The lack of Aaron Rodgers was overlooked in their Week 1 overtime win against the Buffalo Bills thanks to their defense coercing four turnovers out of Bills quarterback Josh Allen. However, it may take awhile for an opponent to score two touchdowns in the same game against this smothering defense that evokes shades of Dallas' "Doomsday Defenses" of the 1960s and 1970s. Against a better team whose offense puts up more of a fight, only two offensive touchdowns might not be enough. Prescott was efficient enough, and Aubrey was literally perfect with 16 points - five field goals and one made extra point. Parsons lived in New York's backfield all day long and the cornerback duo of Trevon Diggs and Stephon Gilmore didn't allow the Jets receivers much daylight. They were completely shut out after halftime with their six drives ending in two punts, one lost fumble and three interceptions - all of which occurred consecutively on their final three possessions. Outside of the Wilson-to-Wilson 68-yard touchdown pass, the Jets couldn't do much of anything offensively. Takeaways from Dallas' second dominant win against a New York team in 2023 can be found below. The other two such teams are the 1970 Detroit Lions and the 2019 New England Patriots. Dallas' dominant two-game start puts them in a rare air as only the third team since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger to score 70 or more points and allow just 10 points or fewer in their first two games of a season. Aubrey is the first Cowboys kicker with five field goals in a game since Dan Bailey nailed five in a 37-36 loss against the Green Bay Packers in Week 15 of the 2013 season. Aubrey's five made field goals are tied for the third-most in a single game in team history. He connected on all five of his field goals, including a career 55-yard make. Outside of Parsons, perhaps no player contributed more to the Cowboys' win than rookie kicker Brandon Aubrey.
Sunday marked his 10th career multi-sack game, making Parsons the sixth player since sacks became an officially tracked statistic in 1982, with 10 or more such games in their first three seasons. He finished with two sacks, three quarterback pressures, a forced fumble on Jets running back Dalvin Cook and a fumble recovery. Parsons, on the other hand, put together what may have been his most dominant, all-around performance.
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He finished the game with 170 passing yards, a touchdown and three interceptions - one to Hooker, one to safety Jayron Kearse, and one to Pro Bowl cornerback Trevon Diggs - on 12 of 27 passing. Jets quarterback Zach Wilson hit Garrett Wilson in stride on a play-action post route, and the receiver broke Cowboys safety Malik Hooker's tackle to take the play the distance, 68 yards, for New York's first touchdown of the day. The Jets had one offensive highlight on a day in which Cowboys two-time First-Team All-Pro linebacker Micah Parsons and the Dallas defense dominated. With number two receiver Brandin Cooks out with a knee injury, no other Cowboy eclipsed 40 receiving yards on Sunday. Pro Bowl receiver CeeDee Lamb accounted for 56% of Prescott's 255 yards with 143 receiving yards on 11 catches. He finished with 255 yards and two touchdown passes on 31 of 38 passing. Prescott ended up throwing one more score, a 1-yard toss off on a broken play to second-round rookie Luke Schoonmaker. However, the Cowboys had to settle for field goals on four of Dallas' six red zone drives.
The McCarthy and Dak Prescott-led offense was hot early as the quarterback completed his first 13 passes for 113 yards and a touchdown, a 4-yard score to second-year tight end Jake Ferguson, to look incredibly poised and polished in his first year in McCarthy's offense. After a rain-soaked 40-0 stomping of their NFC East rival New York Giants in Week 1, head coach Mike McCarthy, in his first season as the Cowboys' offensive play-caller, didn't have the opportunity to fully unveil his tweaks to their offense. The Dallas Cowboys played loose, free, and at ease against the Aaron Rodgers-less New York Jets in Week 2, in control throughout the entire contest in a 30-10 wire-to-wire victory in their home opener on Sunday.
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