Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images Trevon Diggs, Zack Martin and Jake Ferguson are all OUT for the Cowboys. It’s Thanksgiving, and the Cowboys are less than two hours away from kicking off their annual Turkey Day game, this time hoping to get their first home win of the year against the Giants. Both teams are pretty banged up coming in on a short week, and now we have a clearer picture of who will be playing. Two big names are Jake Ferguson and Zack Martin, both of whom were out last week as well. Ferguson is still dealing with a concussion he sustained against the Texans, while Martin has both ankle and shoulder injuries. Notably, Tyler Smith is back in action this week after missing last week’s game. Trevon Diggs was listed as questionable heading into today after missing last week with a knee injury, but after testing things out before the game he will not be suiting up. This would have been the first time all year we’ve seen Diggs play alongside DaRon Bland and Jourdan Lewis at the same time, but the Cowboys will have to wait at least another week. Other Cowboys on the inactive list are Marshawn Kneeland, Deuce Vaughn, Ryan Flournoy, and Andrew Booth. The Cowboys had elevated Booth from the practice squad for this game alongside fellow cornerback Kemon Hall, but Booth will be inactive. As for the Giants, their biggest inactive is Tommy DeVito. The second-year quarterback made his first start of the year this past Sunday after the Giants cut Daniel Jones, but he left with an injury and will not be suiting up today. That leaves Drew Lock to make his first start since December of last year with the Seahawks, although DeVito will apparently be the Giants’ emergency third quarterback.

Photo by Richard Rodriguez/Getty Images Here are our bold predictions for today’s Thanksgiving Day matchup. After a much-needed win in Washington, the Dallas Cowboys are back at it on Thursday afternoon as they host the division-rival New York Giants. Before the two teams square off on Turkey Day, here are three bold predictions for the matchup. Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images 1) Cowboys’ pass rush causes havoc, recording five sacks One thing the Cowboys did very well against the Commanders last week was rush the passer. Against one of the most mobile quarterbacks in all of football, Jayden Daniels, Dallas recorded 21 total pressures, 11 quarterback hurries, and four sacks. It’s been a night and day difference from the Cowboys rushing the passer since Micah Parsons returned. His presence has made some of Dallas’ other pass-rushers perform better, and this week their defense gets a very favorable matchup. While it’s still up in the air if Dallas will face veteran Drew Lock or Tommy DeVito this week, neither quarterback is close to as mobile as Daniels. The Cowboys’ pass rush could cause them big-time problems for either quarterback. Last week against the Buccaneers, the Giants’ offensive line really struggled allowing 25 total pressures, 16 quarterback hurries, and five sacks. This week will be more of the same as New York’s offensive line struggles once again. Led by Micah Parsons, Dallas’ defense records a total of five sacks, putting consistent pressure on the Giants’ signal-caller. Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images 2) CeeDee Lamb continues his dominance against the Giants, recording 125+ receiving yards and scoring two touchdowns Ever since he entered the league in 2020, CeeDee Lamb has been a thorn in the Giants’ side. Five seasons into his NFL career, New York still hasn’t figured out a way to slow down the talented wideout. In nine career games against the Giants, Lamb has gone over 75 receiving yards seven times, catching a total of 59 passes for 820 yards and five touchdowns. The last time the two teams met on Thanksgiving back in 2022, Lamb had a huge day, catching 11 passes for 151 yards and a touchdown. The Giants’ inability to slow down opposing teams’ top wide receivers bodes well for Lamb and the Cowboys in this game. The four receivers below have faced the Giants this season, with all four catching all but one of their targets throughout the game. Mike Evans – 5 catches 68 yards (5 targets) George Pickens – 4 catches, 74 yards (5 targets) A.J. Brown – 5 catches, 89 yards 1 TD (6 targets) Ja’Marr Chase – 5 catches, 72 yards (6 targets) CeeDee Lamb, the most targeted receiver in the NFL, should be able to take advantage of this on Thanksgiving Day. The All-Pro wideout has one of his best days of the season, recording 125+ receiving yards and two touchdowns, continuing his dominance over Dallas’ division rival. Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images 3) KaVontae Turpin returns another kick for a touchdown KaVontae Turpin made the play of the day last Sunday in Dallas’ win over Washington. The 28-year-old returned a kick 99 yards for a touchdown, recording a top speed of 21.35 mph and showing off one of the nastiest spin moves in NFL history. KaVontae Turpin goes 99 yards for the TD : #DALvsWAS on FOX : https://t.co/waVpO8ZBqG pic.twitter.com/IiHNVZAnt5 — NFL (@NFL) November 24, 2024 Turpin has been very aggressive all year returning kicks. You’d think with his other-worldly speed teams would be wary of giving him a chance, but so far this season that has not been the case. Turpin leads the league with 762 kick return yards and an average of 36.3 Y/Ret. This week, lightning will strike twice as Turpin once again makes a highlight-reel-worthy play. Late in the third quarter, Turpin returns a kick and takes it all the way again, giving Dallas a double-digit lead that holds for the rest of the game.

