Dak Prescott suffered, but scored a decisive touchdown in the final seconds to Dallas will beat Pittsburgh 20-17 in it NFL Week 5 Sunday Night Football. The quarterback, punished with two interceptions and a fumble, threw for 352 yards and two touchdown passes, including the last one with 30 seconds left in the fourth quarter, with which the Cowboys prevailed in the most famous rivalry in the NFL, despite because they don’t usually face the Steelers often.
A historic game for TJ Watt, who reached 100 sacks in 109 gamesthe second lowest amount for a defensive player in the history of the League, only behind Reggie White (96 games). However, the Iron Curtain was unable to maintain its lead and lost for the second week in a row.
Pittsburgh’s defense held Dallas to a 55-yard field goal. by Brandon Aubrey on his first offensive series, while Chris Boswell tied it with a 41-yard kick.
Dallas reached the red zone three more times, but only got three points on the second opportunity. Their first effort was cut short when TJ Watt and Nick Herbig sacked Prescott, who fumbled the ball and Herbig recovered it. On the third attempt, a poor read by Dak allowed Donte Jackson to anticipate CeeDee Lamb, so the cornerback intercepted. Two errors by Prescott that cost 14 points.
The alarms went off in Pittsburgh on the second play of the third quarterwhen Fields left a couple of plays due to a hard hit by Tyrus Weat, in which the passer was penalized for roughing, although concussion was ruled out. After a couple of snaps from substitute Kyle Allen, Justin returned to the field and achieved the cartwheel with the 16-yard pass with Connor Heyward.
Frustration took over the Cowboys, stopped once in the red zone and came up empty-handed because Isaiahh Loudermilk blocked Aubrey’s field goal attempt. Although they regained the lead at the beginning of the fourth quarter thanks to a great reception by Rico Dowdle, Prescott complicated the game by searching deep for Jalen Tolbert and being intercepted by Joey Porter Jr.
Fields moved the chains and completed a three-yard strike with Pat Freiermuth, Although the controversy arose because Pittsburgh had an ineligible man on its offensive line and the officials did not call the penalty.
Prescott connected passes with Jake Ferguson and Hunter Luepke to get into the goal zone. On fourth down Prescott connected with Tolbert to regain the lead. With 15 seconds left, Fields couldn’t achieve the miracle.
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