ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Sustainability is the next challenge for the Dallas Cowboys, who have just one winning streak in nearly a season and a half under coach Brian Schottenheimer.
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who → have → Schottenheimer
Dallas (3-4) begins a stretch of four home games in five weeks with a visit from Arizona on Sunday after a 38-21 road division win against two-time defending NFC East champion Philadelphia.
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Dallas → begin → Philadelphia
As strange as it sounds, the Cowboys did what they should have against the Eagles.
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they → sound → Eagles
Philadelphia’s offense is decimated by injuries, and the beleaguered Dallas defense still needed three quarters to figure out how to get stops.
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defense → decimate → stops
The Cowboys had the second-worst rushing offense in the NFL before Javonte Williams went for a career-high 155 yards rushing among the team’s 204.
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Williams → have → 204
A two-week rut ended for one of the league’s best offenses, with season highs in yards and points.
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rut → end → yards
Now Dallas has to do it again.
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Dallas → have → it
“It’s a business where you have to be consistent with your execution, with your performance,” said Schottenheimer, whose only winning streak was a three-game run last season.
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streak → ’ → performance
“And I think we’ve been lacking that at times.
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we → think → times
Another good week, another opponent coming in there with a lot of challenges that they’re going to present, but it’s more about us and the lack of consistency.”
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it → come → consistency
Arizona’s 2-5 record is irrelevant because it has nine victories in the past 10 meetings with Dallas.
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it → have → Dallas
Each of the past three times the Cardinals won, they lost at least 14 games that season.
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they → win → games
The Cardinals ended a four-game losing streak with an upset of the Los Angeles Rams on the road two weeks ago, only to lose to Denver 30-16 for their 10th consecutive defeat at home.
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Cardinals → end → home
Arizona is 2-2 on the road this season and is perfect in four visits to AT&T Stadium, which opened in 2009.
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which → open → 2009
“Where I always try to put my focus is that this is a week-to-week league,” first-year coach Mike LaFleur said.
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LaFleur → try → week
“I want these guys to be where their feet are.
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feet → want → ?
The highs that they felt (against the Rams), the lows that they felt after this last game.
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they → feel → game
Once you reset, you learn from it on those Mondays, you get right back to work, and you work to be 1-0.
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you → reset → work
Good, bad, or anything in between, I don’t try to look past that.”
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I → try → that
Last week: Cardinals lost to Broncos 30-16; Cowboys beat Eagles 38-21.
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Cowboys → lose → Eagles
Last meeting: Cardinals beat Cowboys 27-17 on Nov. 3, 2025, in Arlington, Texas.
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Cardinals → beat → Arlington
Series record: Cowboys lead 56-36-1.
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Cowboys → lead → ?
The Cowboys and Cardinals are averaging fewer than 100 yards rushing per game, but Dallas is coming off its second 200-yard game since Schottenheimer took over as coach and play-caller.
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Schottenheimer → average → coach
Arizona has played the past two games without rookie No. 3 overall pick Jeremiyah Love (ankle), but undrafted fifth-year man Bam Knight has been a capable fill-in with a 5.8-yard average on 22 carries in those games.
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Knight → play → games
Dallas is 31st in the NFL in rushing defense, allowing 145.7 yards per game.
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Dallas → allow → game
Stats and stuff
— Cowboys QB Dak Prescott had his 80th game with multiple touchdown passes by throwing for three scores against the Eagles.
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Prescott → have → Eagles
That broke a tie with Tony Romo atop the team’s career list.
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That → break → list
Prescott also has the most games with at least three TD passes at 43.
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Prescott → have → 43
— Dallas’ Williams is tied for the NFL lead with eight touchdowns rushing and has scored in five consecutive games.
— Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb leads the NFL with 81 targets, the most through seven games in franchise history.
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Lamb → tie → history
He has a pair of two-TD games this season after not having any a year ago.
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He → have → any
— Cowboys DT Quinnen Williams tied his career high with three tackles for loss against the Eagles.
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Williams → tie → Eagles
He had his team-leading third sack.
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He → have → sack
— Cowboys CB Joey Porter Jr., acquired in a trade with Pittsburgh on Oct. 1, is set for his home debut.
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Jr. → acquire → debut
— Cardinals QB Jacoby Brissett threw for 261 yards with two TDs and ran for a score against the Cowboys last season in his first win as the team’s starter.
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Brissett → throw → starter
He has a 3-16 record over 1 1/2 seasons.
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He → have → seasons
— The Cardinals have an NFL-leading 21 drives of at least 10 plays, and also lead with 18 of those ending in points.
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Cardinals → have → points
Dallas gave up a TD drive of 9:16 in Philadelphia.
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Dallas → give → Philadelphia
— Cardinals TE Trey McBride leads the NFL with 59 catches, the most by a tight end in league history through a team’s first seven games.
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McBride → lead → games
He can join Antonio Brown and Cooper Kupp as the only players with at least seven catches in 10 consecutive games.
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He → join → games
Brown has the record at 14 in a row.
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Brown → have → row
…and 1 more, not listed.
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