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The second quarter started with a miracle for the Cowboys as Trevon Diggs picked off Jordan Love. Unfortunately Dallas had 12 men on the field so the penalty washed it away.
Green Bay kept their drive moving and grooving and a big reason was a play where Jordan Love broke out and scrambled before tossing a lateral (he may have thought it was a pass) to Josh Jacobs. The play went all the way down to the Dallas goal line and shortly after Love hit Romeo Doubs for their second touchdown connection of the night.
Things turned weird right after that. Juanyeh Thomas was able to block the extra point and Markquese Bell ran it back for the first Dallas points of the game. 13-2! Yea!
There would be no building upon this, though. Penalties on the kickoff return impacted where the Cowboys started and they came out acting rather shy. Dak Prescott was able to hit KaVontae Turpin for what looked like a nice gain and first down, but Nate Thomas was not lined up properly and was called for an illegal formation. Punt city, population Cowboys.
Amazingly the Cowboys defense was able to stand its ground and force a punt right back. Unfortunately as they did Malik Hooker appeared to be injured and he needed help getting off of the field.
As far as the game, the next Cowboys possession saw them finally start to build some things on offense. George Pickens caught a pass for the first time on the night and things felt less tense.
Pickens did more than that. He put the Cowboys on the doorstep with this absurd catch.
It looked a bit questionable at first, but replay quickly took care of that. There wasn’t even a review.
Two plays later Dak Prescott took it himself for a rushing touchdown to narrow the gap.
The Packers were aware of who Brandon Aubrey is and what his range offers so they clearly wanted to at least end the half without giving Dallas another chance. They began to move and picked up a first down, but they picked up a false start right after which took some wind out of their sails.
But then a miracle happened. James Houston and Jadeveon Clowney got to Jordan Love for a sack (Houston) and fumble and recovery (Clowney!)
One play later Dak Prescott found George Pickens! For a touchdown!
The Cowboys took an improbable 16-13 lead into the locker room at halftime and were set to receive the ball right after.
The Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers kicked off on Micah Parsons Night and it was finally all about football. Dallas won the toss and deferred so it was Brandon Aubrey’s toe that met ball initially.
It looked exactly like it did both for Dallas last week in Chicago and when the Packers were most recently in the building. Jordan Love looked incredibly comfortable and went 5/5 on the possession to the...
