This week the Dallas Cowboys will face the Minnesota Vikings and the man, the myth, the legend, Brett Favre and his big bag of nothing that he has carried with him for the last couple of seasons. The Vikings locker room is reported to be divided between QB Brett Favre and then the rest of the team. Apparently the Vikings players want Tarvaris Jackson to be the starter instead, you know since he actually went to training camp.

Preseason Game 3 | Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings
Time: 7:00 PM Central Time
Day / Date: Friday – September 4, 2009
Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome – Minneapolis, Minnesota
TV Channel: CBS 11 – KTVT
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The Dallas Cowboys are now 1 – 2 – 0 for their 2009 preseason schedule. The will face the Minnesota Vikings this week who are 2 – 0 – 0 in the preseason and will play the Houston Texans Monday Night.

Minnesota Vikings Preseason Record: 2 – 0 | Home: 1 – 0 | Road: 1 – 0
Minnesota Vikings Stars: RB Adrian Peterson, QB Brett Favre, WR Percy Harvin (Rookie), CB Antoine WInfield, DE Jared Allen
Minnesota Vikings Key Additions and Subtractions:
Additions:
WR Glenn Holt, QB Brett Favre
Subtractions:
C Matt Birk, QB Gus Frerotte, S Darren Sharper
notes:
The Vikings signed Brett Favre to a 2 year deal after their training camp concluded.

Dallas Cowboys Preseason Record: 1 – 1 | Home: 1 – 0 | Road: 0 – 1
Dallas Cowboys Stars: QB Tony Romo, TE Jason Witten, WR Roy Williams, RB Marion Barber, RB Felix Jones, OLB Demarcus Ware, CB Terrence Newman
Dallas Cowboys Key Additions and Subtractions:
Additions:
LB Keith Brooking, S Gerald Sensabaugh, DE Igor Olshansky, QB Jon Kitna
Subtractions:
LB Greg Ellis, WR Terrell Owens, S Roy Williams, CB Anthony Henry.
injury notes:
WR Roy Williams – Should return for home opener.
LB Brandon Williams – Season ending knee surgery.

Keys to the game:
The Cowboys starters will likely not even play in this game, so the keys would be for each and every backup player on the Dallas Cowboys to make smart football decisions this week, and minimize turnovers and penalties, they need to make sure that they know their roles and do not try to do to much.

Prediction: Dallas Cowboys 17 – Minnesota Vikings 24

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The new Dallas Cowboys Stadium’s first game was a success for the Cowboys football team, but the game presentation left a lot of room for improvement. The stadium announcer was reportedly calling Felix Jones “Julian Jones” who has not been a Dallas Cowboy for several seasons. The huge HD screen is to low and was hit by punts in warm ups, as well as by a punt during the game. The rumor around Dallas is that Jerry Jones will be spending some more money on Cowboys Stadium so that the Jumbotron screens will have the ability to be raised or lowered. The Cowboys looked great against the Titans in their 30-10 win, It will be interesting to see which team shows up this week against the San Francisco 49ers.

Preseason Game 3 | Dallas Cowboys vs San Francisco 49ers
Time: 7:00PM Central Time
Day / Date: Saturday – August 29, 2009
Location: Cowboys Stadium – Arlington Texas
TV Channel: CBS 11 – KTVT
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The Dallas Cowboys are 1 – 1 in the preseason, the starters have looked good in each game, but the reserves played terrible in the first preseason game, and then looked great in the second preseason game against the Titans. The Cowboys will face the 2 – 0 San Francisco 49ers in their third game of the preseason.

San Francisco 49ers Preseason Record: 2 – 0 | Home: 2 – 0 | Road: -
San Francisco 49ers Stars: RB Frank Gore, TE Vernon Davis, LB Patrick Willis
San Francisco 49ers Key Additions and Subtractions:
Additons:
CB Dre’ Bly, WR Brandon Jones, DE Demetric Evans
Losses:
WR Bryant Johnson, LB Tully Banta-Cain
notes:
The San Francisco 49ers first round draft pick Texas Tech WR Michael Crabtree has not been signed to a contract, and is ready to sit out the entire season.

Dallas Cowboys Preseason Record: 1 – 1 | Home: 1 – 0 | Road: 0 – 1
Dallas Cowboys Stars: QB Tony Romo, TE Jason Witten, WR Roy Williams, OLB Demarcus Ware, CB Terrence Newman
Dallas Cowboys Key Additions and Subtractions:
Additions:
LB Keith Brooking, S Gerald Sensabaugh, DE Igor Olshansky, QB Jon Kitna
Losses:
LB Greg Ellis, WR Terrell Owens, S Roy Williams, CB Anthony Henry.

