Lions’ Matthew Stafford ready for home cookin’ vs. hometown Cowboys

Dak Prescott has shocked the football world with his incredible play as a rookie.

There are still two playoff spots up for grabs in the NFC, and they won’t be locked up for another week.

David Irving stopped the Lions from adding points by sacking Stafford, forcing a fumble that was recovered by the Cowboys, all but sealing the game plus keeping the Lions scoreless in the second half.

The Cowboys, who boast an explosive offense led by two rookies, have overachieved and now sit atop their division and the entire NFC Conference with a 12-2 record.

The Cowboys’ Ezekiel Elliott, who scored two TDs, leaps into the end zone after getting past the Lions’ Tahir Whitehead. Dallas went up 35-21. “We didn’t throw the ball much in the game, but we were productive throwing it”.

Brady has been phenomenal, with 25 touchdown passes and two interceptions, yet he missed four games to a suspension.

Jerry Jones didn’t seem surprised by Bryant’s successful touchdown pass. On the first pass attempt of his career, Dez lofted a ideal ball on the run to a wide-open Jason Witten in the end zone, much to the delight of AT&T Stadium.

The Cowboys received to start the game, coming out in a nice rhythm. Robinson was in the Crimson Tide’s defensive line during that game. They have followed that with back-to-back wins with more than 24 points in each game. The Cowboys have the NFL’s second-best run game and fifth-ranked offense to pair with the 13th-ranked defense.

Bryant made a juggling one-handed touchdown catch, despite being interfered with by Lions cornerback Johnson Bademosi, to tie the game at 21 going into halftime. He was targeted just four times and had only one catch in a win over the Browns, then hauled in six of nine targets including a touchdown and posted a season-high 116 yards in a win over the Steelers the following week. The Brock-Osweiler-led Texans jumped out to a 14-0 lead and the Lions offense did practically nothing in the first half.

The Cowboys come out in their base three receiver set with tight end Jason Witten outside the left tackle and Elliott as the lone back.

Elliott had 76 of his yards with Dallas trying to control the clock on its final two possessions, but Winston still had a chance in the final 2 minutes after second-half scoring tosses to Adam Humphries and Cameron Brate gave the Bucs a brief lead.

RB Darren McFadden took over the running back duties as the 3rd quarter wound down, and he was sprung for an 18 yard gain. Or will the Cowboys rest their regulars and risk losing the momentum from their outstanding season?

It was not without some bad news, however, as Tyron Smith left the game in with an apparent knee injury.