Scoring Plays:
1Q - DAL - Dak Prescott to Michael Gallup 1 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | DAL 7, NO 0
End of Quarter Score - Dallas Cowboys 7, New Orleans Saints 0
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2Q - NO - Taysom Hill to Lil'Jordan Humphrey 24 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | DAL 7, NO 7
2Q - DAL - Greg Zuerlein 55 yd FG GOOD | DAL 10, NO 7
2Q - DAL - Greg Zuerlein 34 yd FG GOOD | DAL 13, NO 7
End of Quarter Score - Dallas Cowboys 13, New Orleans Saints 7
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3Q - NO - Brett Maher 42 yd FG GOOD | DAL 13, NO 10
3Q - DAL - Tony Pollard 58 yd TD rush (PAT Good) | DAL 20, NO 10
End of Quarter Score - Dallas Cowboys 20, New Orleans Saints 10
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4Q - DAL - Carlos Watkins 29 yd interception return for TD (PAT Good) | DAL 27, NO 10
4Q - NO - Taysom Hill to Deonte Harris 70 yd TD pass (PAT Good) | DAL 27, NO 17
Final Score - Dallas Cowboys 27, New Orleans Saints 17
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Hello Who Dats & welcome to the Week 13/Game 12 thread.

That was a rather depressing end to Thanksgiving Day and now the Saints are on their first 4-game losing streak since the 2015 season, one of the infamous 7-9 seasons under Payton.

But things are changing for the Saints as the Trevor Siemian experience appears to be at an end with Taysom Hill reportedly finally healthy enough to get back in the game, and with Hill back in the line-up, he will supposedly take over as the starting quarterback with tonight's game.

And Hill is not the only wounded Saint returning to the line-up tonight. It looks like at least one of our running backs returns to action tonight in Mark Ingram. Alvin Kamara, Ryan Ramczyk & Terron Armstead's returns are more questionable, but the return of Ingram might be able to help an offense that was totally stagnant last Thursday.

But the Saints defense remains quite injured as Ezekiel Elliott and Amari Cooper come to town. Will the defense, which has already had too much of the load to bear, be able to slow down the Cowboy offense enough to end this 4-game slide and get back to .500? Will the injection of Taysom Hill and Mark Ingram make a difference for the Saints? How many times will DeMario Davis & Zeke crash head on?

LET'S LASSO THE COWBOYS AND GET BACK IN THE THICK OF THINGS!!!

Injury Report:
DAL-
Cedrick Wilson - Ankle - OUT
Malik Turner - Illness - QUESTIONABLE
Amari Cooper - COVID Activation - QUESTIONABLE

NO- (players on IR - like Winston, Peat, Roach, Lutz, & Gardner-Johnson - won't be listed here)
Kaden Elliss - Hamstring - OUT
Tanoh Kpassagnon - Ankle - OUT
Marcus Davenport - Shoulder - OUT
Terron Armstead - Knee - QUESTIONABLE
Alvin Kamara - Knee - QUESTIONABLE
Ryan Ramczyk - Knee - QUESTIONABLE

Weather: A warm, foggy December night in NOLA will be of no impact inside of the Caesar's Superdome for tonight's game.

Uniforms: For the second straight week, the Saints will rock the Color Rush uniforms at home

Current Standings:
NFC East:
Cowboys 7-4
Washington 5-6
Eagles 5-7
Giants 5-7

NFC South:
Buccaneers 8-3
Falcons 5-6
Saints 5-6
Panthers 5-7

Betting Lines: Cowboys (-6); O/U 47

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Today's Officials:
Referee: #126 Brad Rogers

Umpire: #124 Carl Paganelli
Down Judge: #79 Kent Payne
Line Judge: #87 Tom Eaton
Field Judge: #50 Aaron Santi
Side Judge: #114 Dominique Pender
Back Judge: #12 Greg Steed
Replay Official: Kevin Brown
Replay Assistant: Bob Hubbell

Inactive Lists:
DAL-
WR Cedrick Wilson
QB Will Grier
DE Azur Kamara

NO-
DE Marcus Davenport
LB Kaden Elliss
RB Alvin Kamara
LT Terron Armstead
RT Ryan Ramczyk
QB Ian Book
RB Tony Jones, Jr.

This post was edited on 12/2/21 at 10:35 pm