As we will do every week to get you ready for the upcoming game, our X Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. The key area to watch in Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals.
X Factor: Open Field Tackling
Want to hold the Cardinals’ offense in check? Shut down their run game. How do you do that? You better tackle well.
On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys proved what happens if you don’t tackle well. David Montgomery ran through them and Mitch Trubisky looked like Gale Sayers, nearly untouched on his TD that put a nail in the Cowboys’ coffin.