➤ Game of the week: Dallas Cowboys at Pittsburgh Steelers — One of the NFL's most storied inter-conference rivalries returns on "Sunday Night Football" with the Cowboys coming off a gut-check win and the Steelers attempting to rebound from their first loss of the season. These two franchises are familiar with primetime games. Since 1970, the Cowboys (106 wins) and Steelers (98) have the most victories among all NFL teams in primetime (though, to be fair, these two teams get scheduled regularly for primetime games). Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is in elite company in terms of career winning percentage in primetime games (.703, 26-11), and is one of four quarterbacks with a winning percentage of .700 or better in primetime starts since 1970 (minimum 25 starts): Steve Young (.767), Joe Montana (.733) and Peyton Manning (.723). Patrick Mahomes (.697) could move above .700 with a win on "Monday Night Football."
➤ Sneaky-good game of the week: Baltimore Ravens at Cincinnati Bengals — The Ravens offense featuring quarterback Lamar Jackson and running back Derrick Henry is humming . Jackson is a must-watch talent week-in and week-out. Henry is back to running over, around and past people to the tune of a league-leading 480 yards rushing. The Bengals finally got their first win of the season last week. Another win here puts the Bengals back in the thick of the race for the AFC North, which either the Bengals and Ravens have won the past three seasons and in five of the past six.
➤ Dreadful game of the week: Miami Dolphins at New England Patriots — This unimpressive matchup pits the 28th-ranked Patriots vs. No. 30 Dolphins (according to Nate Davis ' latest power rankings ). Thankfully, there are five other games during the 1 p.m. ET timeslot. It seems doubtful that "NFL RedZone" host Scott Hanson will be kicking to this one for regular updates. These teams are offensively offensive: The Patriots and Dolphins rank 31st and 32nd — respectively — in points per game; the Dolphins are 26th in yards per game, while the Patriots are dead last. 🤮
➤ Game I'm mildly interested in, and not just because I have Kareem Hunt on my fantasy team: New Orleans Saints at Kansas City Chiefs — The Saints have lost two straight after a 2-0 start. The Chiefs are 4-0, but hardly have been all that impressive. Kansas City is dealing with a myriad of injury issues on offense with wide receiver Rashee Rice on injured reserve , wide receiver Marquise "Hollywood" Brown out for an extended period of time and running back Isiah Pacheco also on injured reserve. Is this the week that all of these injuries catch up to the Chiefs, or will Patrick Mahomes, rookie receiver Xavier Worthy and future Hall of Fame tight end Travis Kelce keep this team winning?
➤ Don't forget to set your alarm ⏰, there's a London game on Sunday: New York Jets at Minnesota Vikings — Cue The Clash's "London Calling." The surprising Vikings (4-0) "host" the Jets (2-2) at 9:30 a.m. ET or 6:30 a.m. for those of us based on the Best Coast, in what will be the eighth NFL game held at London's Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. The Vikings enter this one 3-0 in their previous trips to London (that also includes games played at Wembley Stadium and Twickenham Stadium). This is the second of five International Series games — and first of three straight Sundays of games in London.
Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are 2-0 in road games so far this season. Robert Deutsch, Imagn Images
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The Cowboys and Steelers play this week , so it's only natural to revisit the epic clashes that these two stories franchises have had over the years. Most notably, how these two teams have met three times in the Super Bowl, which is the most rematches, with the Steelers holding a 2-1 edge.
Fans of the 1970s NFL can debate which Super Bowl encounter of that era was better — X or XIII — but what might not be up for debate is how Super Bowl XIII might have enjoyed the greatest collection of talent of any game in NFL history.
Super Bowl XIII featured 17 Pro Football Hall of Fame players — 10 for the Steelers, seven for the Cowboys. Both head coaches — Chuck Noll and Tom Landry — are in the Hall of Fame. Numerous front office members/team architects also are enshrined in Canton, including Steelers owners Art Rooney Sr. and Dan Rooney, and scout Bill Nunn, plus Cowboys GM/president Tex Schramm and executive Gil Brandt.
Super Bowl XIII, the game, was a wild one. The Steelers built a 35-17 lead in the fourth quarter, but the Cowboys stormed back with a frenzied rally that fell just short. This game also featured one of the most heart-wrenching plays in Super Bowl history, which resulted in the famous call from Verne Lundquist : "Bless his heart, he's got to be the sickest man in America."
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