New York Jets vs. Dallas Cowboys 2-0

The Cowboys still ended another game against a New York team with a one-sided blowout.

The Cowboys were able to lean on an aggressive defense again and the offense made just enough plays to keep points on the board.

Here are some plays that might not be remembered, but were significant to the final score.

The Cowboys made a questionable decision to start the game by taking the ball after winning the toss. The best way to offset that is to go score a touchdown. From the Jets' 20-yard line, the Cowboys had a third-and-6, but Dak Prescott made up the difference and then some with a 15-yard scramble to the Jets' 5. Three plays later, Jake Ferguson caught Prescott's first TD pass of the season, giving the Cowboys a 7-0 lead.

On the personnel front, the Jets will get the delayed 2023 debut of outstanding pass rusher Carl Lawson to add to their pressure package that dropped the Bills' Josh Allen five times and turned him over four times. They also have signed QB Tim Boyle from their practice squad to their active roster to serve as the only backup (besides WR Randall Cobb?) behind Wilson.

 Zach Wilson accounted for three interceptions and Dalvin Cook fumbled the ball away — turnovers that proved costly for a Jets offense that was always likely to be behind the eight ball without Aaron Rodgers against the Dallas defense. Wilson averaged 6.3 yards per attempt and had an adjusted completion rate of just 65.2%. Over 65% of his yards came after the catch

Micah Parsons is going to be fighting hard to win Defensive Player of the Year in 2023, and this game only helped his resume. He was a constant threat as a pass rusher, either winning his individual matchup, taking advantage of stunts with his incredible speed or closing quickly on Zach Wilson when the quarterback tried to escape into space. He also stripped the ball away from Dalvin Cook on a run play and was ruled down by contact to save a touchdown on the play.

The team signed free agent K Austin Seibert, who was Cleveland's fifth-round draft pick out of Oklahoma in 2019 and kicked for the Browns and Bengals in 2019-20 and the Lions in 2021-22. He's a career 80% FG kicker (44-for-55), including going 2-for-6 on kicks of 50-plus yards. His career long is a 53-yarder for the Browns vs. the Bengals in '19 and he had a 52-yarder at Minnesota in '21.

Seibert was signed to the practice squad, elevated for this game, and will kick for the Jets against the Cowboys.

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 Sarah H

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