach of the 49ers, and Vic Fangio, head coach of the Broncos, were also fined the same amount this week for not wearing masks during their games. The NFL also fined the Seahawks, 49ers, and Broncos teams $250,000 each for violating the face-covering protocal.

 

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