• RB Tony Pollard — more than 69.5 rushing yards — Dallas Cowboys: Dak Prescott has struggled over the last five weeks and has frequently completed fewer passes than his total, giving Pollard more opportunity to assist in moving this offence downfield in what should be a close game.

• The ideal scenario: The Chargers are allowing opponents to rush the ball with the fourth-highest success rate and have a defender grade poorly on 75.8% of plays, which is the greatest percentage in the league.

After being completely destroyed by the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5, Dallas travels to Los Angeles. A week ago, Dak Prescott and company managed just slightly over 200 yards of total offence. This week, they take on the Chargers, who have won their last two games and are coming off a Week 5 bye.

The Cowboys’ offensive line is finally fully recovered, but their defence is severely compromised by the injuries of linebacker Leighton Vander Esch (neck) and cornerback Trevon Diggs (knee). Due to a hamstring injury, backup safety Juanyeh Thomas is questionable. The Cowboys will be without him on the back end, as he has played in about 50% of the games and has a strong 83.7 PFF coverage rating.

Joey Bosa stated

In the secondary, there are also problems. With J.C. Jackson back in New England, L.A. is extremely weak at outside cornerback, while backup Deane Leonard is questionable. launching a free safety After missing his team’s game in Week 4, Alohi Gilman is officially listed as doubtful due to a heel ailment. Fortunately, top running back Austin Ekeler is back after missing a few weeks due to an ankle ailment.

This season, Tony Pollard’s snap counts have been a little lower than anticipated, but that is entirely because Rico Dowdle was given the chance to perform later in three games that the Cowboys won by 20 points or more.

The Cowboys’ sole competitive game came against the Cardinals in Week 3. Other Cowboys games have been decided by scores of 40, 20, 35, and 32 points. Tony Pollard played 86% of the snaps and had 23 carries in that game, which finished in a 12-point deficit for the losing team (28-16).

The Cowboys’ offensive line is among the best five in the league when it is healthy, and it is finally completely functional.

The Chargers, however, are forfeiting the fourth-highest level of success.