PITTSBURGH — Dak Prescott threw a 4-yard landing cross to Jalen Tolbert with 20 seconds remaining and the Dallas Cowboys slipped previous the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-17 early Monday.
The Cowboys (3-2) received their second straight after Prescott overcame a mistake-filled evening to guide a 70-yard drive that ended with Prescott discovering a lunging Tolbert simply throughout the purpose line on fourth down.
Pittsburgh (3-2) dropped its second consecutive recreation following a 3-0 begin, this one a sluggish efficiency on an evening the opening kickoff was delayed practically 90 minutes as a consequence of extreme climate. The sport ended at 12:59 a.m.
The sky ultimately cleared. The Steelers spent a lot of the evening in a fog, notably on offence, managing simply 222 yards towards a defence lacking injured stars Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence.
Prescott, the NFL’s highest-paid participant, threw for 352 yards and two scores to offset an evening he had two interceptions and fumbled in Pittsburgh territory.
Rico Dowdle gave the league’s worst dashing assault a lift by working for 87 yards. He additionally added a sliding 22-yard landing reception on the third play of the fourth quarter to cap a 16-play, 90-yard drive that put Dallas 13-10.
Pittsburgh’s Justin Fields handed for 127 yards and two scores, together with a 6-yard shovel to tight finish Pat Freiermuth with 4:56 remaining for the lead.
Prescott calmly led Dallas the size of the sector towards the NFL’s second-ranked defence. The Cowboys moved contained in the Pittsburgh 10 earlier than issues acquired tight. Prescott scrambled to the half-yard line, a fumble by Dowdle on the purpose line that Prescott deftly recovered and an incompletion arrange fourth down. Prescott took the snap and drifted to his left earlier than discovering Tolbert.
Pittsburgh had one final shot, however a lateral drill went nowhere.
The Cowboys let a number of possibilities to create some early respiration room slip away due to miscues by Prescott, who fumbled whereas getting sacked by T.J. Watt and Nick Herbig to finish one drive deep in Pittsburgh territory within the first quarter.
Dallas was driving late within the second when he threw late to Cee Dee Lamb ultimately zone, giving Pittsburgh cornerback Donte Jackson time to step in entrance of the cross for an interception and hold the Steelers inside placing distance regardless of a sluggish opening half-hour.
Prescott’s second choose — this one a heave into double protection — set the stage for Pittsburgh’s go-ahead drive.
However simply as he did eight years in the past as a rookie, Prescott engineered one other late successful drive to offer the Cowboys some momentum after consecutive losses to New Orleans and Baltimore left them shaken.
INJURIES
Cowboys: DE Marshawn Kneeland, beginning rather than DeMarcus Lawrence, left within the first quarter with a knee harm and didn’t return.
Steelers: OLB Nick Herbig hobbled off the sector within the third quarter with a proper hamstring harm. … OLB DeMarvin Leal went down within the fourth quarter with a stinger, leaving Jeremiah Moon as the one different outdoors linebacker.
UP NEXT
Cowboys: Host Detroit on Sunday.
Steelers: At Las Vegas on Sunday.
