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We all anticipated the Cardinals starting the second half with the ball to be a bad thing. We didn’t anticipate just how bad it would be.
Despite a penalty that pushed them back five yards, the Cardinals scored with about as much ease as you can in the NFL. In total it was a 3-play, 79-yard sequence that ended up with a Trey McBride touchdown.
SCORE: COWBOYS 7, CARDINALS 24 (Jacoby Brissett to Trey McBride 12-yard touchdown)
The Cowboys marched down the field and were very clearly motivated to put forth some type of pride. It seemed like a rather desperate drive.
Ultimately they were able to churn out points by way of a Brandon Aubrey field goal, but it took so much of their energy to do so.
SCORE: COWBOYS 10, CARDINALS 24 (Brandon Aubrey 26-yard field goal)
That 10-point deficit would be short-lived for the Cowboys though as the defense allowed more points to be scored the next time that they were up. Thankfully this was only a field goal, but it was depressing nonetheless.
SCORE: COWBOYS 10, CARDINALS 27 (Chad Ryland 34-yard field goal)
Things felt pretty bleak on the next Cowboys possession, although a huge gain between Dak Prescott and CeeDee Lamb (33 yards) seemed to wake everything up a bit.
Dallas reached fourth down inside of the Arizona 30 and looked ready to go for it as the quarter ended.
It took a few moments for matters to turn ugly.
Marvin Harrison Jr. took care of DaRon Bland with relative ease and the Cardinals established a 10-point lead.
SCORE: COWBOYS 0, CARDINALS 10 (Jacoby Brissett to Marvin Harrison Jr. 4-yard touchdown)
The next drive felt critical for the Cowboys given everything to date, and the offense seemed to play as if that was the case.
Dak Prescott was doing all he could and even had a big game on the ground. A few plays later he had a nice conversion to George Pickens that was unfortunately called back thanks to a holding penalty against Jake Ferguson.
Unfortunately that wouldn’t be Ferguson’s lowest point of the drive. On 3rd and 17 the Cowboys were clearly playing for points of any kind by way of a Brandon Aubrey field goal and Prescott dumped it off to Ferg. As Jake was scrambling for more yardage he had the ball popped loose and the Cardinals recovered.
It felt like things were about to really slip away for Dallas. The Cardinals began driving and 17-0 seemed inevitable.
Somehow, the defense held and forced a punt. As if that were not shocking enough… the Cowboys blocked it! And recovered it in the endzone!
SCORE: COWBOYS 7, CARDINALS 10 (Marshawn Kneeland recovery)
The Cardinals began moving once more and all of a sudden the two-minute warning hit.
Arizona kept taking things that were in front of them (which were a lot because, well, you know) and the Cowboys clearly wanted to give themselves a chance to...
