After a hard fought win over the Jets in Week 5, New England will host Tony Romo and the Dallas Cowboys at Gillette Stadium. The Patriots are starting to get a little healthier with tight-end Aaron Hernandez and others back into action. Like many other teams, I'm sure the Pats cannot wait for the bye week to mentally and physically regroup and have extra practice and preparation.

Anyways, on Sunday, the Patriots will try to improve to 5-1 on the season, and stay in the hunt for first place in the division.

Currently, the Pats have won 19 straight regular season games at home, and few would expect this to end against a mistake-prone team that always seems to lose games themselves instead of being outplayed. The Cowboys have been viewed as the team that often shoots itself in the leg, and unfortunately for Cowboy fans, I find it extremely hard to believe that they will somehow overcome all of that and beat a top 5 team. The Patriots simply have too many weapons on the field, and they are known for capitalizing on turnovers. Unlike last week, there isn't any one match-up that could solely change the outcome of the game or is worth focusing on.

In my opinion, this week, the major priority for both teams is controlling the line of scrimmage.
For example, if the Patriots are able to do this the way they did against the Jets, they will win this game by double digits. But if we see unlikely turnovers, mishaps, and Brady going down on multiple occasions, then the Cowboys will have a chance to steal one at Gillette.

However, I don't see these things happening, so I will predict that the Patriots will win 40-24.