Super Bowl 59<\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cI can tell you now, we\u2019re not going to get on some high because of that,\u201d Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott said. \u201cWe know we\u2019ve got another one coming next week. All it does is just give us more confidence, knowing we can beat whoever.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mahomes, returning to his home state of Texas, sure had the look of a man with a bag full of miracles as he willed the Chiefs with one magical play after another \u2014 and threw for four touchdowns.<\/p>\n
On a 3-yard touchdown pass to Rashee Rice early in the fourth quarter, he rolled left out of the pocket and under heavy duress zipped a throw across his body into the end zone. Rice leaped to snag it for a score that put the Chiefs ahead, 21-20, with the conversion.<\/p>\n
Late in the fourth quarter, Mahomes \u2014 missing three of his offensive line starters \u2014 stepped out of a would-be shoestring sack by Quinnen Williams, then stumbled as he fled the pocket. He made Donovan Ezeirukaku whiff on a would-be sack, too. Then he heaved a deep pass to connect with Xavier Worthy for a 42-yard completion. It set up a 10-yard TD throw to Marquise \u201cHollywood\u201d Brown that cut Dallas\u2019 margin to a field goal. Mahomes finished with 261 yards to go with his four scores.<\/p>\n
But it wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n
By that time, the Cowboys had forced Kansas City to try rallying from a double-digit deficit in the fourth quarter by putting together back-to-back scoring drives that sandwiched Kansas City\u2019s three-and-out.<\/p>\n
Two pivotal moments made the difference between winning desperate and losing.<\/p>\n
After Prescott capped an eight-play, 68-yard drive with a 3-yard TD toss to Javonte Williams to put Dallas back in front, 26-21, Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer played the percentage and went for two. Prescott hit George Pickens for the conversion in the tight, short corner of the left end zone to make it a 7-point advantage.<\/p>\n
On Dallas\u2019 next possession, Prescott found Pickens (6 catches, 88 yards) on a third-down throw to the left flat. After Pickens turned upfield to fight for more yards, Chiefs cornerback Trent McDuffie punched the football out.<\/p>\n
Seemingly out of nowhere, dynamo receiver KaVontae Turpin desperately dove on the football at the Chiefs\u2019 8-yard line.<\/p>\n
Four days earlier, Turpin fumbled to set up the touchdown that extended Philadelphia\u2019s lead to 21-0 in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Now Turpin saved the day for Dallas as Brandon Aubrey\u2019s 26-yard field goal on the next snap proved to be the margin for victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the best plays of the game,\u201d Cowboys owner Jerry Jones told USA TODAY Sports. \u201cIt was so instinctive. So brilliant.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prescott said of Turpin: \u201cHe\u2019s a dog.\u201d<\/p>\n
After Kansas City\u2019s final score, Prescott knew what had to happen: Don\u2019t give the ball back to Mahomes. A desperate Mahomes.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys finished the game with a eight-play drive that included three first downs, forcing Kansas City to use its timeouts and keeping Mahomes on the sideline.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know how great he is,\u201d Prescott said. \u201cIt\u2019s on his resume and we\u2019ve seen it before. The Mahomes magic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prescott overcame an early interception and finished 27-of-39 for 320 yards with 2 TDs. With Lamb hauling in seven receptions for 112 yards, Prescott’s star wideouts combined for 200 yards to juice an explosive offense. Another boost came from unheralded backup running back Malik Davis, who raced to a 43-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a much-maligned Cowboys defense played, well, desperate. It harassed Mahomes just enough, collecting three sacks and nine quarterback hits.<\/p>\n
With no last-minute magic.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s how desperation won and lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rams stake claim as league\u2019s best and clear Super Bowl favorites USA TODAY Sports’ Tyler Dragon breaks down…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":410117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,8015,8019,88940,7948,111407,15908,80594,2625,115392,13554,3001,2451,2074,7311,57230,13555,1596,8998,24745,2879,1318,19277,35777,11090,85397,7709,19820,11652,19785,3570,34472,50464,68401,34968,192966,80790,40848,192965,29363,451,942,50,1232,12623,450,457,950,15912,34238,57231,41211,174880,67502,96574,49452,11280,19817,62,1458,14982,358,44599,163712,34473,3187,646,6225,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,2612,192964,383,45044],"class_list":{"0":"post-410116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-american","10":"tag-american-football","11":"tag-american-football-conference","12":"tag-arlington","13":"tag-aubrey","14":"tag-brandon","15":"tag-brandon-aubrey","16":"tag-brown","17":"tag-ceedee","18":"tag-ceedee-lamb","19":"tag-chiefs","20":"tag-city","21":"tag-conference","22":"tag-cowboys","23":"tag-dak","24":"tag-dak-prescott","25":"tag-dallas","26":"tag-dallas-cowboys","27":"tag-davis","28":"tag-events","29":"tag-football","30":"tag-george","31":"tag-george-pickens","32":"tag-holiday","33":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","34":"tag-holidays","35":"tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","36":"tag-hub","37":"tag-kansas","38":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","39":"tag-kavontae","40":"tag-kavontae-turpin","41":"tag-lamb","42":"tag-mahomes","43":"tag-malik","44":"tag-malik-davis","45":"tag-marketplace","46":"tag-marquise","47":"tag-marquise-brown","48":"tag-negative","49":"tag-neutral","50":"tag-news","51":"tag-nfl","52":"tag-nfl-hub","53":"tag-overall","54":"tag-overall-negative","55":"tag-overall-neutral","56":"tag-patrick","57":"tag-patrick-mahomes","58":"tag-pickens","59":"tag-prescott","60":"tag-quinnen","61":"tag-quinnen-williams","62":"tag-rashee","63":"tag-rashee-rice","64":"tag-rice","65":"tag-seasonal","66":"tag-sports","67":"tag-sports-news","68":"tag-states","69":"tag-texas","70":"tag-thanksgiving","71":"tag-thanksgiving-united-states","72":"tag-turpin","73":"tag-tx","74":"tag-u0026","75":"tag-united","76":"tag-united-states","77":"tag-united-states-of-america","78":"tag-unitedstates","79":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","80":"tag-us","81":"tag-usa","82":"tag-williams","83":"tag-worthy","84":"tag-xavier","85":"tag-xavier-worthy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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