The Dallas Cowboys needed an epic, late-game drive on Sunday to beat in-state rival Houston, 27-23. It was a contest that went down to the wire, with the Cowboys playing one of their worst games of the season but finding a way to win in the end.
Wins don’t need to be pretty, they just need to happen, and the Cowboys put another ‘W’ in the left-hand column on their record. It was ugly and it took almost the entire 60 minutes to put away the one-win Texans, but a late rushing score from running back Ezekiel Elliott gave Dallas a lead they would need just seconds to secure.
This was the type of game that gives haters pause in believing in the Cowboys, who are now 10-3 on the season. It would have been an embarrassing loss for Mike McCarthy’s team, but they found a way to pull out the victory.
Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly from the performance.