The Cowboys defense stiffened and New Orleans had to call on Brett Maher again after he had missed a 56-yard attempt on their first drive. The Saints looked like they were going to drive all the way down the field with heavy use of Hill as a runner. They would drive to the New Orleans 17, but with only four seconds left, were forced to settle for a short Zuerlein field goal that had the Cowboys up 13-7 at halftime.ĭallas had the ball coming out of the half, but were unable to do anything. That set Dallas up at their own five-yard line, with 2:19 left in the first half and all three of their timeouts in hand. (via /6STtyQsFVI- Blogging The Boys December 3, 2021 But Jayron Kearse wanted to get in on the acrobatic, toe-dragging action, and got the ball back for the Cowboys. A perfect tight end screen call by Sean Payton exploited the Dallas defense and had them 26 yards away from the end zone. The stats were pretty even up to this point, and it looked like the Saints would at least answer, or even take a lead. Greg Zuerlein would come on for a 55-yard field goal attempt, and nail it to get a three-point lead for the Cowboys.
DALLAS SAINTS SCORE SERIES
The next series for Dallas would start out well, but stall. Neither Ezekiel Elliott or Tony Pollard could find any room against the strong run defense of New Orleans. The Cowboys struggled to run the ball throughout the first half, outside the technical running play to Lamb. He would cap the drive with a 24-yard touchdown to Lil’ Jordan Humphrey. Taysom Hill would be a real issue for Dallas, whether on designed runs, scrambling for yards when he couldn’t find a receiver, or completing passes down field.
Unfortunately, the Saints promptly answered. That gave the Cowboys a seven-point lead with less than a minute to go in the first quarter. pAEAeQVJEc- Joey Hayden December 3, 2021 That got the Cowboys to the New Orleans one-yard line, and Dak Prescott promptly found Michael Gallup for what has become something of a trademark play for him, the toe-tapper. A few plays later CeeDee Lamb added 33 yards on what was technically a running play after a backwards pass.
It started with another returning player for Dallas, a 41-yard completion to Amari Cooper. Then on the Cowboys third possession, the offense finally got going. Part of that was DeMarcus Lawrence raising havoc in his first game back from IR, particularly on the first series of the game. The teams exchanged punts as neither offense could get much going, including a failed fourth-down conversion attempt by Dallas. It was in many ways an unsatisfying performance for the Cowboys, especially on offense, but the defense found its takeaway magic and that would turn out to be the difference. Only one team could get what they needed, and fortunately, it would turn out to be Dallas. The Saints were mired in their even worse four-game slump, and needed to get a win to keep slim hopes of getting a wild card spot in the playoffs. The Cowboys were looking to end a two-game winning streak and make sure they kept some space between them and the rest of the NFC East. The Dallas Cowboys were far from perfect or overwhelming, but they got a crucial 27-17 win over the New Orleans Saints in a game that was ugly at times, but where Dallas found just enough to not have another embarrassing defeat at the hands of an undermanned team.
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