Keys to the game:
The Cowboys need to stop RB Frank Gore and the 49ers running game. The 49ers do not have much of an attack through the air so the cowboys secondary should shine. The offense needs to come out with the same mindset it did against the Titans, and if Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys Quarterbacks can complete 76% of their passes like last week the offense should move the ball very efficiently again.

Prediction:Dallas Cowboys 24 – San Francisco 49ers 13

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Time: Thursday, August 13, 2009, 9 p.m.
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Last season: No meetings. Oakland Raiders went 3-13, Dallas Cowboys went 9-7. The two teams will meet at Cowboys Stadium this year, however, as the annual Thanksgiving Day game for the Cowboys.

Key Additions:

Dallas Cowboys: LB Keith Brooking (Free Agent), S Gerald Sensabaugh (FA), DE Igor Olshansky (FA), QB Jon Kitna (Trade)

Oakland Raiders: S Keith Davis (FA), LB Greg Ellis (FA)

Key Subtractions:

Dallas Cowboys: LB Greg Ellis, WR Terrell Owens, S Roy Williams, CB Anthony Henry

Oakland Raiders: None

Predictions/Game Breakdown: It is kind of hard to truly break down a preseason game. It is also very quite unnecessary. However, a post similar to this one will be up for each of the Cowboys’ games this season, so we thought we would get some practice breaking down some COWBOYS FOOTBALL!!!! Here’s the breakdown for this game: As long as no one for the Cowboys gets hurt, this game is a win. I’m interested to see how the defense looks and how David Buehler kicks. Other than that, there’s not much that truly interests me about this game. The NFL preseason is not exactly the most compelling television, but the games do get big ratings. I also hope, as a baseball fan, that the Rangers games don’t get completely blown out of the water in the ratings by this preseason game. But they probably will. In fact, that battle will probably be more compelling than the Cowboys game. Can’t really learn too much about the Cowboys in this, the NFL Preseason game in Week 1. Prediction: Cowboys win, 6.5 to 3.5 (ratings) over the Rangers.

Here’s a look at the entire Dallas Cowboys 2009 preseason schedule.

Dallas Cowboys 2009 Preseason Schedule and Tickets

Date	Opponent	Time	TV	Cowboys Preseason Tickets
August 13	@Oakland	9 p.m.	CBS 11/KTVT	Buy Cowboys Preseason Tickets
August 21	v. Tennessee	7 p.m.	Fox 4 (National)	Buy Cowboys Preseason Tickets
August 29	v. San Francisco	7 p.m.	CBS 11/KTVT	Buy Cowboys Preseason Tickets
September 4	@Minnesota	7 p.m.	CBS 11/KTVT	Buy Cowboys Preseason Tickets

The seemingly yearly journey to Mount Davis kicks off the first of four contests Romo, Wade and the gang will use to gauge their talents for the upcoming campaign. FOX picks up the national broadcast of the Titans game in order to show off the new digs, and a couple of common preseason foes in San Francisco and Minnesota wrap up what has already been an interesting offseason.

Thankfully, though, the Dallas Cowboys 2009 preseason schedule will probably be a little less hectic, considering the film crews of HBO’s Hard Knocks won’t be around. As entertaining as that show was, I can’t believe that it helped the Dallas Cowboys in any way, shape or form in getting ready for the season. Maybe if the team slips under the radar during its 2009 preseason schedule, the Dallas Cowboys will come on strong and surprise some people. How the Dallas Cowboys – America’s Team –  are going to surprise people, I don’t know, but I just get the feeling that they aren’t going to be the most talked about team. Especially in the NFC East, with the Giants having the season they had last year and the Eagles making another NFC Championship in 2009, the talk may not all be about the Dallas Cowboys.

Last year the ‘Boys went 2-2 in preseason games, losing their first two contests on the road to the Chargers and Broncos, but beating Houston and Minnesota in the last two to even up their record. Preseason records, of course, do not mean anything, and the Dallas Cowboys’ 2009 preseason schedule is certainly not going to dictate whether this team can finally get a victory in the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

But there are a lot of players that the Dallas Cowboys need to take a look at during their 2009 preseason schedule. I’m very interested to see what the team does in the secondary after the Anthony Henry trade. Can Miles Austin and Sam Hurd be counted on to contribute? What are the Dallas Cowboys going to do about all of their running backs? Can the line hold up? Will Tony Romo become a better leader? The last couple of years were exciting because of the fact that it seemed that the Dallas Cowboys were going to go all the way, but the Dallas Cowboys 2009 preseason schedule is going to be the most interesting one in quite some time for the direction of the franchise.