The Dallas Cowboys host the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday, looking to bounce back from last week's home loss to Denver.
Dallas will continue to be without defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence, and this week put end Randy Gregory on injured reserve, which means he will miss at least three weeks. The Cowboys lost linebacker Jabril Cox to a knee injury against the Vikings.
Atlanta beat New Orleans on a last-second field goal last week and is playing without wide receiver Calvin Ridley, who left the team for personal reasons.
Jon Machota of The Athletic joined Big Game Friday Morning to preview Sunday's game and discuss the Cowboys' place in the NFC.
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It's also the first week of the high school football playoffs and NBC 5's Big Game Friday Game of the Week is Prosper against Flower Mound Marcus. Greg Tepper from Dave Campbell's Texas Football joined the show to explain which schools from North Texas have a chance to win state titles.
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At the college level, there are a pair of Top-20 matchups involving Texas schools. No. 12 Baylor hosts No. 8 Oklahoma and No. 14 Texas A&M is at No. 16 Ole Miss.
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