Dak Prescotts monster game rallies Cowboys from 21-point hole to stun Eagles in mistake-filled thriller
ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott wasn’t having it when teammates started congratulating Dallas’ star quarterback for breaking one of Tony Romo’s records as the Cowboys were trying to rally from 21 points down against the defending Super Bowl champs.Save it for the win, he said.Cue the celebration.Prescott threw two touchdown passes, ran for the tying score and led the drive to Brandon Aubrey’s 42-yard field goal as time expired as the Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles 24-21 in a mistake-filled thriller Sunday.“Now I can enjoy that a little bit,” Prescott said of topping Romo’s career franchise record for yards passing, throwing for 354 yards to end the day with 34,378.“I can tell you initially when I looked up and saw my name up there and saw that, there was a little emotion that hit me that I damn sure wasn’t ready for and didn’t know that would come.“And I think that’s why I countered that with anger of, ‘No, no no, let that go.
We’ll celebrate this later.’”Prescott also broke a tie with Romo by leading his 25th winning drive when tied or trailing in the fourth quarter or overtime.The Cowboys (5-5-1) converted on their third tiebreaking chance in the fourth quarter to extend Prescott’s home winning streak against NFC East opponents to 19 in their first game at AT&T Stadium since the death of defensive end Marshawn Kneeland.The Eagles (8-3) are still in good shape to be the first repeat winners in the NFC East since they won four in a row from 2001-04, but the offense reverted to the form that has frustrated A.J.Brown after the star receiver had a big hand in the 21-0 lead early in the second quarter.Philadelphia lost with a lead of at least 21 points for the first time since 1999, when Arizona beat the Eagles 25-24.
It was the first win for Dallas when trailing by three touchdowns since the Cowboys beat the Rams 34-31 in 2014.“I’m not going to make any sweeping judgments at this particular time,” Eagles coach Nick ...