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Thursday Night Football Preview: Save Our Ship

This week's Thursday night matchup features two teams that need a major turnaround, ASAP.

For the second week in a row, the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears will be playing on a Thursday. This time, though, they'll be playing against each other.

Last week, in our massive Thanksgiving extravaganza, I talked through the Lions picking apart the Bears' 28th-ranked pass defense, et voila: Matthew Stafford threw for 390 yards and two touchdowns, both of which went to - who else? - Calvin Johnson, who caught 11 passes for 146 yards. The Cowboys, meanwhile, managed just 10 points against a stout Philadelphia defense, as Tony Romo threw a pair of interceptions and DeMarco Murray rushed for only 73 yards on his 20 carries.

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