2025 Week 9 · Final
Arizona Cardinals at Dallas Cowboys, final 27–17
Pregame first read
DAL passing attack has the stronger league profile.
DAL passing attack #2/32 · ARI pass defense #22/32 · 173 offense / 172 defense EPA plays.
Principal uncertainty · The model’s 80% range includes either team winning.
- Model spread
- ARI -1.5
- Model total
- 54.5
- 80% range (DAL margin)
- -15.0 to +18.6
League profiles describe different prior opponents. They do not measure this game’s head-to-head outcome. The model is a historical scoring estimate, not a betting line, and it does not know injuries or availability.
Recorded leaders
- PassingJacoby BrissettARI261 pass yds
- RushingJavonte WilliamsDAL83 rush yds
- ReceivingMarvin Harrison Jr.ARI96 rec yds
Unit matchups
Rank among qualified teams by EPA per play, from each team's last five games before kickoff.
- DAL passing attack#2/32ARI pass defense#22/32
- DAL run game#16/32ARI run defense#5/32
- ARI passing attack#19/32DAL pass defense#21/32
- ARI run game#25/32DAL run defense#30/32
Players to watch
Per-game averages from 2025 games before kickoff, minimum two games. Availability is not verified.
ARIArizona Cardinals
- Kyler MurrayQB · 5 games192pass yds/g
- Trey BensonRB · 4 games40rush yds/g
- Trey McBrideTE · 7 games60.1rec yds/g
- Marvin Harrison Jr.WR · 7 games56.6rec yds/g
DALDallas Cowboys
- Dak PrescottQB · 8 games259pass yds/g
- Javonte WilliamsRB · 8 games79.1rush yds/g
- CeeDee LambWR · 4 games102rec yds/g
- George PickensWR · 8 games85.6rec yds/g