"The Dallas Cowboys will play their first-ever Brazil international game in Week 3, and that game will be against the Baltimore Ravens. For the Cowboys, this will be their first game outside of the continental United States since a 2014 win in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars. The location of this game aside, the Cowboys and Ravens meeting for the first time since a 2024 Ravens win in Arlington should be a great early-season benchmark for two teams that were on the outside of the playoff picture looking in for 2025."
"Second year head coach Brian Schottenheimer will be going up against one of ten new head coaches hired this cycle, Jesse Minter. The Ravens with Minter will be looking for a strong start to their season, after missing the playoffs at literally the last minute possible, a Sunday Night Football loss in Week 18 at the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Ravens not being in the AFC playoff field for the first time since 2021 led to the coaching change from John Harbaugh, who the Cowboys will still have to play twice when they see the Giants this season, to Minter - last with the Los Angeles Chargers as defensive coordinator for two seasons."
"Minter will be a head coach calling the defensive plays for Baltimore, making this Brazil matchup one where both teams' head coaches call the plays on opposite sides of the ball. The Ravens are hoping having a head coaching emphasis on defense can make them at least a playoff contender again, and have had to rebuild the defense in a hurry to help do so. Paired with an MVP winner at QB in Lamar Jackson, and Derrick Henry still a fixture in the backfield, the Ravens getting their defensive woes righted could easily see them emerge as frontrunners in a division with the Steelers, Bengals, and Browns all coming off 2025 seasons with 10 wins or fewer."
The Dallas Cowboys will play their first-ever international game in Brazil in Week 3 against the Baltimore Ravens. The matchup follows the teams’ most recent meeting in 2024 in Arlington, and it serves as an early benchmark for both clubs entering 2025 outside the playoff picture. Baltimore enters with new head coach Jesse Minter after missing the playoffs on a Week 18 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. Minter calls Baltimore’s defensive plays, aiming to fix defensive issues quickly alongside offensive stability led by Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry. The AFC North remains competitive, and the Ravens’ defensive improvement could position them as division frontrunners.
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