Kellen Moore: Garrett declines to commit to Kellen Moore

But fans certainly seem overly optimistic about the future of an undrafted free agent who never threw a regular-season pass in four seasons until Saturday night in a 19-16 loss to the New York Jets. “We’re developing a strength… a confidence”. Dez Bryant catching a touchdown pass off of Moore to finish the first half gave the Cowboys a 10-9 lead, which they extended in a barren third quarter, with just the Dan Bailey field goal to rely on. “If this comes again, just don’t fall asleep on it. I guess on that play he was wide awake and he threw me the ball and I made the play”. “That’s out the window. That usually happens during the game anyway”. They hold a half-game lead over Kansas City and Pittsburgh in the AFC Wild Card race, with both the Chiefs and Steelers scheduled to play on Sunday.

“It was not an easy situation just because I’ve been here to support Matt in any way and help him”, Moore said. “We can’t hang from the rafters right now because of a little win streak”. You just have to focus on what we can control. “We have to get two more”.

The Jets have AFC East rival and defending Super Bowl champ New England next week at home. Garrett said the team would need to do some work before deciding who would be under center for the remainder of the season. “Our plan sitting here was we’d really have it together at this time”.

“We’ve got a long time left here this month and of course a long January”. Calvin Pryor, Marcus Gilchrist and Darrelle Revis each had an interception before Williams closed the game out with a pick with 11 seconds left. He was in for 50 offensive plays, the most since a 53-play appearance when he was with the Oakland Raiders, and caught the crucial pass at the end of the game that set up Randy Bullock’s 40-yard field goal that won the game. The defense, which has been so stingy against the run all season, allowed Darren McFadden to rush for 100 yards as the Cowboys finished with 133 yards on the ground. While Richardson talked about what was missing, coach Todd Bowles took the approach that getting the win was the part that matters. Ivory now needs 49 yards in two games for the first 1,000-season of his six-year career. “There’s going to be adversity throughout the game and that was a great sign for us to show that the belief is always there”.

Despite his three interceptions, Moore was clearly better than the two other guys the Cowboys had tried as backups for Tony Romo.

“We knew they were a talented defense coming into the game”, Fitzpatrick said. Eric Decker caught a 3-yard scoring pass with 8:58 left to put NY up 16-13 and set a franchise record with Brandon Marshall with 21 combined touchdowns receiving. But everything turned around for him and NY in the final 15 minutes, when Fitzpatrick was 10 of 10 for 132 yards and the TD. The lefty also had three interceptions — ending his first series, another picked off in the end zone midway through the third quarter after driving to the Jets 6, and then a desperate deep heave in the closing seconds.