Dallas Cowboys at Atlanta Falcons, 2024 NFL Week 9
The Dallas Cowboys remain on the road this week and up next for them is a trip to visit the Atlanta Falcons. It has amazingly been six whole years since the Cowboys visited Atlanta and a lot of things look different this time around. While Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott are still in the backfield for Dallas, this will be the team’s first trip to visit the Falcons with players like CeeDee Lamb, Trevon Diggs and Brandon Aubrey in the fold.
On the other side of things the Falcons have Kirk Cousins at quarterback which would have been impossible to believe back on that 2018 day, but this season’s Atlanta team is operating quite nicely with Cousins at the helm and playmakers like Bijan Robinson, Drake London and Kyle Pitts helping out on offense.
The Falcons are 5-3 to this point on the season and Dallas has to win this game to avoid falling to the inverse of that as they currently sit at 3-4 through Week 8. Doing so would be the third loss in a row for the Cowboys and the team has avoided a three-game losing streak for almost four entire seasons now. The last time that Dallas lost at least three games in a row was Weeks 6-9 back during the 2020 season. You will recall those were the first four games that the team played after Dak Prescott was injured.
With turmoil surrounding the Cowboys at every turn these days getting a win is sort of critical. Time will tell whether or not they are able to successfully do that.