A palm over a heated rival is always enough indeed when it’s not.
The Dallas cowhands’ 23- 16 palm over the New York titans was not exactly a thing of beauty, the platoon occasionally its own worst adversary with tone- foisted miscues, but in the end the cowhands’ gift ultimately came out on top.
And some of that gift, maybe suddenly, was set up behind center. For all the solicitude over the cowhands having to again take the field with a backup quarterback, Cooper Rush showed formerly further than he can handle the limelight, getting the first player since the 1970 junction to lead three fourth quarter or overtime game- winning drives in his first three career thresholds.
Rush was steady throughout the night, completing67.7 percent of his passes for 215 yards, one touchdown and no interceptions for a98.2 passer standing. CeeDee Lamb, in a true over- and-down trouble, finished with eight catches for 87 yards while Noah Brown added another 54 yards on five receptions.
The ground game also played its part with Tony Pollard rushing for 105 yards and Ezekiel Elliott churning out another 73. Together, they equaled 5.9 yards per carry.
Leading the defense in this showdown, at least in the early going, was protective end DeMarcus Lawrence, as the stager tallied three sacks, his firstmulti-sack game sinceNov. 18, 2018, at Atlanta and his third career trouble with at least three sacks. Unfortunately, Lawrence had to leave the game interior through the third quarter with a bottom injury.
Indeed with Lawrence’s absence, his guard mates again proved redoubtable, having yet to surrender further than 19 points in any game this season. The unit sacked titans quarterback Daniel Jones five times in the game, but actually dragooned him on an emotional 24 snaps. Overall, they held New York to just 196 yards passing.
First Quarter
After their first drive stalled following a holding penalty, the cowhands got a spark from their special brigades when Dorance Armstrong burst through the right side of the titans’ line to block a 47- yard field thing attempt. That was the first field thing block for the platoon since Tyrone Crawford did so onOct. 29, 2017, at Washington.
Dallas also instantly drove deep into New York home before settling for a chip- shot 26- yard field thing to take the early lead.
Alternate Quarter
The game was soon tied when the home side took the preceding onset and marched 51 yards in 14 plays to the cowhands’ 24- yard line. There the Dallas defense held, the titans forced to protest a 42- yard field thing.
In his cowhands debut, nine- time Pro Bowler Jason Peters entered the game at left guard and on his veritably first snap opened a hole for Pollard that allowed the running back to gallop 46 yards to New York’s 37. Dallas got as close as the 10- yard line, but after a missed titans pass hindrance call in the end zone, the cowhands had to settle for a 28- yard Brett Maher field thing.
Again, the cowhands worked their way across midfield on their coming possession, but a golden occasion was lost when Rush set up a wide-open Lamb deep across the middle, only to have the receiver drop the pass. Without the big gain, and maybe indeed a touchdown, the cowhands wound up having to punt.
In a fortunate bit of timepiece operation, however, the cowhands did give Maher a crack at a 59- yard field thing on the final snap of the half. But his trouble sailed just wide left, the callers entering the break with a slim 6- 3 periphery.
Third Quarter
With the cowhands putatively controlling the first half but unfit to produce a comfortable lead, the titans came out in the alternate half and took advantage of Dallas’ missed chances.
After driving 42 yards on 10 plays on their opening series of the third quarter, kick Graham Gano resolve the uprights from 51 yards out to indeed up the score. That was also followed on New York’s coming possession with the titans going 77 yards to the end zone, the scoring blow coming on a 36- yard run by Saquon Barkley. The first rushing touchdown allowed by Dallas this season gave New York the lead, 13- 6.
The cowhands responded, still, by reaching pay dirt for the first time in the game. Rush started effects off with a 17- yard connection to Lamb and also latterly added 29- yard and 12- yard completions to Peyton Hendershot and Brown, independently. But it was Elliott who got the honors, bullying his way in from the 1- yard line for his first touchdown of the time.
Fourth Quarter
And also Lamb set up his important- demanded redemption. On their first drive of the fourth quarter, the cowhands started at their own 11- yard line but thanks largely to four completions toNo. 88 for 48 yards, Dallas crossed the thing line again. Rush connected with Lamb for a gain of 17, also on fourth- and- 4 at the New York 41, the quarterback went back to the wideout for the first down.
The drive was limited when Lamb hauled in a pass for 26 yards before making a spectacular one- handed heist and getting his bases inbounds on the left side of the end zone for a 1- yard highlight- roll touchdown.
With the instigation completely behind the cowhands, punt return specialist KaVontae Turpin set his side up with the ball at the titans’ 35- yard line with an electric 28- yard bring- back. That led to a 44- yard field thing from Maher, the advantage now 10 points, 23- 13.
New York was suitable to respond with a 51- yard field thing, making it a one- possession game. And that is just what they got, one further possession to try to tie the score.
But any studies of a comeback were soon put to rest when Trevon Diggs dipped up an interception for his first pick of the season, the cowhands moving to 2- 1 on the time with another NFC East rival brewing coming week in the Washington Commanders.