2026 Cowboys Preseason Week 3 Gameday Chatter Thread | Saints @ Cowboys | 08/28/2026

[Cotton]

The "dress rehearsal". I'm not sure where everyone else can watch. Looks like it is on ABC for me again.

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TV/RADIO/MOBILE:
How to watch: CBS 11 DFW, ESPN Unlimited, NFL+

 

[Simpleton]

There is no dress rehearsal anymore, and if any teams do one it's certainly not the 3rd game. The 3rd game is now what the 4th game used to be, all fringe roster types getting playing time to try to make the team.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

True, but I'll watch anyway just for the few battles that might actually not already be decided yet.

 

[Cotton]

There is no dress rehearsal anymore

Yeah, that's why I put it in quotation marks. The preseason isn't what it once was.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

There is no dress rehearsal anymore, and if any teams do one it's certainly not the 3rd game. The 3rd game is now what the 4th game used to be, all fringe roster types getting playing time to try to make the team.

This is true but it feels like it shouldn't be. They have a week off between the third preseason game and the start of the season. So realistically if I'm doing a dress rehearsal it would be game three. Game four of preseason used to be the "bye" week in my opinion where all the starters sit. The fourth preseason game used to happen a week from today.

So logistically speaking this is the same week 3 that used to be the dress rehearsal game. Regardless we know the Cowboys are going to sit everyone except the bubble players. And then maybe a few guys who just need reps because they are young. But they are not going to risk injury in this game to anyone major.

 

[Bipo]

Wtf is ESPN unlimited? The retarded $30 per month streaming plan?

 

[Simpleton]

Wtf is ESPN unlimited? The retarded $30 per month streaming plan?

Definitely something I'm not paying for.

 

[Bipo]

Pretty sure you can get a month of nfl+ for like $5 if anyone is desperate to watch

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Wtf is ESPN unlimited? The retarded $30 per month streaming plan?

I'm assuming this is different than ESPN Select? Which I think is just the ESPN Insider shit I started paying for a long time ago. Hell it all confuses the shit out of me these days because HULU and DISNEY+ are all tied into the same random crap now.

 

[ravidubey]

What's the NFL Network coverage going to be like tonight? Will they be jumping around games, or stick with Saints/Cowboys?

 

[Stars]

Wtf is ESPN unlimited? The retarded $30 per month streaming plan?

My parents get espn unlimited free with their direct tv channel packages. I still can’t figure out what all it offers, but it’s not worth 30 bucks I don’t think. I think the nfl network streams under this espn umbrella now on the app.

Of course I’m in Texas and the blackout rules always affect all that shit randomly too. Luckily I can get the games on an antenna.

 

[Cotton]

What's the NFL Network coverage going to be like tonight? Will they be jumping around games, or stick with Saints/Cowboys?

I don't think it's going to be on NFLN. Both DC.com and Grok said it was not. But, they have both been wrong about shit before, so who knows.

 

[Genghis Khan]

I don't think it's going to be on NFLN. Both DC.com and Grok said it was not. But, they have both been wrong about shit before, so who knows.

Yeah, from my understanding it won't be on NFLN live, it'll be shown on replay on Saturday I think.

 

[Cotton]

it'll be shown on replay on Saturday I think.

Yes.

 

[Smitty]

So any illegal streams?

 

[SaveAHorseRideACowboy]

So any illegal streams?

Does 720pstream work still ?6

 

[boozeman]

So any illegal streams?

You have to be desperate to want an illegal stream of what will be out there.

Oh, you want to see Howell.

Nevermind.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]