The wild-card round of the NFL playoffs ended Monday with Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys controling Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, winning 31-14.
Prescott had the finest playoff efficiency of his profession to make the win. He tossed for 4 goals and hurried for another while passing fro 305 lawns.
Meanwhile, Brady and the Buccaneers’ offense hadahardtime to get going all night long. They were shut out upuntil the last play of the 3rd quarter, with Brady finishing simply 35 of 66 passes for 351 lawns and 2 goals and tossing a pricey interception in the end zone in the veryfirst half.
The Cowboys will advance to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the divisional round (Sunday, 6: 30 p.m. ET on FOX).
Here were the leading plays!
Dallas Cowboys 31, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 14
Big kid sack
Vita Vea brought the thunder on 3rd down, sacking Prescott to force a Cowboys three-and-out for the 2nd straight drive to open up the videogame.
Cowboys rating veryfirst
After both groups went three-and-out in each of their veryfirst 2 belongings, Dallas lastly got the ball moving in its 3rd drive. Some plays by Michael Gallup and Tony Pollard, along with a roughing the passer charge, set up a Prescott 22-yard TD pass to Dalton Schultz.
The takingplace PAT went broad ideal, though, keeping Dallas’ lead at 6-0 in the .
Runnin’ Rachaad
Rachaad White made many dive cuts to aid the Bucs lastly pickup a initially down on their 3rd drive.
Tom Mahomes?
The 45-year-old QB made a play reminiscent of the Kansas City Chiefs star, linking with Chris Godwin on a running shovel pass to gain 11 lawns.
Brady Kearse’d
Moments after the broadcast revealed a graphic pointingout that Brady hadn’t tossed an interception in the red zone because signingupwith the Buccaneers in 2020, he tossed an interception. Brady lobbed a choice to Jayron Kearse in the end zone as he looked like he was attempting to toss the ball out of bounds.
Dak attack
On fourth-and-goal from the 1-lawn line, Prescott kept the ball himself on the phony handoff and ran a bootleg into the end zone for the rating.
However, Brett Maher missedouton the PAT onceagain, keeping the Cowboys’ lead at 12-0 with simply over 6 minutes left in the 2nd quarter.
Dak lays it all out on 3rd down
Needing 6 backyards to get the veryfirst, Prescott rushed and laid out to get 10 backyards to keep the Cowboys’ late first-half drive moving.
Dak to Dalton for Dallas’ 3rd TD
The Cowboys were in control for the whole of the veryfirst half, with Prescott finding Schultz onceagain in the end zone for an 11-yard rating.
The just thing they weren’t in control of though was their kicking videogame. Maher missedouton a 3rd PAT, keeping the Cowboys’ lead at 18-0 right priorto halftime.
Gallup-ing to the rating
The Cowboys scored onceagain, marking 4 straight drives with a goal as they scored on their veryfirst ownership of the 2nd half. Prescott discovered Gallup in the back of the end zone for his 3rd goal pass of the videogame. Gallup appeared to be close to stepping out of bounds on his reception, however the replay evaluation maintained his catch.
However, Maher missedouton his 4th PAT of the night, keeping it a three-score videogame at 24-0 with approximately 10 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.
Bucs lastly rating
In what may be the last videogame in the NFL for both gamers, Brady discovered Julio Jones along the side of the end zone for a goal to lastly get the Buccaneers on the board. Tampa wasn’t able to transform on the two-point conversion, keeping it a three-score videogame at 24-6 at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Dallas goes for it on 4th down … and ratings
With Maher havingahardtime to make his PATs, the Cowboys decided to go for it on fourth-and-4 from the Buccaneers’ 18-yard line. The choice paid off and then some, as Prescott discovered CeeDee Lamb large open for the rating.
Oh, and Maher made the PAT this time to make it a 31-6 videogame.
Bucs get a late rating
Looking to keep it decent, Brady discovered Cam Brate for a toe-tapping goal right priorto the two-minute caution. He likewise linked with Mike Evans for the two-point conversion that made it 31-14.
Bucs get the onside kick
It was too bit, too late for Tampa, which recuperated the onside kick right at the two-minute caution. It’s simply the 4th time this season a group’s recuperated the onside kick. Evans dropped a potential TD pass on the following play and the Bucs turned the ball over on downs priorto the Cowboys eliminated the clock.
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