Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott is not rusty. The Chicago Bears discovered that out the laborious method Sunday at AT&T Stadium.
In his second sport again from a thumb damage that triggered him to overlook 5 video games, Prescott accomplished 21 of 27 passes for 250 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-29 Cowboys victory. Operating again Tony Pollard, taking a full load with Ezekiel Elliott out, rushed for 131 yards and three touchdowns.
In 9 drives earlier than the kneel-down, the Cowboys scored six touchdowns, punted twice and Prescott threw an interception to Eddie Jackson on the opposite.
Quarterback Justin Fields and the Bears offense put up 371 yards however couldn’t match the scoring tempo because the Bears fell to 3-5.
Fields accomplished 17 of 23 passes for 151 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 60 yards on eight carries. Coach Matt Eberflus pulled Fields for the ultimate drive with the Bears down 20.
The Bears trailed by 11 at halftime and made it a five-point sport when operating again Khalil Herbert scored on a 12-yard run with 9:42 to play within the third quarter. Fields was sacked on the 2-point conversion try, and the Cowboys led 28-23.
Fields jump-started the drive with a 36-yard cross to Darnell Mooney, adopted by a 6-yard cross to Mooney.
However the Cowboys simply hit again, with Pollard scoring on a 7-yard run. Tight finish Dalton Schultz had catches for 30 and 14 yards on the drive.
The Cowboys adopted with a landing off a takeaway. Bears operating again David Montgomery fumbled, and Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons recovered. Fields ran as much as the play however hopped over Parsons, and no different Bears participant touched Parsons whereas he was down.
That allowed Parsons to pop again up and return the fumble 36 yards for a landing and a 42-23 lead.
Fields threw a 10-yard landing cross to Cole Kmet however missed the 2-point conversion throw to Mooney to chop the Cowboys result in 42-29.
Pollard broke away for a 54-yard landing run early within the fourth quarter — scooting previous deal with makes an attempt from Jackson, Roquan Smith, Nicholas Morrow and Jaquan Brisker — to make it a 20-point sport.
Right here’s how the Week 8 sport unfolded.
Inactives introduced
Cowboys operating again Ezekiel Elliott is not going to play towards the Bears as he offers with a knee damage. Elliott is the Cowboys main rusher with 443 speeding yards and 4 touchdowns, however the Cowboys can lean on Tony Pollard, who has 375 speeding yards and two touchdowns.
Extensive receiver Noah Brown, defensive finish Sam Williams, security Malik Hooker, defensive deal with Tysten Hill, linebacker Jabril Cox and quarterback Will Grier are additionally inactive for the Cowboys.
Brown is second amongst Cowboys receivers with 25 catches for 339 yards.
For the Bears, proper deal with Larry Borom is inactive as he offers with a concussion. The Bears declared Borom out Friday after he missed your entire week of follow.
Cornerback Lamar Jackson, tight finish Jake Tonges and huge receiver Isaiah Coulter are additionally inactive for the Bears.
Why buying and selling Robert Quinn ‘made an excessive amount of sense’
Common supervisor Ryan Poles made one other main transfer within the Bears rebuild Wednesday, buying and selling defensive finish Robert Quinn to the Eagles. The Bears will obtain a fourth-round draft decide in return, whereas the 6-0 Eagles purchase a veteran cross rusher with 102 sacks throughout a 12-year NFL profession. That features a Bears-record 18½ sacks final season.
From a enterprise standpoint the deal, in Poles’ phrases, “made an excessive amount of sense.”
“That is going to permit us to proceed to construct a extremely aggressive roster,” he stated.
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Newest information from Arlington Heights
Not less than one college district that serves the world the place the Arlington Worldwide Racecourse is situated in Arlington Heights has warned village management that making a tax-incentive district to facilitate the redevelopment plans the Chicago Bears workforce is proposing for the positioning — together with constructing a brand new NFL stadium — “can be an actual concern,” public data present.
The soccer workforce inked a $197 million buy settlement for the previous Arlington Park Worldwide Racecourse website final 12 months. In September, the Bears unveiled plans for a mixed-use business and residential growth alongside the brand new, domed stadium it plans to construct on the previous racecourse, although management emphasised the still-tentative nature of the plans.
Given the $5 billion estimated price of the Bears’ undertaking, Palatine Faculty District 15 Superintendent Laurie Heinz stated the workforce or the village ought to chip in to assist the varsity district reply to the elevated scholar inhabitants and its wants anticipated because of the redevelopment.
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Halftime: Bears path Cowboys 28-17
The Bears protection had quite a lot of hassle stopping quarterback Dak Prescott and the Cowboys offense within the first half.
Prescott accomplished 16 of 20 passes for 180 yards and two touchdowns on the way in which to a 28-17 Cowboys halftime lead.
Bears security Eddie Jackson intercepted Prescott within the last minute of the half, and Cairo Santos made a 36-yard area aim to chop into the Cowboys lead. It was the one drive the Bears stopped.
Prescott returned final week from a five-game absence due to a thumb damage. He checked out full power from the beginning Sunday. He accomplished 10 of 11 passes for 107 yards, together with a 21-yard landing cross to CeeDee Lamb, on the Cowboys’ first two drives for a 14-0 lead.
The Cowboys simply marched 75 yards to attain on their opening drive, capped by Prescott’s 7-yard run. Cowboys operating again Tony Pollard rushed for 26 yards and had a 16-yard catch on the drive.
After the Cowboys went up 14-0, the Bears responded with a 75-yard landing drive, capped by Justin Fields’ 3-yard run to chop the Cowboys result in 14-7. Fields had carries of 15 and 14 yards on the drive.
However the Cowboys hit again. On third-and-1 on the Bears 43-yard line, Prescott burst exterior for a 25-yard run, and Pollard adopted with an 18-yard landing run for a 21-7 Cowboys lead. Prescott’s 1-yard landing cross to Jake Ferguson made it 28-7.
Fields briefly went into the medical tent within the second quarter however emerged to guide a 75-yard landing drive within the last minutes of the second quarter. His 17-yard cross to N’Keal Harry reduce the Cowboys result in 28-14.
Fields threw an interception to Trevon Diggs on the drive, however it was negated by a roughing-the-passer name on Chauncey Golston.
Fields accomplished 8 of 11 passes for 46 yards and a landing and ran for 42 yards and a landing on six carries.
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