SUNDAY, JAN. 2, 2022 // 4:25 PM ET // AT&T STADIUM // REFEREE: SCOTT NOVAK
ON THE AIRWAVES
TV: FOX (4:25 PM ET): Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, Erin Andrews, Tom Rinaldi (field reporters)
SIRIUS: 121 (Az.), 135 (Dal.)| XM: 385 (Az.), 230 (Dal.) | SXM App: 800 (Az.), 808 (Dal.)
REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY
LEADER: Cowboys lead all-time series, 56-32-1
STREAKS: Cardinals have won 5 of past 6
LAST GAME: 10/19/20: Cardinals 38 at Cowboys 10
LAST GAME AT SITE: 10/19/20
CARDINALS NOTES
• ARIZONA clinched playoff berth for 1st time since 2015.
• QB KYLER MURRAY totaled 319 yards (245 pass, 74 rush) & had TD vs. 0 INTs in Week 16. Needs 216 pass yards to become 4th QB ever (ANDREW LUCK, HOFer PEYTON MANNING & BAKER MAYFIELD) with 3,500+ pass yards & 20+ TD passes in each of 1st 3 seasons. Has 90+ rating in 7 of his past 8 road starts. Had 3 TDs (2 pass, 1 rush) vs. 0 INTs in last meeting.
• RB JAMES CONNER ranks 2nd in NFL in rush TDs (career-high 14) & tied-3rd in scrimmage TDs (career-high 16). Has TD in 3 of his past 4 on road. Has 50+ scrimmage yards in each of 1st 8 road games this season. RB CHASE EDMONDS had career-high 8 receptions with 127 scrimmage yards (71 rec., 56 rush) & 2nd rush TD of season last week. Has 2nd-straight season with 800+ scrimmage yards (821).
• TE ZACH ERTZ had 8 catches for 54 yards last week & aims for his 4th in row with 5+ catches. Had 53 rec. yards & TD catch in
his last game at Dal. (9/27/21 w/ Phi.). WR CHRISTIAN KIRK had 2 rec. TDs in last meeting. Had 7 catches last week & has career-highs in catches (69) & rec. yards (860) in 2021.
• S BUDDA BAKER had 12 tackles & sack last week. Had sack, FF & INT in last meeting. Needs 9 tackles for 4th-straight 100-tackle
season. LB CHANDLER JONES needs 0.5 sacks for 7th-career season with 10+ sacks. LB JORDAN HICKS has 3rd-straight 100+ tackle season (110). Has 4 INTs in his past 5 vs. Dal. LB MARKUS GOLDEN has 8 sacks in 8 road games in 2021.
COWBOYS NOTES
• DALLAS clinched NFC East for 1st time since 2018.
• QB DAK PRESCOTT passed for 330 yards & 4 TDs vs. 0 INTs for 131.4 rating last week, his 6th-career game with 4+ TD passes. Needs 72 pass yards & TD pass for 2nd-career season with 4,000+ yards & 30+ TDs (2019). Has 21 TDs (20 pass, 1 rush) vs. 2 INTs for 117.9 rating in 7 home starts in 2021. Aim for his 4th in row at home with 100+ rating & 8th in row at home with 2+ TD passes.
• RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT had 9th-career game with both rush TD & rec. TD last week. Has 3rd-career season with 10+ rush TDs (10) & 6th-straight season with 1,100+ scrimmage yards (1,169). Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Az. with 80+ scrimmage yards & 4th in row at home with rush TD.
• WR AMARI COOPER had 7 catches for 85 yards & rec. TD in Week 16. Has 50+ rec. yards in 4 of his past 5 at home. Is 8th
player ever with 5+ rec. TDs in each of his 1st 7 seasons. WR CEEDEE LAMB has career-high 1,006 rec. yards in 2021, his 1st career 1,000-yard season. TE DALTON SCHULTZ has career-highs in catches (69), rec. yards (733) & rec. TDs (6) in 2021.
• CB TREVON DIGGS became 7th player in SB era & 1st since EVERSON WALLS (1981) with 11 INTs in single season. Ranks tied1st in NFL with 21 PD. LB MICAH PARSONS is 6th rookie since 1982 & 1st since ALDON SMITH (2011) with 13+ sacks (13) in single season. DE DEMARCUS LAWRENCE had 1st-career INT-TD last week. Has sack in 2 of his past 3.
