

Following a 9-yard pass to Jonnu Smith, he took over in the wildcat and punched the ball into the end zone from 4-yards out. Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy challenged the spot, but the decision was upheld and New England was given the ball at Dallas’ 34-yard line.ĭamien Harris started off New England’s first drive with a 21-yard run. They were forced into a 4th-and-1 situation at their own 34-yard line, where Matthew Judon and Dont’a Hightower stuffed an Ezekiel Elliott run to turn the ball over on downs. Dallas picked up an easy first down right away on a quick slant to CeeDee Lamb, but a holding penalty set them back behind the chains early on their next set of downs. Tony Pollard started the game off with a good return of Jake Bailey’s opening kickoff, but an illegal double team block pushed the Cowboys back to their own 12-yard line to start the day. Dak Prescott and the Cowboys will start on offense. The Patriots won the coin toss and chose to defer. Ezekiel Elliott, Trevon Diggs, and Randy Gregory are all active despite being listed as questionable. The Cowboys will have all of their stars available. After being removed from the COVID list this week, both Michael Onwenu and Isaiah Wynn are active. The only difference is Joejuan Williams being a healthy scratch following his struggles against Houston last week, and the return of Jalen Mills to the Patriots secondary. The Patriots inactives list is pretty much the same as last week at first glance. Taylor, TE Devin Asiasi, OLB Ronnie Perkins, RG Shaq Mason, CB Shaun WadeĬowboys Inactives: QB Will Grier, S Israel Mukuwamu, WR Simi Fehoko, DE Bradlee Anae, DE Dorance Armstrong Patriots Inactives: CB Joejuan Williams, RB J.J. ET | Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, MA | Broadcast information Pregame The time for moral victories has passed, the Patriots need to get things moving. They’ve started out 0-4 at home for the first time since 1993, and now they get to prepare for a floundering Jets team who they’ve already beaten this year. That is when the offense -out of tricks to move the ball effectively- stalled out, and the defense -exhausted from having played 76 plays to that point- fizzled away.
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Despite that, the Patriots pushed Dallas into overtime following a wild series of plays. Bad coaching was just too much for the New England Patriots to overcome on Sunday.Īfter jumping out to an early lead over the Dallas Cowboys, conservative decision making and play calling from New England’s coaching staff seemed to hold the team back from building on any sort of positive momentum they were able to garner.
