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Dallas Cowboys vs Los Angeles Rams

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

Rams is the better survivor pick this week

Rams score 0.444 equity (64.2% win probability) against Cowboys at 0.426 — a real gap of 0.018.

DAL team page →LA team page →

This week

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

@ NYGOpponentvs SF

59.3%Win prob64.2%

0.426Equity score0.444

−3.0Spread11/11 books−3.5

48.0Game total47.5

▼ 0.001Equity trendsince previous stored snapshot▼ 0.001

Season series

2026 scheduled meetings

Week 15DAL @ LAnot played yet

All-time series: 13 meetings · DAL 8 — LA 5. See the full head-to-head history →

Power rating & record

elo through 2025 · week 1

1485.3ELO rating1582.5

#19ELO rank#5

7-9-1Record12-5

NFC EastDivisionNFC West

#2Division rank#3

L 17 · W +7 · L 17 · L 8 · L 14Last 5newest firstL 4 · W +3 · W +3 · W +17 · L 3

Defense vs position

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

23.3 · #32vs QB15.2 · #14

25.7 · #28vs RB20.6 · #12

39.3 · #32vs WR31.7 · #20

12.3 · #12vs TE13.1 · #15

Pass rush & primetime — descriptive only

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

2 (2025)Sacks / game2.6 (2025)

10.76Pressures / game11.05

24-13-1Primetime record2021–2025 standalone windows16-14

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 motion50.6% · #4

13.0% · #5Play action15.8% · #1

4.1% · #18RPO0.4% · #32

2.7% · #27Screen pass3.0% · #21

7.8% · #11No huddle6.0% · #17

51.7% · #22Shotgun34.8% · #32

Scheme tendencies — defense

nflverse participation · 2025 season

26.0% · #25Man coverage27.0% · #23

28.4% · #12Blitz (5+ rushers)20.8% · #29

31.8% · #11Pressure32.1% · #9

DAL scheme profile →LA 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

Los Angeles Rams

Aaron DonaldDEOut
Ahkello WitherspoonCornerbackQuestionable
Alaric JacksonTFull Participation in Practice
Alex WardLong SnapperOut
Anthony TorresTight EndInjured Reserve
Beaux LimmerCenterOut
Byron YoungLBFull Participation in Practice
Colby ParkinsonTight EndOut
D.J. HumphriesOffensive TackleOut
Darious WilliamsCornerbackOut
Davante AdamsWide ReceiverQuestionable
David QuessenberryOffensive TackleOut

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