By Lucas Vola — December 2, 2021 at 10:30 a.m.
New Orleans welcomes Dallas in a meeting which will be marked by many absentees on both sides.
Kick-off Thursday night to Friday at 2:20 a.m.
New Orleans Saints (5-6) – Dallas Cowboys (7-4)
A week following their respective defeats in Thanksgivingthese two teams meet for this Thursday Night Football. It is clear that things are not going well for the Cowboys and the Saints. Sportingly first with four consecutive defeats for New Orleans. A first since 2015. Côté Dallas, it’s barely better with only one victory in the last four games. Hence the importance of this meeting for the two franchises who hope to raise their heads a little. The problem is that the situation is further complicated by the state of health of each other.
Cooper in, Elliott out ?
This week the Cowboys were suddenly struck down by the coronavirus. The main affected are in the staff. Six of them are expected to miss the game, starting with Mike McCarthy. the Head Coach of this training was unable to participate in training this week with his team. Which is rarely a good sign. Ask the Saints who had experienced the same thing in week 2 with no less than eight assistants absent that day and a severe defeat once morest the Panthers (26-7).
two players, Nahshon Wrightthe rookie cornerback, and Terence Steele, the right tackle, will also be unavailable. As forAmari Cooper, the suspense remains. The receiver has practiced and might be present. What might not be the caseEzekiel Elliott, still in trouble with his knee. Not sure in any case that he has a lot of balls this Thursday, he who has only missed one game for injury since the start of his career. Finally, to the good news, CeeDee Lamb should be there. As DeMarcus Lawrence who will make his big debut this year following suffering a preseason foot injury. You will understand, in Dallas right now we talk a lot more regarding health than football.
Taysom Hill has a new chance
For the Saintsit is not much better, but what currently occupies the news of Sean Payton remains the quarterback. After four tenures of Trevor Siemian (1083 yards, 9 TDs and 3 INTs) since the injury Jameis Winston (1170 yards, 14 TDs and 3 INTs)the coach of the New Orleans is ready for change. Taysom Hill should be the starting pitcher of this formation facing Dallas. The quarterback/runner/receiver/handyman seems to have recovered from his foot injury and should have the opportunity to prove his abilities as a conductor of this offense.
He remains on a record of 3 wins for 1 defeat last year at the time of the injury of Drew Breesbut was not totally convinced. Alvin Kamara (530 yards and 3 TDs + 310 receiving yards and 4 TDs) and Mark Ingramabsent once morest Buffalo last week, were back in training and might also make a comeback. They would do good for this attack which has been struggling a lot for a few weeks (309.4 yards/game, 27th in the league). The franchise of Louisiana is far from out of contention in this fight for the playoffs in NFC which is wide open. It now remains to find a way to win.
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