Arizona's already navigating life without a few key pieces beyond the QB room — Tip Reiman won't be ready for the start of the regular season and Josh Sweat is still working his way off the PUP list. Dallas is nursing its own bumps up front, with Tyler Guyton among the questionable tags, the kind of thing that matters more when backups are taking most of the snaps. DraftKings is still pricing this like a fairly normal game between two rosters that are anything but full-strength.
Where the last week actually left an impression: Arizona blew past the Raiders behind rookie running back Jeremiyah Love before he banged up an ankle, and Dallas got past Seattle on the strength of its receiving corps. Neither result means much for the regular season, but it's the closest thing either fan base has to real film right now.
Dallas' recent stretch is a mix of old regular-season tape and this summer's preseason opener, but the standout theme is health — Overshown, Barham and Devin Moore all worked their way back onto the practice field this month after earlier injury designations. Arizona's version of that story is murkier: the team hasn't ruled Trey Benson (knee) in or out, and its tight end room thinned further with Reiman's setback.
Whatever happens Saturday won't tell either team much about Week 1, but it will help decide who's still standing when final cuts come. That's the actual stakes here, wrapped in shoulder pads.