Follow along for live updates as the Cowboys return home to host JJ McCarthy and the Minnesota Vikings.
The Dallas Cowboys are barely clinging on to life in their hunt to make the NFC playoffs. The club, sitting with a 6-6-1 record entering Week 15, have sat bak and watched the full slate of games unfold before they hit the field for Sunday Night Football against the Minnesota Vikings.
Things did not go great for the Cowboys in the early window, but that was somewhat to be expected. The two main teams the Cowboys are rooting for to lose, the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears, faced off against two of the league’s worst teams. As expected, both won comfortably over the Raiders and Browns, respectively.
While they aren’t the only paths to the playoffs, the Eagles losing twice or the Bears losing three times were the clearest path to the playoffs if Dallas can win four in a row, starting with Sunday night at AT&T Stadium. The late afternoon window offered some hope to have more teams join the fray of possibilities.
The Cowboys got some help with the Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, and Carolina Panthers all falling. Now the team has to handle their own business.
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The Cowboys get stymied after driving downfield on their opening two drives of the half, kicking field goals.
The Vikings respond with a long drive for a touchdown run to CJ Ham to take the lead late in the third quarter.
- Prior to the quarter break, the drive saw the Cowboys move down the field thanks to a big play to WR CeeDee Lamb. RB Malik Davis, playing for Javonte Williams, punches it in from the 1-yard line for the score.
- A deep bomb on 3rd-and-7 from McCarthy sees Jordan Addison get behind CB Caelen Carson, and McCarthy keeps it on 4th down to tie the score at 14.
- The teams exchanged field goals as the game moves to halftime. Dallas gets the ball to start the 3rd quarter.
On the second play of the game, Dallas brought Donovan Wilson off the edge on the blitz. He tips JJ McCarthy’s pass and DT Quinnen Williams gets the interception.
The Cowboys go 3-and-out, but trickery! A fake FG run by kicker Brandon Aubrey moves the chains.
Javonte Williams punches it in for his 10th touchdown of the season, but he’s questionable to return with a shoulder injury.
After exchanging punts, the Vikings strike back with a touchdown pass from McCarthy to Jalen Nailor.
- Cowboys
- DT Perrion Winfrey
- DT Jay Toia
- RB Jaydon Blue
- OT Tyler Guyton
- WR Jalen Tolbert
- Vikings
- QB John Wolford
- OLB Chaz Chambliss
- T Christian Darrisaw
- T Walter Rouse
- DL Elijah Williams
- Green Bay (9-3-1) 26, Broncos 34 | FINAL
- Detroit (8-5) 34, LA Rams (10-3) 41 | FINAL
- Carolina (7-6) 17, Saints 20 | FINAL
- Indianapolis 16, Seattle (10-3) 18 | FINAL
- San Francisco (9-4) 37, Tennessee 24 | FINAL
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