ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tyler Allgeier jolted his Arizona offense, which gave Gardner Minshew and Michael Wilson a chance to stun the Dallas Cowboys.
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which → jolt → Cowboys
Chad Ryland just added some extra drama.
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Ryland → add → drama
The Cardinals kicker hit a winning 42-yard field goal in overtime after missing a PAT that would have put the game away with 6 seconds left in regulation, and the Cardinals rallied for a wild 33-30 victory on Sunday.
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Cardinals → hit → Sunday
“It’s not like that’s the first adversity we had on the day,” said Minshew, who replaced an ineffective Jacoby Brissett in the third quarter and led a 63-second drive to the tying touchdown before Ryland’s miss.
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who → ’ → miss
“I know it seems like, ‘Oh, man.’
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it → know → ?
But, it’s 30-30, got a chance to play these boys in overtime.
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it → ’ → overtime
Let’s freaking go.
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’s → let → ?
The Cardinals beat Dallas for the fifth consecutive time and improved to 5-0 at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys that opened in 2009.
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that → beat → 2009
This was by far the most crushing of those losses for the Cowboys (3-5), who didn’t trail until the final kick and led by two touchdowns early in the fourth quarter.
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who → trail → quarter
They still have just one winning streak in a season-plus under coach Brian Schottenheimer.
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They → have → Schottenheimer
“What I told the guys is we obviously have to learn to finish in all three phases,” Schottenheimer said.
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Schottenheimer → tell → phases
“We had a chance to do it in a lot of different ways.
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We → have → ways
When you have people down, you have to finish them and that’s the most disappointing thing.”
Arizona (3-5) was still in the game because Allgeier had a 63-yard touchdown run, a career long, followed by a 50-yarder to set up his second touchdown on a 5-yard catch, all in the second half.
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Allgeier → have → half
He had 191 scrimmage yards (147 yards rushing, 44 receiving), all but 7 coming after halftime.
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all → have → halftime
The Dallas defense was having its best showing of the season before buckling in the last 16 minutes of regulation, particularly the final 65 seconds.
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defense → have → regulation
The Cardinals went 80 yards in eight plays, getting even on Wilson’s 13-yard scoring catch from Minshew, who was 17 of 23 for 188 yards with three touchdowns.
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who → go → touchdowns
Ryland was wide left on the PAT after making his previous 58.
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Ryland → make → 58
Arizona was the third team since 2000 to miss a go-ahead PAT in final 10 seconds of regulation, joining Cincinnati in a 23-20 overtime loss to Pittsburgh in 2022 and Tampa Bay in a 12-9 OT loss to Carolina in 2003.
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Arizona → miss → 2003
Unlike the Bengals and Buccaneers, the Cardinals won anyway, led by Minshew.
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Cardinals → win → Minshew
Taking with 1:05 to go and down 30-24 with no timeouts, Minshew threw 14 yards to Allgeier and 21 yards to Wilson, who had eight catches for 111 yards.
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who → take → yards
A 27-yarder to Wilson put the ball at the 13, and he got behind the defense in the back of the end zone for what figured to be the winning catch.
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what → put → zone
After Ryland’s miss, the Cardinals went three-and-out to start overtime, but a Dallas offense that faltered late did the same.
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that → go → same
Wilson had a 17-yard catch to get the ball past midfield, and Allgeier ran 11 yards to put Arizona in comfortable range for Ryland.
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Allgeier → have → Ryland
The winning kick never strayed from the uprights.
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kick → win → uprights
“I don’t think anyone really in this room or anyone, probably in the country, thought that we had a chance at a comeback right there,” said Cardinals coach Mike LaFleur, who didn’t want to get into a discussion about who his starting quarterback is.
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quarterback → think → discussion
“And so to make it 30-30, it was only fitting, and for Chad to finish it out for us.
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Chad → make → us
Like I told the guys, right when we started overtime, there’s no way we’re not coming out here with a win.”
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we → tell → win
Allgeier was the only Arizona running back available after rookie No. 3 overall pick Jeremiyah Love had left with another ankle injury.
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Love → leave → injury
Love missed the previous two games with an ankle issue.
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Love → miss → issue
Bam Knight was ruled out with a concussion after taking a hit from DeMarvion Overshown and losing a fumble.
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Knight → rule → fumble
As a result, Wilson had five catches for 77 yards in the fourth quarter.
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Wilson → have → quarter
“For those guys to continue to battle was unbelievable,” LaFleur said.
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LaFleur → continue → ?
“I’ve never seen anything like it from an injury standpoint at the skill position.”
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I → see → position
Prescott had a touchdown pass and ran for a score, but the Cowboys were outgained 467-261 and averaged 2.4 yards per carry a week after rushing for 204 yards.
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Cowboys → have → yards
“Very disappointing,” Prescott said “One of the toughest I guess I’ve been a part of.
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I → say → toughest
It’s part of this league.”
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It → ’ → league
McBride extends streak
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McBride → extend → streak
Cardinals TE Trey McBride needed a big second half, but he finished with at least seven catches for the 10th consecutive game, third longest in league history.
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he → need → history
He finished with seven catches for 72 yards, the last coming to start the overtime drive to Ryland’s winner.
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last → finish → winner
Injuries
Cardinals: WR Kendrick Bourne didn’t return after injuring an ankle. ...
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Bourne → return → ankle
…and 3 more, not listed.
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