Rookie Stars Shine on SNF! (Eagles vs. Cowboys 2016, Week 8)

[Music] the NFL season is approaching the halfway mark and the marquee matchup of week eight is here in Arlington Texas as the Dallas Cowboys take the field set to face the Eagles on Sunday Night Football well the Cowboys came into the league in 1960 Eagles Cowboys meeting every year since 57th season a lot of legendary quarterbacks have played in this rivalry but tonight the first meeting where each team will start a rookie quarterback I'm not surrendering trust me not with a record of 5 and 1 and the kickoff a couple of yards into the end zone and lucky Whitehead and he gets wrapped up at the 10-yard line and the Eagles who have great special teams they're able to recover the Cowboys are saying that they can't let the Cowboys get off to a fast start Dallas has outscored the opponents 37 to 10 in the first quarter but a third and 9 here and the - Elliot Elliot is able to gain yardage Africa flank wide to the right just you get the play off before the play clock expires and there's a sack back to the 16 yard line Marcus Smith this team ranking very high in almost all categories to this point the season third and 12 and the pass is underthrown the star which has to be the greatest training facility in the world for any sport no doubt and once his first play is a pass and a first down running back his Ryan Matthews and the pass goes out to the left side brought there by Josh Scott sweaty so right tackle was an issue a couple of weeks ago last week Whiteside did much better and the pass is caught outside but shy of a first down Jordan Matthews with three passes they have sprawls lined up and running back fake it to him little roll to the right whence is going to keep it but he's going to be knocked down 3 yard shy of the first down but Jones boy Cole Beasley back at the 10 yard line flag is down our first of the game cowboys may have had an extra man on the field and if the too many men on the field will see the team 5-yard penalty resulting in a first-time 39 they've yet to run the ball [Applause] and once rolls and then throw Cowboys moving around on that defensive front the toss to Scrolls and Scrolls we'll get the first down and a lot more inside the twenty third down and six and that pass is dropped maggle or that they're still in the market looking before the trade deadline Kaleb Sturgis 30-yard field goal from the 25-yard line corner blitz it's picked up going deep downfield and on the run making the catch is Dez Bryant all the way down on the Philadelphia 20-yard line welcome home dead down there started practicing a little bit this week and tough spot we will delve into that in a minute this through the middle goes Elliott to set up a first down and gold the league's leading rusher Elliott averaging 5.1 yards per carry a squirt five touchdowns this season and this night Prescott keeps him wide open touchdown beautifully designed play as Prescott rolls into the end zone and that didn't take long waiting to happen you mean they're bringing back the wide nine I might see a little bit of that the second and ten so Elliott is the I back they bring in a fullback its Keith Smith and they're gonna go play action and flare it out to the running back Elliott Frank's away goes down the sidelines boom goes to the 40-yard line of the Eagles so the penalty moves them back to the Philly 43-billion out of the outside gets around the corner gets by McElveen another hurdle job at the Philadelphia 20-yard line empty backfield Prescott good protection fires too high intended for Bryant cowboy career 38 yard attempt and that one is good and here come the Cowboys they blitz and it catches me refuted stories that self out come through correctamundo third down and 11 run a stucked up front and that takes care of mr. Wentz Mehra know he loves to run those looping and Tony Romo continues to heal who knows what happens at the end of this season or come playoff time what both of them at full strength when it matters most 39 jump off to Le and Elliot with good yardage after the catenary was undrafted bill gave him the opportunity and certainly the most of it filled it at the 46 yard line by Darren Sproles [Applause] inside handoff and that's the first now for Scrolls who gets wrestled to the turf more than 10 yards downfield he is 10 of 13 for 58 nice ball on the left side and exploiting that his Scrolls that Tobin a tackle is an eligible receiver on the left side and they hand it and walking into the end zone as Matthews for the touchdown Brian Matthews the leading rusher come into the game those sprawls has seen less than most of the action tonight Speedway in fort worth action coming up next weekend lucky whitehead takes it and lucky Whitehead it's just the fun environment for the Dallas Cowboys right now doing it that spectacular facility and Frisco through the middle wounding hard is he there great but he's holding his own in there as well both the combination play-action fresh Scott Servais throws wide up and Bryant makes the catch at the fountains bucks on Thursday night second down and nine now escaping Prescott he's already run for one touchdown and he sliced though all here at the 5 first that right now destiny bio from the 7 fake the Elliott and then intended for Bryan and then his swatted away second and goal fresca in the pocket fires a little late to septon at the goal line and hits thought about running it out he'll just take a knee there and bring the ball out to the 20-yard line once over the middle Matthew's he gets stood up at the 29-yard line [Applause] and a half and that'll be a first now on a second down in six once throws we're having to come back and make the catch is a galore timeout but it's taken a ton of time off the clock and now he goes to the outside and that will be caught and staying in bounds though is dorial green-beckham and now they have to take their timeout with ten seconds bring a defensive foul this will do it for the half and once throws to the sideline and Green Beckham makes the catch you'd be looking at about a 55-yard be looking at a 55 yard field goal crowd doesn't like the call at all B's so once more his first effort was good and his second effort looks pretty good too and it is good impressive very every 32 seconds slowest pace in the league third and four quickly paced here though and the catch at the 45 yard line tool to have in the secondary number one pick out of Connecticut last year good protection once throws and that'll be a first out in is that they are used to substituting and you get caught on the field in a no-huddle situation and it gets going these guys get tired fast and it's dropped on the outside oh boy Matthew oh yeah boy Anthony Hitchens personal foul unnecessary roughness defense I'm a 59 third down in sex d-minus and the past is taken and for a first down by a galore and get a first down without getting the touchdown have to get to the 1 second and 16 and Earth's will fill it low but there is Scrolls and Darren Sproles takes it all the way down to the 5-yard line easy tackle and they just can't get him on the ground look quickly on 3rd and 4 and that's caught touchdown Jordan Matthews the Chip Kelly come back into building what happened here at least from one drive and they just flew down the field and you could see that Byron Jones really had no idea what was going on he was jumping around before the snap such a hitter and a playmaker in the run game as well last four seasons his first four in the league with