Jimmy Johnson Hangs Out with Dallas Cowboys' Jerry Jones at Panthers VIDEO: Injury Report, How to Watch, Betting Odds

Author:
Timm Hamm
Publish date:
Nov 19, 2023 12:09 PM EST

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The Dallas Cowboys head east to take on the Panthers with the hope of building momentum at the mid-way point of the season. Dallas can continue to build a foundation for a deep playoff run with a win over a Carolina team that is currently circling the drain in the NFC.

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is in the building ... and so is ol' pal Jimmy Johnson, as you can see here ...

What's that about? Among other things, Jerry is holding a press conference 20 minutes before kickoff, and is reportedly appearing on FOX Sports as well ... so, Jimmy to the Ring of Honor? We're checking. In the meantime ...

The Panthers are well on their way to a sixth straight losing season since an 11-5 mark in 2017 under the guidance of Ron Rivera and Cam Newton.

The Cowboys are moving in the opposite direction of the Panthers. Since Week 8, Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott has led the league with 1,082 passing yards and 11 touchdown passes, and is No. 2 in the NFL with a 129.4 rating.

Prescott has registered at least 300 yards passing and three touchdowns in three straight contests, one game shy of matching an NFL record that is shared by some prime company in Peyton Manning, Steve Young and Patrick Mahomes.

Against the Giants in Week 10, Prescott threw for 404 yards and four touchdowns, and Dallas gained 640 total yards on offense.

“They are hot on offense,” Panthers coach Frank Reich said. “Dak is extremely effective in the pocket and out of the pocket. Obviously, CeeDee Lamb is a big-time playmaker and they are having success running and throwing it.”

Dallas - which is also pretty healthy, as you can see above (with the inactives for the day linked below) - has had great success against lower-tier teams in the league, except the Cardinals, but it'll have to play well in each contest to be talked about in the same breath as the NFC East-leading Philadelphia Eagles.

“I feel like we’ve had games where we’ve blown teams out that we should blown out,” said Cowboys safety Jayron Kearse. “When it comes down us doing what we say we want to do, you know it’s going to come down to those big games, those San Fran games, those Philly games, Miami, the Bills and those type of games. To where we put together a complete game, and that shows who you are as a team.”