Dallas Cowboys NFL Week 12

“I don’t take it for granted, but I’m not surprised by it”, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said of his star receiver. The Cowboys, which is possessed by Jerry Jones since 1989, have monopolized the bill of NFL’s most profitable clubs for 10 years in a row.

Prescott’s solid all-around performance improved the Cowboys to a franchise and NFL-best 10-1.

The Ravens tried to bully the Cowboys. Each score was answered by Prescott leading two seven-play scoring drives. That would mean he needed to rush for close to 118 yards per game.

Cowboys tight end Jason Witten made three catches Thursday to pass Reggie Wayne for eighth all time on the NFL’s career receptions list. The Detroit Lions hosts the Minnesota Vikings in a matchup of first-place teams in the NFC North on Thanksgiving Day. I also expect Dallas to control the ball on offense. “After that, it felt like we were doing whatever we wanted to do after that”. He needed 25 carries (a rough-and-tumble 3.9-yard average) against the NFL’s top rushing defense.

Six different players converted third downs.

So the Redskins tried to play keep away. But the surge of rookie quarterback Dak Prescott and him having perhaps the greatest season by a rookie quarterback ever, has taken the league by storm and he has willed his team to 9 consecutive victories.

“The responsibilities that have been thrown on them, they’ve handled it well and they’re executing at in a big way at critical times throughout games”. That approach creates a dilemma for defensive coordinators. Dallas RB Ezekiel Elliott had 92 yards rushing to run his season total to 1,194 yards. If teams decide to load the box and leave Bryant one-on-one, he will kill them. He has 321 yards in past three games. Certainly no turkey. He passed for 449 yards and three touchdowns with a QB rating of 120.7. In the past three weeks, Prescott has completed 27 of 37 passes for 339 yards and three touchdowns against a blitz.

“People walking by, we invited them to come up and grab a plate and have a good time”. “It was a sight adjustment”. Right now, a fourth-round pick that started the season as a third-stringer is outperforming the likes of Russell Wilson, Ben Roethlisberger, Aaron Rodgers and last year’s MVP Cam Newton. Even with a late-season collapse, the Cowboys should have done enough to guarantee themselves a spot in the playoffs.

He missed another 55-yard attempt in the second quarter, but connected later on field goals of 24 and 20 yards. They lit up the Colts (5-5) defense the last two years – a combined 96 points – and Indy still hasn’t fixed their woes on that side of the ball.

SLOWING COUSINS: The Cowboys offered little resistance to Cousins on their home field last season, when he was 12 of 15 for 176 yards in less than a half to clinch the NFL’s best completion percentage.

None of that matters, however, if the Cowboys don’t convert the yards into points. No team has done better. Elliott leads the team with 10 touchdowns, but 10 players have scored, a testament to the Cowboys’ offensive versatility. “I never go in to the game thinking we are going to lose, it is always what do we have to do to win?” “On the other hand, Tony wants – and we want him, I want him – to be ready to go in a nanosecond when it’s called for. That’s great. We have the same confidence over here”. “That goes to the weapons he has, how they use the weapons and his ability to distribute the football”.