The Cowboys walked into Lambeau Field needing a clean response and walked out with another brutal reminder of just how badly this matchup has gone for them in the 21st century.
Dallas fell to Green Bay in a game that never really tilted in the Cowboys’ direction, then only got uglier as the night wore on. The final sequence told the whole story: a late touchdown, a failed two-point try, and a missed onside kick that sealed a 23-13 Packers win.
For a team coming off a mini bye, the performance looked alarmingly unready. The Cowboys are now 2-4, and even with the “benefit” of a down NFC East, they do not look like a team anyone should trust right now. They had already raised those doubts last week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Sunday night in Green Bay did nothing to calm them.
Dallas opened the game by winning the toss and choosing to receive, apparently hoping to establish something early. Instead, the first drive lasted just six plays before ending in a punt. Green Bay answered with a punishing march of its own, one that included two separate 3rd-and-13 conversions before Jordan Love found Matthew Golden for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead.
The Cowboys’ next drive went nowhere, and it felt like the Packers were about to stretch the margin even further. Instead, Dee Winters picked off Love and, after replay showed he was down before getting up and running it back for a touchdown, Dallas at least got the swing it needed. Around the same time, KaVontae Turpin was ruled out with a rib injury.
That momentum didn’t last.
Early in the second quarter, with Dallas inside the 20, Dak Prescott took a big hit on second down. One play later, he didn’t see a Packers defender and threw an interception. The Cowboys had their chance to turn the game, and instead they handed it right back.
Green Bay pushed deep again but settled for a field goal after a fourth-and-goal sequence from the Dallas 2-yard line that included a Cowboys timeout and then a Packers delay of game. The margin was 10-0 with about six minutes left before halftime, and Dallas badly needed a scoring drive before the break.
It looked like the Cowboys might deliver one. They moved the ball well enough to get into field goal range by the two-minute warning, but the drive came apart on the first play after it. CeeDee Lamb slipped on a slant route, and Dak’s throw had nothing but Packers defender Brandon Cisse waiting on it.
Then the night got worse again. Green Bay went back down the field, helped along by Brian Schottenheimer inexplicably calling a timeout that stopped the clock for the Packers, and scored a touchdown with under a minute left in the half. At 17-0, the home team had firm control and the ball to start the third quarter.
The Cowboys did finally show some life after the break. Green Bay opened the second half with the offense on the field, but Dallas forced a punt. That mattered, because the Cowboys turned the next drive into their first points of the night, with Brevyn Spann-Ford getting most of the work at tight end before Javonte Williams finished it off for a touchdown.
For a moment, there was a path back.
Green Bay quickly narrowed that path. Dallas could not force another punt, but it did manage to get a field goal instead of another touchdown, keeping the Packers ahead 20-7. The Cowboys then punted again, while Green Bay’s next drive ended with Kenny Clark sacking Love on third down and forcing another punt.
Still, Dallas needed something real in the fourth quarter and didn’t get it. Trailing by 13, the Cowboys moved the ball to a fourth-and-short near midfield and went for it.
They didn’t convert. Green Bay answered with another field goal to go up 23-7, and that was about as close to over as a game can get.
Dallas still had one more chance to keep it alive, needing touchdowns and two-point conversions, but another fourth-down attempt on Green Bay’s side of the field came up empty. That was the final blow.
The Cowboys did score inside the final minute, but the two-point try failed and the onside kick never gave them a real shot. After that, it was done.
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