Dallas Cowboys Dominates the Detroit Lions in the Second Half

During the first half, the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions go back and forth in the first half. The Cowboys scored first with a touchdown thrown from Dak Prescott to Brice Butler for 21 yards nine minutes and 57 seconds into the game. Detroit answered back with a touchdown of their own with five minutes and 23 seconds left in the first quarter with a seven-yard touchdown run from Zach Zenner. Dallas then scored again off of a 55-yard touchdown with two minutes and 49 seconds left in the 1st quarter. The Dallas Cowboys ended the first quarter leading the Detroit Lions 14-7.

In the second quarter, the Lions tied the game off a one-yard touchdown run from Matthew Stafford. The Lions then scored again on a five-yard touchdown run by Zach Zenner with seven minutes and 40 seconds left in the quarter. Dallas ended the half with a 25-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to Dez Bryant to tie the game up 21-21 heading into halftime.

Detroit opened up the second half on offense, but they weren't on the field for too long. During their 5th play of the drive, Matthew Stafford threw an interception that was tipped by Brandon Carr and landed right into the hands of JJ Wilcox. Dallas high powered offense quickly marched down the field and led to a one-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Elliot. Matthew Stafford and the Lions offense struggled all second half. Dallas scored again in the third quarter with a trick play end around 10-yard touchdown pass from Dez Bryant to Jason Witten.

In the fourth quarter, Dez Bryant got his second receiving touchdown on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott. The game ended with Matthew Stafford fumbling after hard hitting sack by David Irving.

Some key stats from the Dallas Cowboys were Dak Prescott completed 15 of his 20 passes, threw for 212 passing yards, and three touchdowns. Ezekiel Elliot ran 12 times for 80 yards and two touchdowns. Dez Bryant had four catches for 70 yards and two touchdowns. Dez Bryant also threw his first career passing touchdown. Terence Williams has stepped up as of late, and he continued last night catching four passes for 60m yards and a touchdown. Darren McFadden showed he is coming back to his old self since his injury running the ball 14 times for 49 yards. The Dallas Cowboys defense caused two turnovers, four sacks, eight pass deflections, and 10 QB hits. The Dallas Cowboys are the first team ever to  have a rookie QB throw for 20 touchdowns and a rookie running back to have 15 rushing touchdowns.

Some key stats for the Detroit Lions were Matt Stafford completed 26 of his 46 passes, 260 passing yards, one rushing touchdown, one interception, and one fumble. Zach Zenner ran the ball 12 times for 67 yards and two touchdowns. Eric Ebon Lion's tight end had eight receptions for 93 yards. Golden Tate had six receptions for 58 yards. The Detroit Lions defense caused zero turnovers, one sack, and only one QB hit.

Hopefully, the Dallas Cowboys either rest or play their starters for one-half since next week's game against the Philadelphia Eagles is an irrelevant game of the regular since Dallas has already clinched a first-round bye and home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Philadelphia Philies Bolster Their Bullpen After Trade with the Boston Red Sox

The Philadelphia Phillies just traded away their 2nd baseman, Josh Tobias who plays for the Salem Red Sox, a minor league baseball team in Virginia for Boston Red Sox's two time All-Star pitcher Clay Buchholz. Josh Tobias had a batting average of .216, scored seven runs, had three RBI's, one home run, and one stolen base for the Salem Red Sox. The Phillies clearly got the upper hand of this trade. Clay Buchholz will bring leadership and experience to this young bullpen. Clay Buchholz has a career ERA of 3.96, a career record of 81-61, and 899 career strike outs. Clay Buchholz stats for this past season was an ERA of 4.78, a record of 8-10, and 93 strikeouts.

The Philadelphia Phillies only had two pitchers with double digit wins this past season, those pitchers were Jeremy Hellickson and Jerad Eickhoff.  Jeremy had 12 wins and Jerad had 11 wins. The best ERA for the season was pitcher Alec Asher who had an ERA of 2.28 in the five games he played. The main Phillies Pitcher who received the most national buzz was Vince Velasquez who had eight wins, 152 strikeouts, and an ERA of 4.12.

We shall soon see what type of impact Clay Buchholz will have on the Philadelphia Phillies next season.

Odell Saves the Day

Yesterday's game was abysmal to the say the least between the Dallas Cowboys and the New York Giants. Neither quarterback had a good game. Both quarterbacks turned the ball a plethora of times yesterday. Eli Manning turned the ball over three times from two fumbles and one interception. Dak Prescott threw two interceptions one that wasn't his fault due to Dez Bryant who slipped, the other pass that was intercepted that looked as if he said may the Lord be with me and just threw it down the field praying Dez Bryant would catch it.

Dak Prescott went 17 for 37 with 165 passing yards, one touchdown, and two interceptions. The only bright spot for the Cowboys offense outside of Ezekiel Elliot rushing for 107 yards was Terence Williams. Terence Williams redeemed himself from his week one performance when he didn't step out of bounds. Terence Williams caught five receptions for 76 yards and a touchdown. Cole Beasley only had four receptions for 40 yards. Dez Bryant was MIA in yesterday's game, a search team wouldn't have even found him. Dez was only able to catch one pass of his ten targets and when he finally caught one he fumbled the ball which pretty much ended any hopes of Dak getting his fifth game-winning drive of the season.

Eli Manning went 17 for 28 with 193 passing yards, one touchdown, two fumbles, and an interception. But, even with a horrible game, he found his favorite target for a big play. Odell turned a simple slant route into a 61-yard touchdown where he outran Dallas Cowboys cornerback Brandon Carr and the rest of the Cowboys defense all the way to the end zone.

This is the second straight week the Dallas Cowboys passing offense has struggled. Scott Linehan, Jason Garrett, Dak Prescott, and the Cowboys wide receivers need to find a solution to fix this with the playoffs right around the corner. Hopefully, they can fix their passing struggles next week against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers who are on a five game win streak.

Redemption Game for Dallas

After a heartbreaking loss in week 1 to the Giants of 20-19 at home in AT&T stadium, the Dallas Cowboys get their rematch. The game is tonight at 8:30 PM Eastern on the road against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium.

After week one the Cowboys have won 11 straight games. The Giants have been up and down, but nonetheless 8-4 which puts them at the fifth seed in the playoff race. Tonight's game will be a offensive shootout. This game will come down to which defense can get the most takeaways.

The key to Dallas winning tonight is to stick with what has started this win streak, which is running the ball. The Dallas Cowboys must keep the ball in the hands in Ezekiel Elliott. The more you run the ball the more you keep the Cowboys banged up defense off the field. Also, you keep Odell Beckham and rising star Sterling Shepherd off the field. Even though Dallas defense is no slouch giving up only 19 points per game. Another key for the Dallas Cowboys to win is for Dak Prescott to continue spreading the ball to all his side receivers and not trying to force it to Dez Bryant. The Cowboys have a plethora of good receivers so they need to use all of them.

The key for a New York Giants win is to stop the run. If they stop the run this will force the Cowboys to pass more and become a one sided offense. The Giants defense must force some turnovers. In order for the Giants to win Eli must also not throw any interceptions. The Giants must keep the Dallas Cowboys offense off the field as much as they can. New York Giants defense is also no slouch giving up only 19 points per game.

I predict this will be a very close game, but I pick the Dallas Cowboys to beat the New York Giants 27-24. Let's just hope Terence Williams knows how to get out of bounds this time in a late game situation.