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Dallas Cowboys vs Houston Texans

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 1 verdict

Cowboys is the better survivor pick this week

Cowboys score 0.426 equity (59.3% win probability) against Texans at 0.361 — a real gap of 0.066.

DAL team page →HOU team page →

This week

2026 week 1 · de-vigged consensus from live_game_lines + equity_scores

@ NYGOpponentvs BUF

59.3%Win prob47.2%

0.426Equity score0.361

−3.0Spread11/11 books+1.5

48.0Game total45.0

▼ 0.001Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▲ 0.008

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 4DAL @ HOUnot played yet

All-time series: 7 meetings · DAL 4 — HOU 3. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1485.3ELO rating1573.1

#19ELO rank#6

7-9-1Record12-5

NFC EastDivisionAFC South

#2Division rank#2

L 17 · W +7 · L 17 · L 8 · L 14Last 5newest firstL 12 · W +24 · W +8 · W +4 · W +2

Defense vs position

ppr allowed per game · 2025 through week 18 · lower rank = tougher

23.3 · #32vs QB12.8 · #3

25.7 · #28vs RB20.1 · #11

39.3 · #32vs WR25.9 · #3

12.3 · #12vs TE12.3 · #11

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2 (2025)Sacks / game2.95 (2025)

10.76Pressures / game8.42

24-13-1Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows10-10

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

47.1% · #11Pre-snap motion44.7% · #14

13.0% · #5Play action11.2% · #16

4.1% · #18RPO1.3% · #29

2.7% · #27Screen pass2.2% · #31

7.8% · #11No huddle3.6% · #27

51.7% · #22Shotgun51.0% · #23

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

26.0% · #25Man coverage31.5% · #16

28.4% · #12Blitz (5+ rushers)22.9% · #23

31.8% · #11Pressure30.7% · #15

DAL scheme profile →HOU scheme profile →

Injury report

2026 week 1 · nflverse + highlightly

Dallas Cowboys

Ajani CorneliusTLimited Participation in Practice
Alijah ClarkSafetyOut
Bruce HarmonCornerbackQuestionable
Caelen CarsonCornerbackOut
CeeDee LambWide ReceiverOut
Christian MatthewCornerbackQuestionable
Cooper BeebeCenterQuestionable
DeMarvion OvershownLinebackerQuestionable
Donovan WilsonSafetyQuestionable
Earnest Brown IVDefensive EndQuestionable
Hakeem AdenijiOffensive TackleOut
Jack SanbornLinebackerOut

Houston Texans

Aireontae ErseryOffensive TackleOut
Alijah HuzzieCornerbackOut
Ameer SpeedCornerbackOut
Azeez Al-ShaairLinebackerOut
Blake FisherOffensive TackleQuestionable
Braxton BerriosWide ReceiverOut
Brevin JordanTight EndInjured Reserve
British BrooksRunning BackOut
C.J. Gardner-JohnsonSafetyQuestionable
C.J. StroudQuarterbackOut
Cade StoverTight EndQuestionable
Cam RobinsonOffensive TackleOut

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