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Arizona Cardinals vs Dallas Cowboys

Real survivor-pool comparison built on the same validated tables the team pages use — de-vigged market win probability and equity, spreads and totals, ELO ranks, defense vs position, charted scheme tendencies, recent form and current injuries. Green marks the better league rank.

Week 9 verdict

Cowboys is the better survivor pick this week

Cowboys score 0.482 equity (68.0% win probability) against Cardinals at 0.200 — a real gap of 0.282.

ARI team page →DAL team page →

This week

2026 week 9 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ SEAOpponent@ IND

22.6%Win prob68.0%

0.200Equity score0.482

+8.5Spread11/11 books−5.5

39.5Game total51.5

= 0.000Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot= 0.000

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 8ARI @ DAL33-30 · ARI

All-time series: 20 meetings · ARI 13 — DAL 7. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2026 · week 9

1431.0ELO rating1471.6

#30ELO rank#20

3-5Record3-5

NFC WestDivisionNFC East

#4Division rank#2

W +3 · L 14 · W +2 · L 24 · L 12Last 5newest firstL 3 · W +17 · L 10 · L 8 · W +4

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2026 through week 8 · lower rank = tougher

22.0 · #27vs QB20.2 · #26

20.8 · #13vs RB26.4 · #24

33.5 · #17vs WR35.6 · #23

15.4 · #21vs TE13.7 · #13

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

tested and published as flat: neither predicts survivor outcomes beyond the market

2 (2026)Sacks / game1.43 (2026)

6.86Pressures / game7.86

3-9Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows25-16-1

Both of these are context, not edge. Our own tests found DL strength (finding #10) and primetime risk (finding #11) statistically flat once the market price is accounted for.

Scheme tendencies — offense

ftn charting · 2025 season · rank 1 = highest rate

35.4% · #30Pre-snap motion47.1% · #11

13.8% · #3Play action13.0% · #5

2.0% · #26RPO4.1% · #18

4.7% · #8Screen pass2.7% · #27

9.9% · #6No huddle7.8% · #11

59.2% · #9Shotgun51.7% · #22

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

29.1% · #19Man coverage26.0% · #25

27.4% · #17Blitz (5+ rushers)28.4% · #12

25.7% · #29Pressure31.8% · #11

ARI scheme profile →DAL scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 9 · nflverse + highlightly

Arizona Cardinals

Bam KnightRBDid Not Participate In Practice
Budda BakerSDid Not Participate In Practice
Hjalte FroholdtCDid Not Participate In Practice
Isaac SeumaloGDid Not Participate In Practice
Isaiah AdamsGLimited Participation in Practice
Jacoby BrissettQBDid Not Participate In Practice
James ConnerRunning BackQuestionable
Jayden WilliamsTDid Not Participate In Practice
Joey BlountSafetyQuestionable
Jon Gaines IIGDid Not Participate In Practice
Josh SweatLBDid Not Participate In Practice
Kaleb ProctorDefensive TackleInjured Reserve

Dallas Cowboys

Broderick JonesTDid Not Participate In Practice
Caleb DownsSDid Not Participate In Practice
Camden BrownWide ReceiverOut
Cobie DurantCornerbackOut
Dee WintersLBLimited Participation in Practice
DeMarvion OvershownLinebackerOut
Drew SheltonTFull Participation in Practice
George PickensWRLimited Participation in Practice
Israel AbanikandaRunning BackOut
Jake FergusonTEDid Not Participate In Practice
Joey Porter Jr.CBFull Participation in Practice
Jonathan BullardDEFull Participation in Practice

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