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ARLINGTON, Texas — Rex Ryan is picking the Dallas Cowboys to beat the San Francisco 49ers outright Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
Ryan made Dallas his Dog of the Week in a clip ESPN posted to X. He expects more than a cover from the Cowboys. “They’re gonna win this game,” Ryan said.
The 4-5 Cowboys host the 7-1 49ers at 3:25 p.m. CT on Fox. San Francisco owns the best record in the NFC and has won the last four meetings between the teams. Dallas has not won consecutive games this season.
Dak Prescott Won’t Put San Francisco 49ers History On Cowboys Locker Room
Two of those four losses to San Francisco came in the playoffs, in the wild-card round in January 2022 and the divisional round in January 2023. Dak Prescott said ending the streak matters to him, and he does not want his own history against the 49ers placed on his teammates.
“I want to beat them absolutely,” Prescott said. “And I’m not naive to what has happened or my history against them. But to put that on the rest of these guys or put that on the locker room, I think that’s stupid.”
One week before beating the Indianapolis Colts 27-23, the Cowboys blew a 14-point fourth-quarter lead and lost 33-30 in overtime to the Arizona Cardinals at AT&T Stadium. In Indianapolis, they let a 20-10 lead slip before winning it late.
“This is about us going in and getting a win,” Prescott explained. “And us trying to win this game and get some momentum going and get back-to-back wins for the first time this season and build off of that.”
Troy Aikman And Stephen Jones Lay Out What Beating The 49ers Takes
Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman said Thursday on The Musers on 96.7 FM/1310 The Ticket that Dallas would need its best football and some breaks to beat San Francisco. He said a win would be a real confidence boost for the Cowboys.
“If they can beat the 49ers, then they can beat anybody,” Aikman said.
Stephen Jones, the Cowboys’ co-owner and chief operating officer, called the losing streak “certainly frustrating” on Friday on 105.3 The Fan’s G-Bag Nation. He said the 49ers, under coach Kyle Shanahan, deserve a lot of respect.
“It’s just you got to play at a very high level,” Jones said. “I give Coach Shanahan credit. He always has his teams prepared, and they’ve been able to get the W. We want to change that narrative on Sunday.”
Against San Francisco, Jones said, Dallas has to protect the ball, take it away, and cut down on penalties. The Cowboys lost two fumbles and were penalized 14 times for 153 yards in the win at Indianapolis.
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