Photo by Sam Hodde/Getty Images Cowboys fans still want to tank despite recent win Good vibes, right? The Dallas Cowboys pulled off a shocker and beat the Washington Commanders in their recent game. So Cowboys fans are felling pretty good. Well, as Lee Corso would say, not so fast my friend. Dallas moved to 4-7 on the season, and while they are a huge longshot for a playoff run, they are technically still alive as the ‘mathematically eliminated’ tag has not been applied yet. On top of that, they have a stretch of winnable games as they play the New York Giants, Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, all four teams are below .500 at the moment. So that’s the positive news. The negative? They are still dealing with plenty of injuries. They are in a big deficit with a 4-7 record. They still will be playing with a backup quarterback. And they would be among the weakest playoff teams around if they even made it that far. With all that, is it even worth it for them to go on some kind of winning streak at this point in the season? Or is tanking the year and going for a high draft pick the best option? We wanted to know that answer, so we asked the fans. But first, let’s check on fan confidence after the win over the Commanders. It has ticked up just a bit to 9% confidence. Next, we wanted to know from NFL fans who they thought would cover the FanDuel odds that have the Cowboys as 3.5-point favorites. A huge majority of fans think Dallas will cover. Finally, we answer the ‘tank or not tank’ question. Cowboys fans say tank!

Peter Casey-Imagn Images The latest news surrounding the Dallas Cowboys. Fantasy Football Storylines to Watch on Thanksgiving: Dallas Cowboys’ RB Rico Dowdle should feast (hopefully) – Chris Allen, Yahoo! Sports Rico Dowdle should be able to put up some big numbers on Thanksgiving. One of the unsung heroes on the offense from Sunday was Rico Dowdle. Dallas Cowboys RB Rico Dowdle had 19 carries during Sunday’s win over the Washington Commanders. It was only the second game this season where a running back has had 19 carries for the team. The other was Rico at Pittsburgh. It was only the 10th game of such kind since 2022.… pic.twitter.com/JnzdRYLBUo — RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) November 25, 2024 Admittedly Dowdle fumbled early in the Week 12 game. But he still handled 70% of the team’s carries and earned a 10% target share. And it’s not just the volume that should make him appealing to fantasy managers. Dowdle has taken over 50% of the totes over the last four games. Over that span, he has top-10 marks in rushing success rate and adjusted yards after contact per attempt. With the Giants ranking as a top-10 unit in fantasy points allowed to RBs, Dowdle’s usage and situation should make him a popular option for gamers on Thursday. KaVontae Turpin named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week – Nick Eatman, DallasCowboys.com No surprise, KaVontae Turpin takes home honors for the week. For the first time in his career, KaVontae Turpin has been named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week. He only made one significant play in last Sunday’s game – but it was certainly one of the most electrifying plays in team history. Turpin’s 99-yard kickoff return for a touchdown gave the Cowboys a commanding lead in an eventual 34-26 win over Washington to snap Dallas’ five-game losing streak. The play didn’t start off favorable for Turpin, who bobbled a line-drive kickoff and had to field back at the 1-yard line, followed by a slow jog up the field. But then Turpin used a spin move that would resemble a video game, followed by a burst of speed that left the Commanders in the dust. Turpin became the first player this season to have both a kickoff return and a punt return for touchdowns, as he scored in Week 1 against Cleveland with a 60-ayrd punt return. Turpin also has two touchdown receptions. He’s just the fifth player since the NFL-AFL merger to have 60+ yard touchdowns as a punt returner, kick returner and receiver in the same season. Turpin is also the second Cowboys player to have a rushing touchdown, receiving touchdown, kickoff return touchdown and punt return touchdown in his career, joining Kevin Williams. Cooper Rush Provides Injury Update Ahead of Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Game vs. Giants – Karl Rasmussen, Sports Illustrated Cooper Rush’s soreness doesn’t appear to be concerning. Dallas Cowboys quarterback Cooper Rush was included on the team’s injury report on Monday and again on Tuesday, but he doesn’t expect to miss out on the Thanksgiving Day showdown against the New York Giants. Rush was estimated to be a limited participant in practice on Monday, though the session was only a walkthrough. He remained limited on Tuesday’s report while dealing with some knee soreness. The 31-year-old told Jane Slater of the NFL Network that he’s