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Packers Take on Cowboys

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys want to get their offense back to what it was doing before a sputtering loss that slowed their best start in more than a decade.

 

Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers are looking for a repeat of their best offensive showing - but this time in a win when nearly 500 yards wasn't good enough.

 

The division leaders - visiting Green Bay (3-1) is tied with Chicago atop the NFC North - meet Sunday with the same goal: Answer a loss with a victory so they can still feel the momentum of opening with three straight wins.

 

In a 12-10 loss at New Orleans, the Cowboys (3-1) were held to 257 yards, barely half of what they rolled up in each of their wins while scoring more than 30 points each time.

 

Tight end Jason Witten and running back Ezekiel Elliott had fumbles that helped contribute to the first halftime deficit of the season, and Prescott made a critical mistake taking a sack on the first play of the final drive, when they ran out of time needing only a field goal to win.

 

The Packers could be without top receiver Davante Adams, who had his career-high 180 yards receiving against the Eagles before injuring a toe in the second half.

 

Green Bay's Aaron Jones had his first career 100-yard game in a 35-31 win over the Cowboys as a rookie two years ago, but has averaged 20 yards in two games since going for 116 in Week 2 this year. Like their defense, the Packers have the 26th-ranked rushing offense.

 

Randall Cobb, who spent his first eight seasons in Green Bay, is facing the Packers for the first time after signing with the Cowboys in the offseason. 

 

The Packers are 3-0 against Dallas at AT&T Stadium, with three dramatic victories, starting in 2013 when Rodgers was injured and Matt Flynn led Green Bay's 37-36 win after trailing 26-3 at halftime.

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