NFL update: Cowboys trail Falcons 14-10 at break, 1st half stats and highlights

A recap of the big moments from the first half along with stats and highlights.

The Dallas Cowboys have so many issues in 2024, even when they improve in certain categories, they can still find themselves trailing throughout the first half. In Week 9, Dallas traveled to the Atlanta Falcons. One would think that if quarterback Dak Prescott hadn’t thrown an interception, completed 10 of his first 11 passses and actually scrambled out the backfield that things would be going well.

Add in two sacks in a game without Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence, both by Carl Lawson and including a recovered strip sack, and one would dream of a substantial halftime lead. Nope. Despite those great things, Dallas finds themselves trailing the Falcons, 14-10 at the break.

Prescott’s scramble, for 22 yards and the longest Dallas run of the 2024 season, put them in position for a touchdown pass to Rico Dowdle.

Unfortunately coverage breakdowns by the Cowboys allowed a 36-yard touchdown from Kirk Cousins to Darnell Mooney that had given them an 11-point lead.

That was a fourth-down play, after the Cowboys had called a timeout to get organized. Suffice to say it didn’t work.

The Cowboys scored first on a Brandon Aubrey field goal, but a promising drive ended up in only three points because of a missed block on a screen by Zack Martin.

So even though the stats give hope, Dallas is still in their own way on enough of a regular basis to find themselves trailing for much of the game.