The Dallas Cowboys have the early lead in the terrible NFC East and after losing a tough west coast game last week against the San Diego Chargers, things don't get any easier for Jerry Jones and Tony Romo, as Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos will be visiting AT&T Stadium in Texas for a game that will be on CBS at 4:25 pm on Sunday.
The Cowboys opened the season with a dominating win over the New York Giants that started their 0-4 slide and then after losing the following week to the Kansas City Chiefs, the team rebounded with a dominating win over the St. Louis Rams. The Cowboys had their chances against the Chargers last week and ended up losing 30-21 to fall to 2-2 on the year and now they will play a very tough team in the 4-0 Denver Broncos.
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The Broncos already defeated the Giants in embarrassing fashion and after taking down the Eagles last week, Peyton will try to make it a trifecta for the NFC East before playing the Redskins later in the season. The Cowboys are ranked 20th in passing yards per game this season with a solid start for Tony Romo, who has eight touchdown passes and over 1,000 yards passing through four games. The Cowboys have a tough upcoming schedule with two road games against the Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions coming after a game on Sunday night against the Washington Redskins and after that the team will host the Vikings.
The New Orleans Saints on the road will be another Sunday night matchup at the Superdome and that comes before a bye in week 11. The team has another road game out of the bye with a matchup against the NY Giants on the road and then they will host the Oakland Raiders before playing a huge Monday night football matchup against the Chicago Bears. That game will be on ESPN and then they will host the Green Bay Packers before a road game against the Washington Redskins. The team finishes with a home game against the Philadelphia Eagles and that could have big implications for the division.
The Broncos are a tough team to play right now, especially with the way they are performing on offense, as they have scored over 40 points three times already, including 52 last week and Peyton Manning comes into the game with video game numbers of 16 TDs and zero picks. The team has an easy game next week against Jacksonville after playing the Cowboys and then they will play on the road in a very anticipated game as Manning returns to Indy to play the Colts and Andrew Luck.
The team has the Redskins next and then a bye after that, which comes before a road game against the San Diego Chargers. The Broncos then will play at home against the Chiefs before two road games against the Patriots and the Chiefs and then they will host the Titans and Chargers. The team finishes with road games against Houston and Oakland and by Week 17 they could have the division locked up.