the Rams [Applause] nobody is home here so under 50% hundred and thirty seven yards and they were gonna run a fake here and he's got a ton of room Chris Jones takes the ball to the Philadelphia 44 yard line on a fourth and eight so they needed something big and boy did they get Dallas two of seven on third down tonight third and fives and fresh bats gonna throw catch his man on the run Terrance Williams to the 24 yard line so Prescott starting to spread it around a little bit back to the ground they go here goes Elliot through the middle Elliot inside the 10 drags guys down on the seven person goal and he throws to the in silence not caught by dez bryant down and goal from the five Prescott rolling at directing traffic standing extending extending and then throwing and he's lucky that one wasn't picked and that's going to be offensive interference on Terrence Williams 23 yard attempt for Bailey and he makes it a one possession game absolutely opening up out considering all things that one was a keeper all things considered yes sir here's Josh Huff ran one back for a touchdown last week and he runs this one all the way back before he steps out of bounds we proud of his unit tonight and throughout the season from the 45 let's throws and that is caught that's going to flanking the quarterback and the pass over the middle is taken the Dallas win and they'd be two up if fielding wins they're tied for first and the Giants would be happy about that as well Giants off today this is an interesting division again isn't it very much so for the tie in there as well and the pass is taken at the three yard line Cowboys say no officials say no you no doubt for sure play clock and almost run out then once under pressure and fires incomplete the Marcus Lawrence able to chase him down where he could make a big difference for this day 34 yard attempt is good Willie at 6.6 for comparison third and 15 going out here to Beasley and he's gonna throw heat that feeling too deep for Terrence Williams black hole will be rocking it will be next Sunday night this one starts with a fumble and the debt and the Dallas Cowboys with the recovery Wendell Smallwood the rookie out of West Virginia on this defensive line just swims the center right over the top gets his hand on the football [Applause] mash knocked down that's McElveen knocking it down intended for dez bryant so the Cowboys with a golden chance after the fumble and then Bailey's kick is good sprawls is the back from the 25-yard line off the fake from horses him and that's almost picked up by standard man I almost put the jinx on them they're dead from the 25 and squirting through the tiniest of holes is Sproles Philadelphia from the 45-yard line and over the middle caught for a first down victims barn miscarried a couple of times but it's been strolls areas again and there he goes again for a first down ticking down to eight minutes barn doors in the back field they're gonna huff they flow to him and he's gonna throw it deep downfield and incomplete big play for the Dallas D here low snap dropped it throws and then Sproles gets taken down that's the last thing they wanted that happen Lee is there and that turns what would have been a 40 some-odd yard field goal into something a little bit more difficult the field goal kicker which would have been in a two possession game so Donnie Jones mid booted and a fair catch is called for and made at the 11 yard line by Cole is everything you want a football player too big Prescott throws that's Beasley making the cash he have lined up in the backfield Prescott from the 22 give it the Elliot Elliot has a lot of room Elliot out patch the 40 in the Eagle territory Elliot with a flag on the play all the way back up field at the 22 yard line in fact there are two flags took away a great play for the Cowboys 60 yard game goes away sting and pass is caught up with the 26 yard line coming to the line creeping up indicating blitz to the right he goes throws and reaching and making the catch that is the classic one the equals through feet right there from the 37 Prescott to the sideline and making the catch there is Bryce Butler we're at a half in regulation [Applause] Prescott deep that feel and it is Brian in the crowd everybody wants a flag Romel looking on from the sidelines Wescott feels the pressure has room to run and picks up the first down from the 22 on first down pressured again and he as he gets away eighties better go big does not know it's incomplete yeah on the ground yep fresh got forcing him out of the pocket he likes it out there second down and 10 now he's gonna go downfield here adjusting and making the catches Dez Bryant for the touchdown we threw that one outside Debbie you know I love watching young players correct their own mistakes he missed inside with the first one didn't miss inside with that one looked like he was ready to blitz and this is Scrolls and Scrolls is able to knife his way for a gain of second and two from the 33 and it's a low throw and that's going to be a loss they would have been better served with an incomplete vast Matthews [Applause] three-man rush bass to the outside juggled and knocked away incomplete he goes to the number three tight end Trey Burton on this Dallas offense and the two grams tonight but one of them was huge on a third down to convert and Prescott throws deep downfield and Bryan had inside position there but here they come Prescott incomplete so Swartz ascends everybody picks comes through the middle Prescott hits the deck and whence is going to get smothered at the 3 yard line Shawn Lee comes in that Anthony Brown has played a lot of football he was the slot for standard the last four games once looks that way hits man four-man rush look keeps it alive gets buried from behind and it was only could do to hold on to the football that's Orlando Scandrick second and ten there's Bryant bottom of the screen look at fresh guys gonna get sacked back of the 15 by Conner Barwon those of you who were watching the Cubs and the Indians Carson Wentz tonight almost everything he's thrown has been short good accurate but underneath Prescott meanwhile started out real slowly got hotter Elliott police leading rushers 17 rushing yards but on 17 attempts brawls has been a very key factor tonight and Dez Bryant able to haul that one in Philadelphia Sullivan he and his tale comes out of the game in this situation second down and six in the 29 and [Applause] they can Eliot Prescott hanging in there is caught easily through the 38-yard line Jason Witten came down to help second son gets it away that's caught Beasley again lucky white had to come in and walk sometimes as well there were none one so it's only Romo on the sidelines into Elliot and he is not going to get it so the league's leading rusher despite bringing in the full-back for leverage is stopped short for the 28 [Applause] they push you to a first down four-and-a-half into overtime through the middle for a first out of the 14 bring Witten in as the extra protector [Applause] we'll take the ball very close to a first down first and goal from the floor here and to no avail that is [Applause] in the backfield Prescott got knocked down Rallos wide open Jason waiting to win the game friendly fire got the Philadelphia and Jason Witten [Music] not much of a factor tonight clouds going to pick off Jenkins on the back handle right here then there goes jason witten for the game winner and the dallas cowboys have won six in a row and have a two-game lead in the NFC

