🏈 Defense The Catalyst To Cowboys' Success

Dallas has one of the league's best defenses. Can Dan Quinn & Co. stop the Rams? [View in browser]( [FOX SPORTS INSIDER WITH MARTIN ROGERS] In today’s FOX Sports Insider with David Helman: Dallas has arguably the league's best pass rush and one of its best defenses, but coordinator Dan Quinn believes the best is yet to come … Predicting the winner of every MLB playoff series … and more! Despite the praise being thrown at this Dallas Cowboys defense, don't expect Dan Quinn to become complacent with where the group is. After all, the Cowboys defensive coordinator has seen what this can look like at its absolute best. Long before he led this turnaround in Dallas, even before that fateful Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, Quinn oversaw NFL greatness as the defensive coordinator of the Seattle Seahawks and the iconic Legion of Boom. Reflecting on a famous moment from former Seahawks great Kam Chancellor, Quinn can vividly recall the process of watching great become special. "It got to a playoff game, he had an 80- or 90-yard interception against Carolina that he took back all the way," Quinn said. "I remember seeing it at that moment and saying, ‘That's it, that's what it looks like. That's what championship defense can look like.'" Needless to say, the Cowboys have a long way to go before anyone will compare them to a unit that terrorized the NFL for roughly five years, helping Seattle to two Super Bowl appearances and one championship. But it's not so much about a comparison as the idea of graduating from good to great, and then from great to special. And while it hasn't happened for this group through four weeks, Quinn knows exactly what to look for when evaluating. "There's usually a moment or two in those first 10 or 12 games that you answer a challenge, you deliver on it — there's something that says, ‘Whoa,'" he said. "You don't know what game it's going to be. You're not even sure who the opponent is, but there's just a performance that says, ‘This is what this group's capable of.'" Quinn was sure to say his current group hasn't provided a "whoa" moment just yet. After all, beating up on the Giants and Commanders isn't quite the same as some of the tasks in front of the Cowboys. That includes a trip to Los Angeles this Sunday to face a Rams team looking to break out of a post-Super Bowl funk (4:25 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports App). But in watching this defense through the first month of the season — even in the loss to Tampa Bay — it's easy to assume that the moment is coming. For the rest of the story, [click here.]( [STORY IMAGE 1] [IN OTHER WORDS] - Dr. Matt Provencher crunches the numbers to rank the [five healthiest and five most banged-up]( teams in the NFL. - With the MLB playoffs commencing, FOX Sports' [experts make their picks]( all the way through the World Series. - It’s not all bad in New England, as Patriots players elucidate to Henry McKenna how [Jerod Mayo is the best LB coach]( they’ve ever had. - Gambling Insider Patrick Everson breaks down [what sharp football bettors are on]( this week. - Dallas lost its first game and its starting QB in the process. Ralph Vacchiano explains why [Mike McCarthy deserves more credit]( for the Cowboys winning their three games since. For the latest news and updates, [click here.]( [VIEWER'S GUIDE] San Diego Padres at New York Mets (ESPN, 8:07 p.m. ET) Yu Darvish takes on Max Scherzer in Game 1 of a best-of-three wild-card series in New York. No. 4 Michigan Wolverines at Indiana Hoosiers (Saturday, FOX, noon ET) The Wolverines look to stay perfect and avenge their 2020 loss in Bloomington. No. 17 TCU Horned Frogs at No. 19 Kansas Jayhawks (Saturday, FS1, noon ET) The stakes in this Big 12 clash include persevering a perfect record and earning the inside track on a conference title. No. 11 Utah Utes at No. 18 UCLA Bruins (Saturday, FOX, 3:30 p.m. ET) The Pac-12 preseason favorite Utes battle the surprisingly unbeaten Bruins. Washington State Cougars at No. 6 USC Trojans (Saturday, FOX, 7:30 p.m. ET) The underrated Cougars aspire to knock off the unbeaten Trojans for the first time since a 2017 upset. Atlanta Falcons at Tampa Bay Buccaneers (Sunday, FOX, 1 p.m. ET) Tom Brady hopes to avoid his first three-game losing streak in 20 years against a frisky Falcons squad. Dallas Cowboys at Los Angeles Rams (Sunday, FOX, 4:25 p.m. ET) The Cowboys aim to win their fourth straight, while the Rams try to put a blowout loss behind them in America’s Game of the Week. For all of today's games and scores, [click here](. [BET OF THE DAY] Odds provided by [FOX Bet]( Cowboys at Rams: Rams -4.5 From FOX Sports Betting Analyst Jason McIntyre: Even though Sean McVay is 3-1 against Dallas, the Rams are in a tough spot here. Los Angeles comes into this game off a quick turnaround following the MNF loss and a litany of problems in the trenches. The Rams are last in the NFL in pressure rate at 9.4%, which is down considerably from 22.8% last year, and they couldn’t take advantage of the 49ers struggling OL. Will they change some things against Dallas to pressure Cooper Rush? Offensively, the Rams had zero explosive plays against the 49ers, and they’re extremely limited, with Cooper Kupp getting a whopping 36.2% of Matt Stafford’s targets. The most difficult aspect of this handicap is the look-ahead line was -7; after the Rams got their butts kicked Monday, it’s down to -4.5. As suspect as the Rams looked, remember to forget what you saw last week and trust the overreaction is too much. Bypass your recency bias, and lay the points. For the latest betting odds, [click here](. [FOLLOW FOX SPORTS] [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [YouTube]( [Instagram]( Download FOX Sports App: [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [Google Play]( [App Store]( [Fire TV]( [Roku]( [App Store]( [Google Play]( Also available on these devices: [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV] [fireTV | AppleTV | ROKU | Google Chromecast | XBOX ONE | SAMSUNG Smart TV] Trademark & Copyright Notice: ™ and © 2022 Fox Media LLC and FOX Sports Interactive Media, LLC. All rights reserved. Please do not reply to this message. If you do not wish to receive emails like this in the future, please [unsubscribe](. FOX Sports respects your privacy. 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