Cowboys Edge Out Victory 26-24 Over Buks: Game Recap

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00:00into that game. Cowboys come away to win at 26 to 24. We briefly went over some of the

00:08Bucs stats as this game was ended. Of course, this has massive implications for the Bucs

00:12and their playoff odds, chances, NFC South chances in the final few weeks of the season.

00:19We do know, as they mentioned on the broadcast many times that the Cowboys were mathematically

00:23eliminated earlier today, but they still went out there and played a great game. Evans,

00:29McMillan, White, the main receivers for the Bucs, obviously with K.Dotton being out. Someone

00:34else alongside Mike Evans had to step up and that was McMillan and White doing their thing.

00:40On the Cowboys side of things, really, really just low production on the ground game from

00:46Rico Dowdell. 13 carries for 23 yards. Again, as I mentioned at halftime, he's coming off

00:51of three games where he had over 100 yards. He had 86 yards in the game prior to that.

00:56He really has to take control of the backfield for the Cowboys and has been downright awesome

01:02over the past few weeks. And that's just not what we saw tonight. Cooper Rush was great.

01:0726 to 35, 292 in the air. The one passing touchdown from him. We saw the one rushing

01:13touchdown from Zeke Elliott. So they were moving the ball. They obviously had Brendan

01:17Aubrey kicking all the field goals. So their offense was putting up points. At halftime,

01:21I spoke about Cooper Rush and his live passing line, which was up at 333, 338, whatever it

01:27was. He absolutely goes well under that. That just wasn't in the cards tonight. Now, I did

01:32talk about Rico Dowdell, you know, hitting 45, 46 and a half yards. And that also just

01:37wasn't in the cards. And he got stuffed each and every time he tried to touch the ball,

01:41essentially. Now, when it comes to receiving options, obviously Cooper Rush having a big

01:44game, nearly 300 yards. CeeDee Lamb, awesome in the first half. He was dealing, he's still

01:49dealing with the shoulder thing. They showed the replays of him getting tackled. He's obviously

01:52in pain. The one catch at the end of the game there, but 7-105 from him. Doesn't score a

01:57touchdown, but ultimately an awesome game all around. Obviously, again, at this point

02:00in the year for the Fancy Playoffs, that is an awesome, awesome spot to have CeeDee Lamb.

02:06Other players stepping in, Cooke's doing his thing. The one that I want to know is going

02:10to be Jake Ferguson, time and time again for the Cowboys. And the six catches for 40 yards,

02:16it's modest in the grand scheme of things. We understand that. But the nine targets led

02:20the team. And that's important to know. Yes, again, CeeDee Lamb wasn't out there for every

02:25drive in the second half. We have to understand that. But the fact that Ferguson is at least

02:30trusted as some type of favoritism with Cooper Rush, that's important because Jake Ferguson,

02:35we can look to him on a week-to-week basis as we close out the final few weeks as a source

02:39of props, especially if CeeDee Lamb isn't going to be at 100% with the shoulder issue.

02:45They're going to have to pass the ball. So if CeeDee Lamb's not 100%, I still think Rego

02:49Dattle is a great option overall in the offense for the Cowboys. But Jake Ferguson could be

02:54that secondary option or at least first option in the passing game if CeeDee Lamb's not going

02:58to be there every single snap or every single drive.