Cowboys: New nightmare emerges in heartbreaking loss to Packers
With the Dallas Cowboys leading 7-0, Aaron Rodgers promptly fired back by targeting Anthony Brown. Lined up against wide receiver Christian Watson, Brown not only lost the rep to the rookie but he hit the ground face-first. Watson took it to the house on a 58-yard catch. That first half resulted in Brown being ruled […]
With the Dallas Cowboys leading 7-0, Aaron Rodgers promptly fired back by targeting Anthony Brown. Lined up against wide receiver Christian Watson, Brown not only lost the rep to the rookie but he hit the ground face-first.
Watson took it to the house on a 58-yard catch.
That first half resulted in Brown being ruled out with a concussion and a domino effect that put the Cowboys in a very tough spot for the rest of the game.
Suddenly, Kelvin Joseph was the outside cornerback opposite of Trevon Diggs. That meant Dan Quinn's defense was operating with two backup cornerbacks considering Jourdan Lewis' injury a few weeks ago, whom rookie DaRon Bland has replaced.
Watson – and Brown's injury – would come back to haunt the Cowboys later in the game.
Rodgers didn't shy away from targeting Joseph often and even moved the chains throwing to Sammy Watkins on 2nd & 22 yards to go later in the game.
The Dallas secondary would pay the ultimate price on fourth and seven while leading by 14 points. Rodgers would target Watson yet again for the rookie's second touchdown of the game. This time, Bland was the guy to be burnt.
To tie the game, Watson scored his third touchdown of the evening lined up in the slot across from Joseph.
The Cowboys' defense gave up two back-to-back touchdowns for the Packers to send it into overtime.
An offensive drive that was destroyed by penalties from Jalen Tolbert and Connor McGovern, as well as a non-flag on the Packers' secondary on third down put the ball right back in Rodgers' hands.
To essentially end the game, the Packers' quarterback attacked Bland once more. With a big gain, Allen Lazard put Green Bay to do what Green Bay has done all these years. Break Cowboys Nation's heart.
A rivalry that's created many nightmares for Cowboys Nation just added another one.
Aaron Rodgers. Matt Flynn. Dean Blandino. Jared Cook. Christian Watson.
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