Patriots QB Mac Jones joins Andrew Luck (2012) and Dak Prescott (2016) as the only rookies since the merger to have 5+ wins, 10+ pass TD and 2,000+ pass yds in their first 9 career games

#Cowboys WRs CeeDee Lamb (ankle) and Amari Cooper (hamstring) -- both listed as questionable -- will play today against the #Broncos, per sources.

Micah Parsons is the first rookie in team history with 5.0 sacks through the first eight games of a career.

Live from Arlington, Texas, where the #Cowboys expect CeeDee Lamb (ankle) and Amari Cooper (hamstring) to be full-go today, while the #Broncos have a game-day COVID issue. @NFLGameDay @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/8D1B0ZzCzF

With that run, Ezekiel Elliott surpassed 7,000 career rushing yards. Elliott joins Emmitt Smith as the only Cowboy - 11th in NFL history - to reach 7,000 rushing yards in his first 79 games.

Quite a way to start for the Cowboys. Tony Pollard with a 54-yard return on the opening kickoff.

Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy on @1053thefan: "It's a noon game. We want to get up, get going and get our crowd into this thing."

Cowboys safety Jayron Kearse handling the pregame speech pic.twitter.com/z2w2M9kFPJ

Shouts out to the guy walking around the south side of AT&T Stadium in a Tyron Smith jersey. OL jerseys always deserve shoutouts.

Everybody wants aggressive until it doesn't work. Loved both of the early calls. I trust Dak to make that throw to Cedrick Wilson 99.99999% of the time. Bad day at the office for everyone. Which, in no way should change the way they call those situations imo. twitter.com/undermyvoodoo9…

That doesn't seem in spirit with the rule. Cowboys get a punt block, but because ball touched CB Nahshon Wright after line of scrimmage, Broncos recover and receive an automatic first down.

.@dak ➡️Malik Turner #ItsMillerTime | #DENvsDAL | @MillerLite pic.twitter.com/uCF3jlHqzT

Cowboys CB Trevon Diggs on his game vs. Broncos. "I didn't play good at all." Focus now is on collective growth. "I don't like losing. So, we've got to come back next week harder. We know what we've got to do. We're going to stick together, and we're going to get it done."

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones: "I've seen us play well, and we're capable of righting this ship and playing winning football."

With Tyron Smith out, the #Cowboys plan to start Terence Steele at left tackle and La'el Collins at right tackle against the #Broncos, I'm told. Steele has gotten backup reps at LT much of the season and Collins has RT experience, so a smooth transition technique-wise.

Cowboys only have four inactives today vs. Denver: LT Tyron Smith, QB Will Grier, S Israel Mukuamu, WR Simi Fehoko

Cowboys OC Kellen Moore rightfully gets a lot of credit when things are going well. That doesn't mean he is to blame when things are falling apart. By and large, play-calling today has been fine. Execution been atrocious.

This makes me long for the days of Cooper Rush.

Cowboys DT Carlos Watkins: "It was a funny game. We've been rolling hot for a while, but it was a humbling game. We needed that. We have to look at it and make corrections."

Dak says his calf feels fine, no cause for concern there. He reiterates what Leighton Vander Esch said a little while ago, which is that Denver was much more physical than them. First time he thinks that's happened all year.

Cowboys DE Randy Gregory on the film from today's loss to Broncos: "We're not just going to burn it and move on. There's a lot of things we can take from it. We can learn from these experiences and come back better."

Womp, womp. Cowboys did exactly what I wanted them to do. Just couldn't block up the fourth down run. Looked like Zeke wanted to go behind Zack Martin, just didn't see an opening. Waste of a fantastic kick return.

Sean McKeon & Francis Bernard both figure to make their 2021 debuts today. Both made the roster as undrafted free agents last year, both got hurt during training camp and haven't been available. Both are active today.

Terence Steele is a backup player for a reason. He is much improved, but still a backup. To suggest La'el Collins shouldn't get the RT back and Steele shouldn't be the 3rd tackle (thus today's LT) is the result of consumption of a bottle of crazy pills. twitter.com/15_grover/stat…

Rookie Kelvin Joseph just made his first positive play of the season. The 2nd round pick recovered Cedric Wilson fumble on punt return for Cowboys to keep the ball on their own 22-yard line.