Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott had chances to make Sunday’s game a thrilling victory multiple times, amid Micah Parsons‘ return with the Green Bay Packers.
Instead, the Cowboys and Packers played to a 40-40 tie. Dallas moved to 1-2-1 for the season, and the Packers moved to 2-1-1.
“I’m unfulfilled,” Prescott said during the postgame press conference. “I don’t play the game for ties. And I’ve told you before, I don’t do it for stats.”
“It’s tough to wrap my head around the tie,” Prescott added.
It’s tough for Cowboys fans as the team hasn’t tied for a game since 1969. The Cowboys will look to move on from a tie in a much-hyped game with the New York Jets in Week 5.
The Jets didn’t collect a win through Week 3, and starting quarterback Justin Fields missed time due to a concussion. For now, the Cowboys will have to live with a tie in the first game against Parsons since the team traded him to the Packers on Aug. 28.
Cowboys Recover From Slow Start
GettyDak Prescott bounced back from a slow start on Sunday.
Green Bay looked poised to win big in Dallas early on in Sunday’s game with a pair of early touchdown passes for Packers quarterback Jordan Love and a 13-0 lead.
Dallas’ two-point conversion when Markquese Bell on an extra point block shifted momentum, 13-2, but the Cowboys offense stalled again for a third-straight punt. The Cowboys defense then rose to the occasion and forced the Packers to punt, and Prescott got the offense going with an 11-play, 95-yard scoring drive.
Prescott completed passes of 14 yards to George Pickens and nine yards to Miles Sanders to spark the drive. Then, Prescott connected another two times with Pickens for 11 and 28 yards, which set up Prescott’s 2-yard touchdown run to make it 13-9 with 41 seconds before halftime.
Dallas then took advantage of a Packers fumble when defensive end James Houston sacked Love. Prescott hit Pickens for a 15-yard touchdown and a 16-13 lead at the break.
Cowboys-Packers Turned Into Second-Half Shootout
Dallas and Green Bay traded touchdowns throughout the second half after a Cowboys punt on the opening drive of the half.
Love led a 9-play, 76-yard scoring drive, capped by running back Josh Jacobs‘ 1-yard touchdown run for a 20-16 lead. Prescott and company responded with a 12-play, 80-yard drive, and he finished the deal with an 8-yard touchdown pass to tight end Jake Ferguson, 23-20.
Green Bay then marched back down field in eight plays for 70 yards, sparked by Love’s 25-yard scramble, as Jacobs hit the end zone again on an 18-yard run for a 27-23 lead. Cowboys running back Javonte Williams answered the bell with a 1-yard rushing touchdown on the following possession to cap a 14-play, 77-yard drive for a 30-27 lead.
Love put his team back up, 34-30, on a 15-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Romeo Dobbs with 1:45 left in a 10-play, 80-yard drive. Prescott didn’t flinch as he led a quick four-play, 54-yard drive, capped by a 28-yard touchdown pass to Pickens for a 37-34 lead with 43 seconds left.
Green Bay responded by forcing overtime as kicker Brandon McManus hit a 53-yard field goal as regulation expired. Love moved the Packers downfield quickly in seven plays for 39 yards to get in field goal range.
Both Prescott and Love got their teams inside their respective red zones during overtime, but both teams came away with field goals. Prescott set up the Cowboys in great position with a 34-yard pass to wide receiver Jalen Tolbert, but the Cowboys stalled in the red zone and resorted to a go-ahead field goal, 40-37.
Love threatened to win the game with two completions of 14 and 15 yards to get his team set up in Cowboys territory. However, the Packers ran out of time and settled for another McManus field goal and ended in an anti-climactic finish to a shootout that featured 80 points and 925 yards of total offense.
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