Los Dallas Cowboys beat at home Los Angeles Rams with a display of his defense (22-10) in a domingo of the NFL in which the Philadelphia Eagles subdued the Arizona Cardinals (20-17) and remained the only undefeated team of the course after five games.
One of the most attractive duels of Week 5 of the NFL was the visit of the Cowboys (4-1) to the Rams (2-3), current Super Bowl champions but who have started the new season with many doubts and with several injuries that have especially affected their offensive line.
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Instead, Dallas, which lost its primary quarterback Dak Prescott in Week 1, he bounced back with three straight wins with Cooper Rush as a quarterback and a fierce and very aggressive defense.
In a SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles (USA) with many Cowboys fans, the game began with a nightmarish start for the locals.
The Angeleno Quarterback Matthew Stafford, who suffered seven sacks in the Rams’ previous game, received a sack of Dorance Armstrong on his first drive, he fumbled and Demarcus Lawrence recovered it for the first touchdown for Dallas (6-0).
The Cowboys missed the extra point due to a communication error, but their defense showed its claws from the start.
Thus, Armstrong was once again the protagonist by blocking a kick from Riley Dixon and keeping the ball 20 yards from the end zone, which ended with a field goal for some visitors launched after only five minutes of the game (9-0 ).
Baffled and somewhat dazed, the Rams found a spark thanks to a huge 54-yard pass from Stafford to TuTu Atwell on a drive that ended the first points for the Angelenos before ending the first quarter (9-3).
The Rams’ most spectacular play of the afternoon came in the second quarter with a 75-yard touchdown run by Cooper Kupp (9-10).
Nevertheless, the joy was short-lived for the Rams.
On the next drive, the Cowboys also boasted explosiveness in attack with Tony Pollard drilling the Los Angeles defense through the central area to sign a 57-yard touchdown (16-10).
The second half was marked by the frustration, lack of ideas and inaccuracy of a rusty Rams offense against the imposing Dallas defense.
Thus, in the third quarter the Cowboys added a field goal (19-10) while the Rams missed a 51-yard field goal.
With the game under control, the Cowboys exploited the running game, added a new field goal (22-10) and once again dried up the Rams’ attack with an interception by Malik Hooker and forcing a new fumble by Stafford to seal the match. very convincingly his fourth win in a row.
Stafford, in a very poor performance by the Rams offense, was 28 of 42 passing for 308 yards, had 5 sacks and an interception, and had a touchdown pass.
Rush went 10-for-16 on passes for 102 yards with no interceptions as a Cowboys went for the running game (163 yards) versus the passing game (102 yards).