🏈 Primetime in Dallas

A matchup that would’ve had the whole league salivating earlier in the year, but two teams with losing records took the field last night.

The Bengals and the Cowboys have both had, let’s say, underwhelming seasons. Burrow and the Bengals have been haunted by poor offensive line play and even poorer defense. The Cowboys have just been absolutely decimated by injuries, including their starting QB Dak Prescott. The Bengals entered the game at 4-8, while the Cowboys were not much better, sitting at 5-7.

Despite the poor records, it was a very entertaining game in Dallas. It was back and forth all night long. The Bengals jumped out to a 17-10 lead heading into the half, thanks to a late first-half FG from Cade York. York, whose girlfriend is a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader, was a feature of the ESPN broadcast, for better or worse.

Coming out of the 2-minute warning in the fourth quarter, the Cowboys were set to get the ball back as the Bengals were punting. But oh my god, an absolutely terrible mistake by the Cowboys gave the Bengals the ball back. The Cowboys actually blocked the punt, but it went past the line of scrimmage. A Cowboy tried to pick up the ball and run but couldn’t secure it and the Bengals recovered. Bengals ball.

No more than 3 plays later, Joe Burrow hit Ja’Marr Chase on a 40-yard catch and run to take a 27-20 lead. Wow. What an absolutely brutal sequence for the Dallas Cowboys and a pure roller coaster of emotions in AT&T Stadium.

The Cowboys had three timeouts and a minute to go, down 7. If you haven’t picked up on the tone of this article yet, the Cowboys didn’t get it done. Bengals 27, Cowboys 20. Final.

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