Dak Prescott outdueled Patrick Mahomes in Cowboys’ win

Arlington, Texas — dak prescott Didn’t see Thursday’s game as my competition patrick mahomesit was dallas cowboys against kansas city chiefs,

While Mahomes was magical, throwing four touchdown passes and showing the ability to consistently escape pressure to keep the Chiefs in the game until the end, Prescott matched the three-time Super Bowl champion with his own defining moments at the Cowboys. win 31-28 against the chiefs.

It started when Mahomes gave Kansas City a 21–20 lead on the second play of the fourth quarter with his second fourth-down touchdown pass of the game.

Facing third-and-8 from the Chiefs’ 45, Prescott hit the receiver george pickens On a slant and saw the receiver back into a corner (jaylen watson) and stop the other (Trent McDuffie) for a 39-yard gain.

But what Prescott did on third-and-goal from 3, as well as his subsequent 2-point game, was downright Mahomesian.

Feeling pressure to his left, Prescott stepped into the pocket and looked like he might try to run into the end zone until the ball was quickly turned over and run back. javonte williamswho scored.

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“Javonte kind of pointed me down and showed it was open,” Prescott said. “That’s just backyard football. That game is as much Javonte’s as it is me.”

Before the 2-point game, the communication system between the coach and quarterback shut down. Prescott had to move closer to the edge. When he heard Schottenheimer’s first two words, he knew the play.

After the snap, Prescott was almost choked again, but he rolled to his left to give him some space and threw a pass through the front pylon to Pickens, who tapped his toes on the blue field to give the Cowboys a 28–21 lead.

“I was just trying to do something with my legs,” Prescott said. “It felt like I ran backwards, was able to get out of that tackle. And when I did, GP responded to me really well, just stood on the pylon in front and made a great catch.”

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But Prescott knew the job was not done. Not with Mahomes, on the other hand. With 9:26 minutes to play at the Dallas 10, it seemed like an ideal time to run the ball and kill some clock. Except for head coach Brian Schottenheimer. cd lamb – Who dropped three passes Sunday vs. philadelphia eagles – Run a deep route, and Prescott completed a 51-yard pass.

Prescott said, “Wasn’t that such a hard throw. And you’ve got a guy like that, you just put some air under it and let him make the play, which he did.” “And so we’re confident in what we do and when we’re in that situation Shawty will call that type of play. We want to win games and we’re not playing to lose.”

While that drive was nearly ruined by Pickens’ fumble, it was saved. kavonte turpinAfter the recovery, the Cowboys were able to take a 10-point lead brandon aubrey field goal.

“It’s a lot easier to call plays when you have good players,” Schottenheimer said. “And I mean, I really do. I’ve called plays for a long time and usually when you have really good players the plays work a lot better.”

Prescott was at or near his best after his second pass attempt of the game was intercepted. He finished with two touchdown passes (Lamb and Williams). He completed 27 of 39 passes for 320 yards. He was not dismissed.

“Resilience, man,” Lamb said of Prescott’s response to turnovers. “He’s the leader. He’s the epitome of that. He’s the heart of this team. We defend [No.] 4.”

Mahomes won’t go away. The distance covered after his run was 42 yards. quinnan williams And Donovan Ezeiruacu His fourth touchdown pass of the four games with 3:27 minutes to play cut the margin to 31–28.

Mahomes would never touch the ball again. Two pass interference penalties helped, but Prescott hit a 13-yard slant to Pickens at the two-minute warning to effectively end the game.

From there he managed to kneel three times and win against the Chiefs — and Mahomes, who is now 1-1 against Prescott.

“Hopefully we’ll be able to play again,” Prescott said, “and hopefully we’ll be able to play again sooner than later, on a bigger stage, in a more meaningful game.”