For the second week in a row, the Arizona Cardinals played well above expectations, this time getting a big home win over the Dallas Cowboys by a score of 28-16. The win brings Arizona to 1-2 on the season, while Dallas drops to 2-1.
Offensive spotlight: Cardinals quarterback Josh Dobbs, who is filling in for the injured Kyler Murray, played very well against one of the best defenses the NFL has to offer.
LET JOSH DOBBS COOK! 💨
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He finished the game 17-of-21 with 189 passing yards, one passing touchdown and no interceptions while also adding 55 yards on six carries.
Defensive spotlight: Cardinals rookie cornerback Kei’Trel Clark was given a tough task this week going up against the likes of CeeDee Lamb, Michael Gallup and Brandin Cooks, but he was up to the challenge.
He finished the game with 10 combined tackles and two passes defended.
Rookie spotlight: Cardinals rookie wide receiver Michael Wilson had two catches in this game, and they were big ones.
First and goal for the Cards! @josh_dobbs1 sails it to a wide open @mikewilllyy 🔥
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Wilson hauled in both of his two targets for 86 receiving yards.
Box Score
Passing
Dallas Cowboys |
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Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
Dak Prescott | 15.36 | 25 / 40 | 249 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 2 | 78 |
Arizona Cardinals |
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Player | Fantasy | Comp/Att | Yds | YPA | TD | Int | Long | Sacks | Rtg |
Joshua Dobbs | 17.06 | 17 / 21 | 189 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 120 |
Rushing
Dallas Cowboys |
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Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
Tony Pollard | 18.1 | 23 | 122 | 5.3 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Dak Prescott | 15.36 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
Rico Dowdle | 13.6 | 4 | 21 | 5.2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
CeeDee Lamb | 10.2 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Hunter Luepke | 3.1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
Arizona Cardinals |
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Player | Fantasy | Car | Yds | YPC | TD | Long | Fum Lost |
James Conner | 19.6 | 14 | 98 | 7 | 1 | 26 | 0 |
Joshua Dobbs | 17.06 | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
Rondale Moore | 16.2 | 3 | 54 | 18 | 1 | 45 | 0 |
Keaontay Ingram | 3.1 | 5 | 13 | 2.6 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
Emari Demercado | 0.2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Receiving
Dallas Cowboys |
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Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
Tony Pollard | 18.1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | -0.3 | 0 | 2 |
Michael Gallup | 15.2 | 7 | 6 | 92 | 13.1 | 15.3 | 0 | 27 |
Rico Dowdle | 13.6 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 1 | 15 |
CeeDee Lamb | 10.2 | 7 | 4 | 53 | 7.6 | 13.2 | 0 | 32 |
Jake Ferguson | 9.8 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 0 | 12 |
Brandin Cooks | 3.7 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 2.4 | 8.5 | 0 | 12 |
Hunter Luepke | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Peyton Hendershot | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
Luke Schoonmaker | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Arizona Cardinals |
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Player | Fantasy | Tgt | Rec | Yds | YPT | YPR | TD | Long |
James Conner | 19.6 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
Marquise Brown | 17.1 | 7 | 5 | 61 | 8.7 | 12.2 | 1 | 23 |
Rondale Moore | 16.2 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 1.3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Michael Wilson | 10.6 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 69 |
Keaontay Ingram | 3.1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
Zach Ertz | 2.6 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
Trey McBride | 1.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |