Prescott had a great first half as he completed 11-of-15 of his passes for 155 yards.
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Gurley scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 53-yard catch-and-run while generating 215 total yards, Greg Zuerlein kicked a career-high seven field goals and the Rams beat the Cowboys 35-30 on Sunday. Now they’re going to have to talk about finishing better. WR/KR Pharoh Cooper registered his longest career kickoff return with a 66-yard return. Defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence leads the National Football League with 6.5 sacks – his career high is eight in 2015 – and was named NFC Defensive Player of the Month for September – a nice start to his campaign, considering he will become an unrestricted free agent after the season. Dallas also had an impressive Week 1 performance against the Giants. The scoring had been limited to nine field goals on an ugly afternoon in the desert before Palmer directed a seven-play, 75-yard drive with 1:52 to play. Bailey’s extra point moved the lead to 17-6. It was all downhill from there and the Cowboys were shredded on defense as they were overmatched the entire third quarter. It will be easy for the Dallas team to score, taking advantage of this fact. This game continues Lawrence’s streak of consistency that has made him the NFL Defensive Player of the Month.
He already has three this season through four games, with four rushing touchdowns to pair with it.
There were bright moments for Prescott against the Rams, such as his duck-and-spin out of what looked like a sure sack for All-Pro defensive tackle Aaron Donald before an 18-yard throw to Dez Bryant, who had a season-high 98 yards receiving.
Then there’s Todd Gurley, who in his third season has become the player he was always meant to be. The drive was 4 plays and 90 yards and took just 1:59. It was one of those plays that you were like “are you going to score in practice, or will you actually score it in a game?’ Those don’t happen very often”.
Zuerlein said he never before had more than five field goals in a game at any level. But McVay has injected a lot of excitement into a long-moribund franchise with the Rams averaging 35.5 points so far, first in the National Football League, a far cry from last season when Los Angeles was last in points scored at 14 per game.
Folk redeemed himself after missing two field goals and an extra point earlier in the day, booting the victor after Winston answered Eli Manning’s second TD pass of the day with an impressive drive that began at his 25. The Cowboys will host the Green Bay Packers next Sunday, the last game before their bye week. The ‘Boys went for a 2-point conversion to attempt to tie the contest.
Although Austin caught just one pass for a two-yard loss, he ran for 48 yards on six carries. He finally had an impact game when it mattered the most, unfortunately, the end result was a loss.
He showed the vision and talent that got him drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the first place, it will be exciting to see just how much he grows this season. Secret weapon punter Johnny Hekker put the ball at Dallas’ 14-yard. Instead of forcing runs on first and second down when defenses have been stacking eight guys in the box, they should work some quick hitting passes. On the next Cowboys possession, more pressure from the defensive line forced Dak Prescott to fumble the ball. This Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys at Arlington, Texas will be a valid test.
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The difference in attendance between the 2016 and 2017 season was 26,087, which leads the worst attendance drops by more than 8,500. Just get it together.
