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The Dallas Cowboys won the toss and deferred to the second half. Justin Fields and Co. were officially up first.
It was more of the same early on for the Cowboys defense, though. The Jets were moving down the field and doing so with very little pushback. To make matters worse the Cowboys defense was called for both too-many-men-on-the-field and offsides which helped the Jets offense.
When New York got up against the goal line things tightened up, shockingly. Solomon Thomas served as the catalytic effort for Dallas to hold the Jets to a field goal instead of a touchdown, but New York did score and took a 3-0 lead.
The Cowboys offense went to work and kept up their pattern of mining points. Ryan Flournoy had the big moment as his 40-yard reception put the team in field goal range and that is how the drive ended to tie the game at 3-all.
Initially it looked like the Jets would cruise to more points, but then Justin Fields missed an open Garrett Wilson for a big gain. DaRon Bland was in coverage so the Cowboys really dodged one there.
This made converting a little bit tough for New York and they ultimately unable to do so. A punt happened. For real!
The quarter ended with Dallas having just converted a first down by way of Dak Prescott to George Pickens on Pickens’ first reception of the game.
