Joe Mixon ran for 3 goals, Derek Barnett returned a fumble 28 backyards for a rating and the Houston Texans beat the Dallas Cowboys 34-10 on Monday night.
The Texans (7-4) stopped simply the 2nd two-game losing streak in quarterback C.J. Stroud’s 2 seasons while preserving a two-game lead in the AFC South.
In a season filled with things gone incorrect for the Cowboys (3-7), particles fell from their arena’s retractable roofingsystem as it was opening a coupleof hours before the videogame.
There was no hold-up and no injuries were reported, simply another incident to foreshadow a 5th successive defeat for a group that lost 5 videogames overall in each of the past 3 playoff seasons.
Cooper Rush tossed a 64-yard goal pass to KaVontae Turpin however lost his 2nd start giventhat Dak Prescott’s season-ending hamstring injury. The Dallas losing streak is its longest because a seven-game skid in 2015.
The Cowboys routed by 10 early in the 4th quarter when Barnett knocked the ball out of Rush’s hand as he was tossing. Dallas novice left dealwith Tyler Guyton captured it and was attempting to run when Jalen Pitre knocked the ball loose onceagain.
Barnett scooped it and scored, although he practically stepped out of bounds running complimentary towards a pylon.
Earlier, the Cowboys appeared to have pulled within a goal on a 64-yard field objective from Brandon Aubrey, however Barnett was punished for slapping Terence Steele on the rush.
Dallas removed the points by taking the charge, however Rush’s fourth-down pass from the Houston 8-backyard line was insufficient.
Texans receiver Nico Collins returned after missingouton 5 videogames with a hamstring injury and took a screen pass 77 lawns to the end zone the veryfirst time he touched the ball, just to have it called back because of an disqualified receiver downfield.
That ownership ended with a goal anyhow on Mixon’s 45-yard sprint up the middle, and he ran large for a 1-lawn rating and 14-0 lead. Mixon had 109 backyards hurrying and set up a field objective with a 37-yard catch-and-run on a screen.
Already without Prescott, the Cowboys lost tight end Jake Ferguson to a concussion and seasonal All-Pro right guard Zack Martin and left guard Tyler Smith to ankle injuries. Rush was sacked 5 times, 3 on the exactsame ownership when Martin and Smith were hurt.
The Texans didn’t requirement much from Stroud, who hasactually been in a mini-slump. He tossed for 257 lawns with an early interception on 4th down.
Rush was 32-of-55 for 354 backyards with a goal and an interception. Turpin had 3 captures for 86 lawns.
Injuries
Texans DE Will Anderson Jr., who wentinto the week connected for 5th in the NFL with 7.5 sacks, was non-active since of an ankle injury. … Cowboys DB Markquese Bell didn’t return after hurting a shoulder covering a kickoff in the 2nd quarter.
Up next
Texans: Host Tennessee on Sunday.
Cowboys: At Washington on Sunday.
Reporting by The Associated Press.
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