Here are the five biggest stars from the Week 5 match-up between the New England Patriots and Dallas Cowboys.
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– Dallas Cowboys defensive end Greg Hardy returned to the game Sunday, for the first time in more than a year, following a domestic violence incident in 2014. Since Romo got hurt on September 20 at Philadelphia, the Cowboys are 0-3 with Brandon Weeden starting at quarterback.
On Tom Brady’s toughness and resilience after taking so many hits in the first half. But Brady, as he has done time and again, stayed cool under pressure and led the reigning Super Bowl champions to a crushing 30-6 victory.
It wasn’t as easy as his boisterous fans made it sound.
When you don’t score a touchdown in a game for the first time since the 2011 season something has to change on offense. “I think that I played well coming into it. Those are their decisions”.
“Do players get a chance sometimes because they’re better than the next guy?”
The Cowboys have now played four straight games without Dez Bryant.
All of that doesn’t fall on Weeden, of course, but it’s not a bad bounce here or there deciding the games any more than it was when Weeden was losing games with the Browns.
When asked if Matt Cassel, whom the Cowboys signed last month after he was released by the Minnesota Vikings, could start when the team returns from their bye October 25 against the New York Giants on the road, Jones said it’s a possibility. “If we don’t do that, then it might be too late”.
“It would be a complete guess, but he certainly has the time for the bone to heal”, owner Jerry Jones said.
There are three undefeated teams in the AFC, and it’s impossible to argue that the Patriots aren’t far and away the best of the three. It wasn’t easy early.
-RUSH OFFENSE: C. The Cowboys rushed 24 times for 100 yards but it was fool’s gold. Following being cleared to play for the National Football League season after a federal judge tossed his Deflate Gate case, Brady has set his sights on proving everyone wrong. LeGarrette Blount had 13 carries for 74 yards and Dion Lewis had six carries for 34 yards.
In the second half, Brady was 10-for-11 for 165 yards, compared to 10-for-16 for 110 yards in the first half.
“There were a lot of adjustments today”, Brady told reporters.
Haden, who was already playing with a broken right ring finger, got hurt when he came up to stop a screen pass on the first play of the fourth quarter. There’s nothing magic about halftime. We’ve seen this when entire cities riot after a heartbreaking loss. In his absence, not one receiver has taken charge of the position group and it’s obvious how much they need Bryant. His previous long was 54.
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At this point, Dallas is willing to do whatever it takes to get Bryant back on the field. He sacked Weeden before the injury.
