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.Tony Pollard has been more involved as a potential pass-catcher this year (57.7% Route% in games he has been on the field) than he did last year (44.3%).
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