ARLINGTON, Texas — Dak Prescott didn’t view Thursday’s sport as him in opposition to Patrick Mahomes. It was the Dallas Cowboys in opposition to the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs.
Whereas Mahomes was magical, throwing 4 landing passes and displaying the flexibility to wiggle out of fixed strain to maintain the Chiefs within the sport till the tip, Prescott matched the three-time Tremendous Bowl champion with defining moments of his personal within the Cowboys’ 31-28 win in opposition to the Chiefs.
It began after Mahomes gave Kansas Metropolis a 21-20 lead on the second play of the fourth quarter together with his second fourth-down landing move of the sport.
Going through third-and-8 from the Chiefs’ 45, Prescott hit receiver George Pickens on a slant and noticed the receiver deke one cornerback (Jaylen Watson) and hurdle one other (Trent McDuffie) for a 39-yard acquire.
However what Prescott did on third-and-goal from the three, in addition to the next 2-point play, was downright Mahomesian.
Feeling strain from his left, Prescott stepped up into the pocket and regarded like he would possibly attempt to run in the long run zone till rapidly flipping the ball to operating again Javonte Williams, who scored.
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“Javonte type of waved me down, displaying me it was open,” Prescott stated. “That is simply yard soccer. That play’s Javonte as a lot as it’s me.”
Earlier than the 2-point play, the communication system between the coach and quarterback went out. Prescott needed to transfer nearer to the sideline. When he heard the primary two phrases from Schottenheimer, he knew the play.
After the snap, Prescott was nearly suffocated once more, however he spun to his left to present him some house and fired a move to the entrance pylon to Pickens, who tapped his toes on the blue turf to present the Cowboys a 28-21 lead.
“I used to be simply making an attempt to make one thing occur with my ft,” Prescott stated. “Felt like I escaped across the bottom, was capable of get out of that deal with. And once I did, GP simply gave me a terrific reply, was simply being proper there on the entrance pylon and made a hell of a catch.”
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However Prescott knew the job wasn’t performed. Not with Mahomes on the opposite facet. Beginning on the Dallas 10 with 9:26 to play, it appeared an ideal time to run the ball and kill some clock. Besides head coach Brian Schottenheimer had CeeDee Lamb — who dropped three passes Sunday versus the Philadelphia Eagles — run a deep route, and Prescott delivered a 51-yard completion.
“Wasn’t that tough of a throw. And you have a man like that, you simply put some air below it and let him go make the play, which he did,” Prescott stated. “And so we’re assured in what we do and Schotty goes to name these sort of performs once we’re in that state of affairs. We need to win the sport and we’re not enjoying to lose.”
Whereas that drive was practically performed in by a Pickens’ fumble, solely to be saved by KaVontae Turpin’s restoration, the Cowboys had been capable of take a 10-point lead with a Brandon Aubrey subject purpose.
“It is fairly simple to name performs when you could have good gamers,” Schottenheimer stated. “And I imply that, I actually do. I’ve referred to as performs for a very long time and normally the performs work loads higher when you could have actually good gamers.”
Prescott was at or close to his finest after his second move try of the sport was intercepted. He completed with two landing passes (Lamb and Williams). He accomplished 27 of 39 passes for 320 yards. He was not sacked.
“Resilience, man,” Lamb stated of Prescott’s reply to the turnover. “He is the chief. He is the epitome of that. He is the center of this group. We defend [No.] 4.”
Mahomes wouldn’t go away. A 42-yard completion after he eluded Quinnen Williams and Donovan Ezeiruaku got here 4 performs earlier than his fourth landing move with 3:27 to play to chop the hole to 31-28.
Mahomes wouldn’t contact the ball once more. Two move interference penalties helped, however Prescott successfully ended the sport with a 13-yard slant to Pickens on the two-minute warning.
From there he was capable of kneel thrice and win in opposition to the Chiefs — and Mahomes, who’s now 1-1 versus Prescott.
“Hopefully we are able to play once more,” Prescott stated, “and hopefully we are able to play once more on a much bigger stage, in a extra significant sport sooner reasonably than later.”