good to go and plans to play on Thursday, despite the short week of rest. That’s certainly an encouraging update for the Cowboys, who will be vying to secure their first victory at AT&T Stadium this season during the Week 13 tilt. Dallas has struggled throughout the season, but it finally got back in the win column during Sunday’s 34–26 victory over the Washington Commanders. That marked their first win since Oct. 6, and they’ll look to make it two in a row on Thursday against the Giants. Rush has taken over starting quarterback duties for the Cowboys since Dak Prescott went down with a season-ending hamstring injury. Rush is 1–2 in his first three starts, having thrown three touchdowns and one interception in that span while completing 62.7% of his passes. No shade: Why the Cowboys’ sun issues are unique to Dallas – Kalyn Kahler The sun problem at AT&T is a subject for discussion. Dak Prescott didn’t talk about it afterward, because by the time he threw his second interception at the start of the fourth quarter against the Lions, the Cowboys trailed by 31 points. It didn’t matter to the box score that the $240 million quarterback faced a second opponent — the sun — as he took a deep shot at midfield on fourth down, or that instead of finding his own receiver Jalen Brooks, he found Lions safety Brian Branch. “He’s staring right into the sun,” Tom Brady said as Fox’s broadcast showed the replay of the pick. It was Oct. 13 in Arlington, Texas, before the end of daylight savings time, so the sun was beginning its long descent just before 6 p.m. Central Time, through the southwest windows of AT&T Stadium. A month later, at the next 3:25 p.m. game at AT&T, the sun claimed another couple of Cowboys against the visiting Eagles, this time around 4:45 p.m. as those southwest-facing windows framed the setting sun with two minutes left in the second quarter. On second down from Philadelphia’s 3-yard line, the sun momentarily blinded tight end Jake Ferguson and receiver CeeDee Lamb as they turned to face quarterback Cooper Rush from the east end zone. Ferguson put his hands up to surrender just as the ball sailed past him at the goal line. Lamb was wide open crossing behind Ferguson deep in the end zone but couldn’t react in time. After the ball fell untouched to the turf, he pointed two fingers to his eyes. Here is the Cowboys’ final injury report for Thanksgiving Day against the Giants. #Cowboys injury report for tomorrow vs. #Giants, with TE Jake Ferguson and G Zack Martin ruled out, while CB

Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Los Dallas Cowboys juegan contra los New York Giants el Jueves. Los Dallas Cowboys regresan a AT&T Stadium el Jueves para el anual juego de Thanksgiving. Este año los Cowboys juegan contra los New York Giants. Ahora la energía es diferente con los Cowboys consideran que el equipo gano para la primera vez de el seis desde Octubre. Con un equipo muy mal en frente de ellos, Dallas puede ganar en su casa para la primera vez este temporada. ¡Feliz Thanksgiving a todos! Es posible que el juego se van muy loco porque este es como los Cowboys están jugando este temporada. ¿Que vamos a ver cuando Dallas y New York están en frente de todo el mundo en Thanksgiving? Aquí están mis 3 predicciones. Dallas tiene un touchdown en defense Photo by Randy Litzinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Es importante que estamos honesto cuando discutiendo los Cowboys y también los Giants igual. Ahora se mira que Drew Lock van a jugar a quarterback para New York, pero en este punto no están mucho diferencia a quien juego la posición. Los Giants están muy mal y se tiene muchas errores cada juego. Creo que vamos a ver New York con otra error y que la defensiva de Dallas van a tener un touchdown a resultado. CeeDee Lamb tiene 100+ yardas Photo by Timothy Nwachukwu/Getty Images CeeDee Lamb no tiene un juego con 100+ yardas desde San Francisco y están muchas razones. Cambiando quarterbacks es un facto mas difícil in conversaciones como este, pero en los semanas mas reciente se mira que Lamb están ajustando a cosas con Cooper Rush. Vamos a ver CeeDee con un largo actuación donde tiene mas de 100 yardas. Hable de este tema en el más reciente video en la canal de YouTube de Blogging The Boys. ¡Subscribir (puede aqui) al canal para ver mas videos de los Dallas Cowboys en Ingles y Español! Dallas gana de mas de doble dígitos Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Los Cowboys gano contra Washington y como la energía se creció como dijimos arriba, platicando en una formato honesto es crítica. No estoy diciendo que los Cowboys voy a van a los playoffs, pero a pesar que Dallas están mal… no están mal como los Giants. Es mi opinión que el día van a salir mas feliz para Dallas y los fans de el equipo. Los Cowboys van a ganar de mas de doble dígitos y nosotros van a comer mucho. ¡Felicidades a Thanksgiving, amigos y amigas!

