The Dallas Cowboys’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday ended with a remarkable seven lead changes and six two-point conversion attempts, and it finished in a 35-30 win for the Cowboys thanks to a late Ezekiel Elliott touchdown run. However, they almost didn’t get there, thanks to a Steelers’ fake spike play that turned into an Antonio Brown touchdown:
After that, though, the Cowboys got the ball back, and Dak Prescott led an impressive drive of his own. With 15 seconds left, they seemed to be setting up Dan Bailey for a game-winning field goal, and handed the ball to Elliott to try and get into closer range. Elliott managed to do it all himself, though, hitting the hole and bursting through the Steelers’ defense for a touchdown with nine seconds left:
The Cowboys then snuffed out Pittsburgh’s final attempt, stopping Brown on a late pass play, and came away with a win that improved them to 8-1 overall and gave them a three-game lead (for the moment, at least) atop the NFC East. If they keep playing like this, “DEEEEEEEZ!” may even become a more appropriate tweet.
[Matt Clapp on Clippit]