That’s big for someone with the injury history he has. But he showed a lot of guts coming back to play with a bad shoulder. Laurent Robinson’s touchdown streak ended as well today. I still think his play-calling is awful.Īrizona needs to take better care of it’s field. Jason Garrett has never been a head coach before, and it showed. Arizona won the coin toss and LaRod Stephens-Howling would end it with a 52 screen play for the game-winning touchdown. On a replay, special teams coaches Joe DeCamillis and Chris Boniol can be clearly seen asking Garrett to call it.Īfter the timeout, Bailey missed the field goal sending the game into overtime. Bailey made the field goal, but it didn’t count due to the timeout. Just as Bailey attempted the 49 yard field goal to win the game, Dallas Head Coach Jason Garrett called a timeout, essentially “icing” his own kicker. Despite the loss, Romo was able to get the ball into field goal range with only seven seconds left in the game. With just under three minutes to play in the fourth quarter, Dez Bryant would have a 35 yard punt returned called back due to a special teams penalty by Orlando Scandrick, his second of the day. Those plays lead to a four yard touchdown run by Beanie Wells, tying the game at 13. One for 41 yards and another for 22 yards. To start the fourth quarter, Kolb would find Andre Roberts for two major pass plays. With under a minute to play in the third quarter, Bailey would kick a 37 yard field goal to extend Dallas lead 13-6. Feeley would make the 23 yarder to make the score 10-6, Dallas. But Dallas’ defense was able to hold and force Arizona to kick a field goal. An 18 yard pass play to Larry Fitzgerald and a 17 yard scramble by Kolb got Arizona the ball on the Cowboys one yard line. Kevin Kolb and the Arizona offense started the second half on fire. The Cardinals recorded just 40 yards of total offense in the first half. Dallas would take the 10-3 lead into halftime. Near the end of the first half, a big 28 yard pass play to Jason Witten set up a five yard touchdown grabby Dez Bryant. That big gain led to a 50 yard field goal by Bailey, tying the score at 3-3. But they would come back in the 2nd quarter on the heels of a 36 yard pass play from Tony Romo to Laurent Robinson. Feeley hit a 48 yard attempt late in the first quarter to give Arizona the 3-0 lead.ĭallas would be unable to take advantage of a huge 69 yard kickoff return by Felix Jones near the end of the quarter. Arizona’s veteran kicker, Jay Feeley would take advantage of his opportunities. Bailey’s streak of 26 made field goals ended when he missed a 53 yard attempt mid-way through the first quarter. This one was rookie kicker Dan Bailey’s streak of consecutive field goal makes. The game that ended the Cowboys winning streak, also started by ending another streak. Despite a very weak offensive performance, the Cardinals were still able to defeat the surging Cowboys in overtime, 19-13. But at the end of the day, it was predictable play-calling, penalties and a wrongly taken time-out that decided the game’s outcome. Before Sunday’s game between the Arizona Cardinals and the Dallas Cowboys, Cowboy fans could be heard around the blog-o-sphere chanting “Trap Game” and “Strange things happen in Arizona”.
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