Mike McCarthy doesn’t want to trade volleys with reporters regarding the statistics of how bad the Cowboys’ run defense is after two weeks. The same problems the Cowboys encountered last season with their run defense haven’t left them.

CBS Sports Texas, Briana Aldridge, and CBS Sports NFL Staff Writer Garrett Podell discuss how the Cowboys look to improve from their mistakes during last week's "embarrassing" loss to the Saints.

For Cowboys’ backup quarterback Trey Lance, he’s been cast in a supporting role as a two-time NFL MVP. Lance has spent the week leading up to Sunday’s Cowboys-Ravens matchup playing the role of Lamar Jackson for Dallas’ scout team, preparing the Cowboys defense for what they could see vs. Jackson.

Micah Parsons, the pass rusher, is way more impactful as a pass rusher than he is as an off-the-ball linebacker, and with Dallas needing a win against Baltimore on Sunday, the All-Pro could play multiple roles.

Sometime in the days that followed the Ravens’ haunting 26-23 loss to the Las Vegas Raiders, Lamar Jackson walked into an offensive team meeting looking to reinject life as if he were jump-starting a car battery.