Cowboys claw back from 14-point deficit to down Eagles
Brandon Aubrey converted a 42-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Dallas Cowboys to a come-from-behind 24-21 win over the visiting Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday.
Aubrey's kick, the second game-winner of his career, capped a nine-play, 49-yard drive in the final 1:35. The big play was Dak Prescott's 24-yard completion to George Pickens that got Dallas (5-5-1) to the Philadelphia 22.
Prescott hit on 23 of 36 passes for 354 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. His 8-yard scramble, complete with a somersault into the end zone, tied the game at 21 with 11:40 left.
Jalen Hurts completed 27 of 39 throws for 289 yards and a touchdown while also running for two scores. It wasn't enough to keep the Eagles from dropping to 8-3.
A.J. Brown hauled in a season-best eight receptions for 110 yards and a touchdown. Saquon Barkley was held to a season-low 22 yards on 10 carries.
Philadelphia dominated most of the first half, roaring out to a 21-0 second-quarter lead behind a textbook display of complementary football and key Dallas mistakes.
After Prescott misfired on a fourth-down pass from midfield, Hurts cashed in the short field by hitting Brown for a 16-yard touchdown at the 8:41 mark.
A roughing the punter call extended the Eagles' next drive and they turned that into a 14-0 advantage when Hurts scored on a 7-yard run with 57 seconds left in the quarter.
Philadelphia made it 21-0 with 11:32 remaining in the half on Hurts' 1-yard tush-push touchdown. That came six plays after Zack Baun recovered KaVontae Turpin's fumble at the Eagles' 34 to scuttle a promising drive.
The Cowboys got on the board with 21 seconds on the clock via Prescott's 1-yard scoring strike to Pickens, capping a 72-yard drive that enabled them to draw within 21-7 at halftime.
Aubrey missed a 51-yard field goal attempt wide left in the third quarter, but the Cowboys made up for it on the next drive when Prescott connected with Brevyn Spann-Ford for a 4-yard touchdown, the backup tight end's first career score.
Steelers' TJ Watt Gives Frustrated Statement About Defensive Struggles: 'Same Story Man'
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost a heartbreaking game on the road to the Chicago Bears on Sunday. The final score was 31-28, and the offense never really seemed like a threat. The defense often struggled to get Chicago's offense off of the field. The Steelers dropped out of first place in the AFC North after the loss and the Baltimore Ravens' win, and the team is completely out of the playoffs as of now as their record fell to 6-5 on the 2025 season. The defense made some opportunistic plays throughout the game, but overall the group has to be better moving forward.
The defense struggled overall. The Bears were able to put up 31 points and continued to move the ball down the field. Outside linebacker TJ Watt made a splash play in the end zone as he sacked Caleb Williams and forced him to fumble the football, and Nick Herbig recovered the ball for a touchdown.
Aside from Watt's big play, things did not go too well. He spoke to the media after the game, and he spoke about the defensive struggles while voicing some frustration with the group.
"They had a lot of second and longs where they got chunk plays that made it third and shorts that were converted or were converted from second and long." Watt said. "Same story man. Got to get off of the field."
Watt spoke about how the defense constantly had Chicago's offense behind the chains on second downs, but the Bears offense was often able to make plays to move the sticks. Pittsburgh allowed far too many conversions, which has been the case all season along. Watt was clearly frustrated about that, as that is something that is going to have to change if Pittsburgh wants to have any chance of getting back into the playoff picture.
The Bears were fairly efficient when it came to converting on third downs, and the group was also one for one on fourth down conversions. That tells the story of how the Pittsburgh defense continued to struggle getting the opposing offense off of the field, which has plagued that unit throughout the entire season.
Pittsburgh's offense did not do a great job of helping out the defense. Quarterback Mason Rudolph turned the ball over twice in the game, and the group also turned the ball over on downs in the first half instead of opting for a field goal to go up 10 points. Watt did not place any blame on the offense, as he was thoroughly dissapointed with the defense and the group's inability to consistently get pressure on Williams in critical situations.
Williams had one of the better games of his career. The second-year quarterback completed 19 passes for 235 yards and three scores, although he had a couple passes that were dropped by the defense. Pittsburgh failed to capitalize on some mistakes by Williams, and that is a big reason the team lost the game and fell out of the lead in the division.
Steelers In Serious Trouble With Daunting Schedule Remaining
The Steelers are going to have some trouble getting back into good playoff positioning as the team has to have one of the hardest remaining schedules in the NFL. Pittsburgh hosts the Buffalo Bills in Week 13, and the team also has two games left against Baltimore and a matchup with the Detroit Lions on the schedule. The franchise is going to have to pull off some upsets in order to sneak into the Wild Card or back into the lead in the division, and there is a realistic chance the team misses the postseason for the first time in two seasons.
