Talented quarterback. Great running game. Star No. 1 receiver. Top five defense with a superstar pass rusher. All green checks for the Dallas Cowboys.
Because it's the Cowboys, every slip turns into an exhausting examination of their flaws. If you take a break from that and look around at the rest of the NFL, you'll realize every one of the eight remaining teams has flaws. The Cowboys surely have their issues. They also have as much upside as anyone.
But don't forget to credit the Cowboys for a dominant performance. People talked up the Buffalo Bills before the season, the Philadelphia Eagles early in the season, the San Francisco 49ers late in the season and never wanted to acknowledge that the Cowboys have all the ingredients for a championship run too. They have a great test next week in the divisional round against the red-hot San Francisco 49ers.The first half turned on a terrible interception by Brady.
The Cowboys kept it going. The Buccaneers decided to punt on fourth-and-3, and the Cowboys cashed that in with another touchdown. Prescott hit Dalton Schultz for Schultz's second touchdown of the night. Cowboys kicker Brett Maher missed his third extra point, the first time a kicker had ever done that in a playoff game, and Dallas had to settle for an 18-0 lead at halftime instead of a bigger lead.
Tampa Bay finally scored on the last play of the third quarter, when Brady hit Julio Jones in the end zone. Prescott answered. He led a drive downfield and then with the Cowboys not wanting to put Maher out for a field-goal attempt, Prescott hit CeeDee Lamb for an 18-yard touchdown on fourth-and-4. Maher did make the extra point. Prescott was great, becoming the first Cowboys quarterback with 300 yards and four touchdowns in a playoff game.
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