Dallas Cowboys lead Pittsburgh Steelers in second quarter

Neither workforce has taken benefit of the opposite’s errors to date. After Dak Prescott’s fumble saved a minimum of three factors for Pittsburgh, its subsequent drive went nowhere thanks to 2 false-start penalties. The Steelers have gone solely 54 yards on their 18 performs to date.

Every workforce began with a subject aim on its opening drive. Every then watched as their quarterback turned the ball over on their second. Stress by Steelers star rush finish T.J. Watt collapsed the pocket round Dak Prescott and compelled a fumble that Pittsburgh recovered within the last seconds of the primary quarter.

It’s been a shaky second possession for Steelers QB Justin Fields. One play after underthrowing an open receiver and practically being intercepted, Fields fumbled when Linval Joseph of the Cowboys broke by the road and hit Fields within the backfield.

Fumbling has been a difficulty all season for Fields; he did it 4 occasions in his first 4 video games.

Marshawn Kneeland, the defensive finish injured early within the first quarter, is taken into account questionable to return after showing to injure his proper leg. Kneeland was taken to the locker room on a cart.

And that’s the place the Cowboys’ lack of a dashing risk hurts them. They hurried as much as the road of scrimmage going through third-and-1 hoping to catch Pittsburgh’s protection off-balance, however went to cross, and it ended with an intentional grounding penalty on Dallas. First punt of the night time upcoming for Dallas. 

Each groups open with subject objectives on their first drive. Pittsburgh solutions Dallas with a 41-yard subject aim by Chris Boswell.

It’s Steelers 3, Cowboys 3, with 7:33 left within the first quarter.

Rookie Cowboys defensive finish Marshawn Kneeland hobbled off the sector throughout the Steelers’ opening collection. If Kneeland misses time, it might be bother for a protection that has already struggled this season. Kneeland was solely beginning as a result of the Cowboys’ different edge rushers, Micah Parson and DeMarcus Lawrence, are out tonight with accidents.

Brandon Aubrey’s 55-yard subject aim ends the Cowboys’ six-play, 21-yard first drive with factors. Dallas is leaning on Dak Prescott’s arm early, as anticipated.

As this recreation readies for a delayed kickoff, Dallas receives the opening kickoff. Watch whether or not the Cowboys can get any semblance of a working recreation going. They’ve averaged 75.3 rush yards per recreation this season — useless final within the league.

By their first 4 video games below defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer this season, the Cowboys rank twenty sixth in complete protection (355.3 yds/gm) and are tied for twenty seventh in scoring protection (26.0 factors/recreation). The protection has stood sturdy in every of Dallas’ two wins however have been torched in each losses.

Zimmer took over for Dan Quinn, who was the Cowboys’ defensive coordinator for the final three years (2021-2023) earlier than taking the top teaching job in Washington this offseason.

With rain and thunderstorms passing over Pittsburgh, tonight’s “Sunday Night time Soccer” matchup is anticipated to begin at 9:45 p.m. ET.

The sport went right into a climate delay earlier than the beginning of the primary quarter. If it begins at 9:45, the sport may have been delayed by practically 90 minutes. Buckle up, it’s going to be a late one, everyone.

Previous to Week 4, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin was requested about naming a everlasting beginning QB transferring ahead. Nonetheless, he stated there was “no want” to try this presently:

“There’s no want… When (Russell Wilson) will get to an acceptable level of well being and now we have a choice to make, I’ll make it and I’ll announce it and I’ll be actually clear about it. However till then, I don’t care what number of methods you guys ask me, I acquired no intentions of constructing the choice that’s pointless at this juncture.”

This week, Tomlin was requested if they’d proceed to go together with Fields when Wilson returns from his calf harm.

“There’s a possible for that,” Tomlin stated. “However we’re not there as a I stand right here in the present day.”

This offseason, the Steelers signed QB Russell Wilson and traded for QB Justin Fields, sending the Bears a conditional Sixth-round decide. Wilson, who handled a calf harm all through preseason, was named the beginning quarterback forward of Week 1.

Nonetheless, Wilson is but to play this season because of his harm, with Fields thrust into the beginning position and successful his first three begins for Pittsburgh earlier than the Week 4 loss on the Colts.

In his three NFL seasons previous to this one (all with Chicago), Fields solely gained greater than three video games as soon as (5-8 in 13 begins final season).

This season, Fields has accomplished 70.6% of his passes for 830 passing yards with three passing touchdowns and one interception. He additionally has 145 dashing yards and has scored all three of the Steelers’ dashing scores this season.

Jake Ferguson is second on Dallas in catches (16) and third on the workforce in receiving yards (159), having performed in three video games (he missed Week 2 vs. New Orleans with a knee harm). Since his return from harm, Ferguson has a team-high 13 catches for 144 yards (second on the workforce) over the past two video games.

The star WR leads Dallas in each main receiving class this season (20 receptions, 316 receiving yds, 2 receiving touchdowns), which he additionally did every of the final two seasons. Within the Week 4 win on the Giants, he had season highs in catches (7) and receiving yards (98) and scored on a 55-yard landing catch within the second quarter.

Final season, Lamb posted profession highs in receptions (135 — most within the NFL), receiving yards (1,749 — second in NFL behind Tyreek Hill) and receiving touchdowns (12 — third within the NFL behind Hill and Mike Evans), incomes his first All-Professional choice and his third straight Professional Bowl nod.

▪ Lamb’s 135 receptions and 1,749 receiving yards have been Cowboys’ franchise information (passing Corridor of Famer Michael Irvin’s 1995 marks), and he grew to become the 4th Cowboy with three straight seasons of 1,000+ receiving yards (Irvin, Terrell Owens and Dez Bryant).

At 2-2, the Cowboys are off to their worst begin since 2020, coach Mike McCarthy’s first season in cost and the one 12 months in his tenure by which Dallas missed the playoffs (completed 6-10 in 2020).

After Dallas’ Week 2 loss vs. the Saints, proprietor Jerry Jones stated McCarthy — who’s within the last 12 months of his contract — can be judged on postseason success.

“ I don’t assume the place (McCarthy ) is along with his contract has something to do with [the Week 1 win at] Cleveland … or how we performed (in Week 2 loss vs NO ). We’re attempting to get this workforce prepared and in place to actually make a run on the playoffs . … If we’ve acquired any albatross round our neck, it’s that we’ve been a good-to-very- good workforce throughout the season over the past 4 to 5 years with Mike, and we haven’t completed properly within the playoffs. So let’s commerce some challenges throughout the season for doing properly within the playoffs, if you wish to take a look at it that approach.”

The Cowboys and Steelers are two of the NFL’s most storied groups, and this week, they’ll meet on SNF for the primary time.

• Dallas and Pittsburgh have mixed to win 11 Tremendous Bowl titles (six for Pittsburgh, 5 for Dallas) and made 16 Tremendous Bowl appearances (eight for each groups).

• The 2 groups have met in three Tremendous Bowls, making Cowboys-Steelers the most typical Tremendous Bowl matchup in NFL historical past. They performed one another in Tremendous Bowl X within the 1975 season, XIII within the 1978 season and XXX within the 1995 season. Pittsburgh gained the 2 Tremendous Bowls within the Seventies, whereas Dallas took the Nineteen Nineties matchup.

• The Cowboys and Steelers are the highest two groups in wins within the Tremendous Bowl period. The 2 groups are additionally first and second in common season win share within the Tremendous Bowl period (Dallas leads with .598, whereas Pittsburgh is 2nd at .590).

Because the Tremendous Bowl XXX assembly practically 29 years in the past, DAL and PIT have met simply six occasions, with every workforce successful three.