The sequence of events to get to those field goal drives was absurd. Dallas scored a go-ahead touchdown on a back-shoulder throw to George Pickens with 52 seconds left in the game, and the Giants had no timeouts in their quiver. They needed a touchdown drive to take the lead, and it took them all of 27 seconds to get it as Russell Wilson found Malik Nabers over the top of double coverage for his third touchdown toss of the game.
Alas, that left Dallas enough time to engineer a field goal drive while trailing by three. Aubrey’s kick looked like it would have been good from 70 yards out, as he calmly drilled it through the uprights. The two teams then traded punts on their respective first drives of overtime, and Dallas had its second drive undermined by an offensive pass interference penalty on Pickens and then a third-down drop by Jalen Tolbert. But the Cowboys managed to get the ball back a third time thanks to Donovan Wilson, who picked off Russell Wilson on what seemed like the umpteenth deep shot he took on the afternoon.
Prescott found Pickens for a big gain to get Dallas just outside field goal range, then scrambled up the middle to set up the game-winning kick. He finished the game having completed 38 of 52 passes for 361 yards, two touchdowns and an interception, repeatedly connecting with CeeDee Lamb (9 catches for 112 yards), Jake Ferguson (9 catches for 78 yards) and Pickens (5 catches for 68 yards) as the Cowboys battled back from deficits both early and late.
Prescott was mostly matched throughout the game by Wilson, who bounced back from a game that had fans and analysts alike calling for his job and went 30 of 41 for 450 yards, three touchdowns and the aforementioned interception. He connected on several of his trademark moon balls, finding Nabers (9 catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns) and Wan’Dale Robinson (8 catches for 142 yards and a touchdown) for big gains all over the field.
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