Can the Dallas Cowboys exploit the Seahawks major flaw?

Much has been made of the Dallas Cowboys flaws heading into Saturday’s matchup with the Seattle Seahawks. Can they exploit their weaknesses?

All week all of the football guru’s and analysts have picked apart the Dallas Cowboys in order to prove that the Seattle Seahawks are the better team.

Whether it’s the Cowboys red-zone offensive woes or quarterback Russell Wilson vs. Dak Prescott. While those are valid arguments, they still forget that the Seahawks are a flawed team as well.

If the Cowboys are able to dominate an offensive line ravaged by injuries the Cowboys will be able to throw the run-first offense of the Seahawks into disarray.

This Seahawks offense comes in as the number one ranked team in rushing led by running back Chris Carson and their main goal is to run early to beat you with the play action pass later. But with injuries to tackle Duane Brown (knee) and guards D.J Fluker (hamstring) and J.R Sweezy (foot), it will be a tall task.

While the Cowboys worry more about protecting Prescott during passing situations they aren’t nearly as worried about blocking when running the ball with Ezekiel Elliott. The same can’t be said for the Seahawks who must run the ball to effectively open up the rest of their offense and that’s the key. Stop the run and force this Seahawks team to beat you through the air.

For that to happen the Cowboys are going to need big games from the likes of defensive tackles Tyron Crawford, Antwaun Woods, and Maliek Collins.

Their ability to get off the ball quickly and disrupt the running game will make it hard for the Seahawks offense to get in a rhythm. Once their rhythm is off the Cowboys can let their defensive ends DeMarcus Lawrence, Randy Gregory and Taco Charlton attack Wilson in the pocket.

If all of this goes according to plan the Dallas Cowboys will be able to celebrate their first home playoff win since 2014.