Cowboys To Address Tony Romo’s Future In Dallas ‘Later On’
Cook’s 36-yard catch placed the Green Bay Packers in a position of a 51-foot field goal as time expired, which buried the Cowboys once and for all with a razor thin 34-31.
“We got the win”, he said.
Whatever Dallas figured out on defense late in the first half didn’t carry over to the third quarter.
Jason Garrett wouldn’t say 100 percent that Dak Prescott is Cowboys QB going forward.
Outside of the negative psychological effects not allowing the team to “finish the fight” at the end of the regular season in order to preserve some of their stars, the three-week layoff between games for those players was certainly a factor in Dallas’ sluggish start against the Packers. Divisional Round | PFF No surprise here – Rodgers, Cook, and Crosby all show up on the top 10 individual games as assigned by PFF.
The Packers will visit Atlanta in Rodgers’ third NFC title game for a place in the Super Bowl.
But even 12 seconds was still enough time for Rodgers. The Hail Mary Master with the ball in his hands. Hyde was the defender on that play, too, and he did not forget the meaningless three-yard gain.
There were a lot of insane things about the play – the Packers converted a third-and-20, Jared Cook somehow kept his feet in bounds – but the craziest thing of all is that it wasn’t even in the Packers’ playbook.
The Packers defeated the Cowboys 34-31 after a last-second field goal. “It is starting to not surprise me anymore”. Just like that, a great season ends like this. The hears of the Dallas Cowboys were crushed as they saw their miraculous 18-point comeback fall short to the Green Bay Packers. But this didn’t feel like an upset.
For the Dallas Cowboys, who went 13-3 with a rookie quarterback and running back, going one and done in the playoffs had to really sting.
But in case there remained any doubters, Dallas in 2016 found a quarterback. Apparently many out there still didn’t know about Prescott’s poise. He was superb over the final 21/2 quarters, producing 28 points and 250 passing yards, completing 20 of 29.
Aaron Rodgers takes on the rookies in this NFC tilt between the young and the old.
“You have to get into the rhythm of the game and keep your composure and find that balance”, he said.
Jones said he never gave one iota of thought to Romo riding back in on his white horse once Rodgers stretched his lead to 28-13.
Whether Rodgers’ ground game and tendency to use Christine Michael for three plays at a time can match it with Ezekiel Elliott or not, fans are in for a gripping battle.