The Cowboys will have a new play-caller this season in offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, and the leading projections forecast their pass/run mix to lean 3.8% more towards passing than it did last season (context-neutralized).The Cowboys are a 3.5-point underdog in this game, which points towards a passing game script.The predictive model expects the Cowboys to be the 6th-quickest paced defense in football (context-neutralized) at the present time, causing opposing offenses to average 27.53 seconds per play.Opposing quarterbacks have averaged 44.5 pass attempts per game versus the San Francisco 49ers defense this year: most in the NFL.In regards to air yards, Brandin Cooks ranks in the lofty 83rd percentile among wide receivers since the start of last season, accumulating a whopping 73.0 per game.
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