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Length: 21min 49sec (1309 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 30 2020

Reddit Comments

[u/chunk_almighty]

JG going for it on that 4th in OT and not going for the 4th against Houston in 18 made me really huff at this video.

[u/DoltDoltDolt]

This was a rather stressful win to say the least

[u/rumpranger23]

I live in Joplin, MO, but I moved from Denver, CO. In June of 2016 I purchased 4 tickets to this game. One for me, two buddies of mine, and my brother. They flew together from Denver to Dallas, I drove down to DFW and picked them up. We spent the weekend in Dallas and Arlington.

This was my first NFL game, I passed over several Broncos games because I wanted my first game to be a Cowboys game. When we bought the tickets originally, we were so excited to see Tony Romo throttle the Eagles. Romo, as we all know, for hurt in the preseason, but the early signs pointed to a return in 4-6 weeks. Well, it then turned into after the Cowboys bye, which was set to be the Eagles on Sunday night.

My friends and I grew to love Dak, but Romo was still our boy. But we made shirts that said, “Homo For Romo” on one side and “Dak’s Out For Prescott” on the other (still have the shirt!).

Outside of the night I became a Christian and my wedding night, this night was the best night of my life. We had great seats, we were around people of all different races and ages, all Cowboys fans. It was loud in Jerry World. We were down late, came back to send it into OT, Dak to Witten in the back of the end zone. Our section went nuts. I was hugging strangers. “Eagles suck!” chants until we got back to the car. Lost our voices.

We got Whataburger on the way back to the hotel, and as soon as we got back to the hotel we rewatched the game on my friend’s laptop.

Man, what a night.

[u/koolaidcolumbus]

I was in AT&T Stadium for this game. Gosh, what a great fuckin experience it was.