The Dallas Cowboys pulled off a wild 34-26 win against the Washington Commanders in a game that featured a fourth quarter filled with twists and turns.
The teams erupted for 41 combined fourth-quarter points, highlighted by two kick returns. The Cowboys appeared to have the game sealed late, holding a 27-20 lead with Washington backed up inside its own 20-yard line and fewer than 30 seconds to play.
But Jayden Daniels had other plans. The Commanders' rookie quarterback launched an 86-yard bomb to Terry McLaurin for a stunning touchdown. However, Washington's kicker Austin Seibert missed the crucial extra point, preserving a one-point lead for the Cowboys. Washington tried an onside kick, which was returned for a touchdown by Juanyeh Thomas.
After the game, Cowboys receiver CeeDee Lamb thanked Seibert for the missed kick.
"Shoutout (Commanders kicker Austin Seibert). He went to OU with me," Lamb said. "He gave us one."
That's probably not the shoutout Seibert wanted to hear from his former college teammate after a game in which he missed two key extra-point kicks and a field goal. He had not missed an extra point entering the matchup and was hitting his field goals at a 92.6% clip.
"Just want to play better for my teammates," Seibert said of the missed kicks. "It's on me."
The Cowboys were a 10.5-point favorite for the matchup; the result was the biggest upset of the season in the NFL.
The Commanders have dropped three in a row after a 7-2 start. Dallas stopped a five-game skid with the victory.