Madden believes in the Dallas Cowboys winning big this week. The Dallas Cowboys are in the middle of some chaos as they are coming off of a win on Sunday against the Washington Commanders and preparing for a Thanksgiving Day showdown against the New York Giants. This is an annual exercise, but it never gets easy. It goes without saying that fans, and arguably the Cowboys themselves, are feeling in a different way with how they are coming off of a win for the first time in just about two months. Oddsmakers are feeling the Cowboys as well as they believe Dallas will win and will do so handily. Laying money on the Cowboys at this point is certainly risky at best, though. The New York Giants may be that bad though, but as we like to say, you never know how things like this are going to go. In an effort to understand what will happen as best as we can, we did what we always do. We ran a simulation in Madden 25. You can watch our entire simulation below. Madden believes not only that the Cowboys will win, but that the Thanksgiving Day holiday will be a celebration from start to finish. The game has Dallas securing their first victory in their home building by a whopping 48-14 score. This type of thing certainly feels unbelievable, even given as bad as the Giants have been. For what it’s worth, Madden has not predicted any Cowboys game to be so lopsided this season. Week 1 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to Cleveland Browns, 18-17 Week 1 In Actuality: Dallas Cowboys beat Cleveland Browns, 33-17 Week 2 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to New Orleans Saints, 36-29 Week 2 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to New Orleans Saints, 44-10 Week 3 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to Baltimore Ravens, 21-14 Week 3 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to Baltimore Ravens, 28-25 Week 4 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to New York Giants, 28-21 Week 4 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys beat New York Giants, 20-15 Week 5 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 28-14 Week 5 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys beat Pittsburgh Steelers, 20-17 Week 6 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to Detroit Lions, 38-31” Week 6 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to Detroit Lions, 47-9 Week 8 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 22-7 Week 8 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to San Francisco 49ers, 30-24 Week 9 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys beat Atlanta Falcons, 13-10 Week 9 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to Atlanta Falcons, 27-21 Week 10 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys lose to Philadelphia Eagles, 21-17 Week 10 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to Philadelphia Eagles, 34-6 Week 11 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys beat Houston Texans, 24-17 Week 11 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys lose to Houston Texans, 34-10 Week 12 Madden Prediction: Dallas Cowboys beat Washington Commanders, 24-21 Week 12 in Actuality: Dallas Cowboys beat Washington Commanders, 34-26 Last week saw Madden correctly predict the Cowboys to win for only the second time this season. It has yet to do that two weeks in a row and this will be the first opportunity that it has to heat up a little. Of note, the final real play in this game was a DaRon Bland pick-six that looked eerily similar to the one he had on Thanksgiving last season that saw him set the NFL record for most in a season.

Photo by Ric Tapia/Getty Images This past week was an interesting one in the NFC East. Last week on “Days of Our Division,” Dallas returned from the dead to shock the Washington Commanders. The Cowboys’ upset helped the surging Philadelphia Eagles create even more cushion in their NFC East lead. And in New York, the Giants proved they’ve got plenty of other problems beyond QB Daniel Jones. Instead of Dan Quinn getting some so-called revenge, not to mention Tyler Biadasz, Dorance Armstrong, Noah Brown, Dante Fowler, Noah Igbinoghene, Joe Whitt, and probably some former AT&T Stadium concessions workers, Washington ate yet another loss from the Cowboys. The rivalry aside, this one stung even more for the Commanders as it was their third straight and has now brought their storybook season to a point of tremendous peril. A few weeks since leading the NFC East, they’re now just a half-game away from falling out of the playoffs entirely. Philadelphia rode 255 rushing yards from Saquon Barkley into a dominant win over the Los Angeles Rams, their seventh straight. While the Packers and Vikings won’t go away quietly, the NFC appears to belong to either the Eagles or the Detroit Lions this season. After releasing Daniel Jones, New York looked even less competent in a 30-7 home drubbing from the Buccaneers. The team appears to have fully quit on the season, which may be according to the front office’s plan, but it’s going to make for an ugly six remaining games. Current NFC East Standings Philadelphia Eagles 9-2 (3-0, 6-2 vs NFC) Washington Commanders 7-5 (2-2 in division, 5-3) Dallas Cowboys 4-7 (2-1, 2-5) New York Giants 2-9 (0-4, 1-7) The Giants now take their poop show on the road for a Thanksgiving matchup with the Cowboys. As bad as Dallas can still be, especially with so many injured starters and a short week to prepare, New York doesn’t even seem to be engaged at this point. The Cowboys’ incredible 14-1 record over the G-Men since 2017 should only improve this week, which would move Dallas to 5-7 and at least make for some interesting philosophical debates about the remainder of their season. The Commanders have a decent shot at ending their losing skid with a home game against the 3-8 Tennessee Titans. If Washington can’t get it together for this one then all of the goodwill from their 7-2 start is going to evaporate. But hey, if anyone knows how to blow a lead, it’s Dan Quinn. Philadelphia is in the game of the week with a short road trip to Baltimore. It will be the first time that Jalen Hurts and Lamar Jackson have faced each other in the NFL; Hurts was still Carson Wentz’s backup the last time the Eagles and Ravens met in 2020. This one will be a fascinating clash, both with the mobile QBs and the RB duel between Derrick Henry and Saquon Barkley.