With all the preseason attention put on Dak Prescott and the Cowboys offense, linebacker Micah Parsons, cornerback Trevon Diggs and the Dallas defense have become the unlikely stars heading into a Week 5 matchup against the New York Giants.
Sunday's game is the Cowboys' second division game and last until Dec. 12.
New York is coming off an overtime win over the New Orleans in which Saquon Barkley had his best game of the season -- a year after going down with a knee injury.
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Dallas is in search of its fourth straight win.
NBC 4 New York sports anchor Bruce Beck joins the show to preview the Giants game against the Cowboys.
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On the college front, No. 6 Oklahoma takes on No. 21 Texas in the 117th Red River Showdown in Dallas on Saturday.
Texas A&M, which started the season as a top-10 team, plays No. 1 Alabama and Heisman favorite Bryce Young and stares down the prospect of an 0-3 start in the SEC.
Plus, SMU is at Navy, Baylor hosts West Virginia, TCU is at Texas Tech and North Texas visits Missouri.
And in some of the top high school games in Dallas-Fort Worth this weekend, we preview Arlington Martin-Arlington Lamar, Coppell-Flower Mound Marcus and Parish Episcopal-Plano Prestonwood Christian.
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