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The insult and injury continued to add up for the Dallas Cowboys as they suffered a 26-20 loss and numerous injuries in Sunday night’s game against the New Orleans Saints. The loss drops the Cowboys to 2-2 for the year, but the injuries will linger long after the sting from the score dissipates.
Already without franchise quarterback Tony Romo and All-Pro wide receiver Dez Bryant for extended stretches, the Cowboys lost running back Lance Dunbar to a knee injury—per NFL.com's Dan Hanzus, likely an ACL, which will cost him his season—Sean Lee to a concussion, Brice Butler to a hamstring injury and Andrew Gachkar to a leg injury.
With the injuries on both sides of the ball, the team needed to play mistake-free to give itself a real chance to win. However, settling for two field goals after driving inside the New Orleans red zone, missing opportunities to generate takeaways on defense and costly penalties put the Cowboys in position to lose the game.
The offense was able to put together a 91-yard touchdown drive to tie the game at 20 with 1:51 on the clock, but the defense wasn’t able to hold up—first allowing the Saints to drive 68 yards in six plays in just over a minute-and-a-half to set up a field-goal attempt to win the game.
A missed field goal bailed the Cowboys defense out and bought Dallas another chance—at least momentarily.
Then the Saints won the coin toss for overtime and took the ball. On the second play of the extra period, Saints quarterback Drew Brees took advantage of some confusion on the Cowboys defense, tossing a pass to running back C.J. Spiller on a wheel route, allowing the running back to catch-and-run for 80 yards and the game winning touchdown.
Read on for all the Cowboys Grades, Notes and Quotes you need for the game.
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Already without franchise quarterback Tony Romo and All-Pro wide receiver Dez Bryant for extended stretches, the Cowboys lost running back Lance Dunbar to a knee injury—per NFL.com's Dan Hanzus, likely an ACL, which will cost him his season—Sean Lee to a concussion, Brice Butler to a hamstring injury and Andrew Gachkar to a leg injury.
With the injuries on both sides of the ball, the team needed to play mistake-free to give itself a real chance to win. However, settling for two field goals after driving inside the New Orleans red zone, missing opportunities to generate takeaways on defense and costly penalties put the Cowboys in position to lose the game.
The offense was able to put together a 91-yard touchdown drive to tie the game at 20 with 1:51 on the clock, but the defense wasn’t able to hold up—first allowing the Saints to drive 68 yards in six plays in just over a minute-and-a-half to set up a field-goal attempt to win the game.
A missed field goal bailed the Cowboys defense out and bought Dallas another chance—at least momentarily.
Then the Saints won the coin toss for overtime and took the ball. On the second play of the extra period, Saints quarterback Drew Brees took advantage of some confusion on the Cowboys defense, tossing a pass to running back C.J. Spiller on a wheel route, allowing the running back to catch-and-run for 80 yards and the game winning touchdown.
Read on for all the Cowboys Grades, Notes and Quotes you need for the game.
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