Defensive power + Duck is efficient, cowboy upset Saints

On Friday, November 30, at 9:20 a.m. Beijing time, the Thursday night of the thirteenth week of the regular season kicked off. The New Orleans Saints, 10-1, visited Dallas to challenge the 6-5 Dallas Cowboys. In this campaign, the Saints strive to consolidate their position in the top of the National League, and the Cowboys, who are temporarily ranked first in the National League East, need to continue the team's strong momentum in the past three weeks to gain the initiative from the division. In terms of historical records, the Saints have won four of the last five encounters between the two teams; the most recent encounter occurred in the 2015 season, when the Saints won at home.

The Home Cowboys took advantage of a 40-yard catch from rookie Michael Gallup to take the lead in front of the scoring line, but failed to touch the scoring and had to send Brett Maher to hit a 26-yard free-kick, and the Cowboys took the lead 3-0. The Saints' rushing attack was blocked and the team was forced to abandon the game in a row; the Cowboys scored again, and quarterback Dak Prescott took over Amari Cooper and running back Ezekiel Elliott to switch the first attack, and finally Elliott took a short pass and advanced 16-yard touchdowns, and the Cowboys turned the score to 10-0 before the end of the first quarter.

The game entered the second quarter when Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore forced Cowboys outsider Amari Cooper to drop the ball, and the Saints scored the ball at the Cowboys half. But the Saints offensive team failed to take advantage of this precious ball, and they eventually failed to play four gears on the 1-yard line, without success. In turn, the Cowboys ended the second quarter with a wave of 9 minutes and 9 seconds of the ball — with Amari Cooper's 19-yard catch and quarterback Duck Prescott's own 15-yard rush, the Cowboys gradually entered the range of free kicks, and finally Brett Mach hit a 46-yard free-kick, making the score 13-0.

As the first half ended, the two teams went into halftime with a 13-0 score. The Saints scored just three first-hand attacks in the first half, not a single triplet, and only advanced 59 yards. These figures are all the saints' new lows in the past 15 years.

The Saints offensive group scored first in the second half, and quarterback Drew Brees found Saints receiver Michael Thomas with consecutive passes, sounding the horn of counterattack. The Saints were eventually blocked in the red zone, with Wil Lutz hitting a 33-yard free-kick to make the score 13-3. The Saints then scored again, with Michael Thomas taking 17 yards from a foul and switching four gears with another 15-yard foul, before Keith Kirkwood receiving the ball and scoring a 33-yard touchdown. Cowboys 13:10 Saints, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points.

In the fourth quarter, a drop by Drew Brith was blown back first by the Cowboys, and the Undead Saints were then blocked in front of the free-kick range. The Cowboys used a series of short passes and quarterback Prescott to make a difficult 11-yard rush to switch first shots, and running back Izekiel Elliott also rushed to take 21 yards. However, at the Saints' half-time 6 yard line, quarterback Prescott was tackled and dropped. The 6:40 ball was over, with the Saints regaining possession with two minutes and 40 seconds left in regular time, hoping to equalize or even overtake the score in one fell swoop.

Dramatically, a seemingly casual short pass by Drew Brith was intercepted by Jourdan Lewis, which also buried the Saints' last chance to counter the score. After cornerback Marchan Latimer was whistled for a foul and sent off the first tackle, the Saints defence's last effort also failed. In the end, the game ended, with the outstanding performance of the defensive group, the Dallas Cowboys won a difficult 13-10 home victory over the new Orleans Saints, the winner of the division to appear in a key battle.

Player Stats:

Dallas cowboys

Quarterback Duck Prescott made 24 of 28 passes, 248 yards, average 8.9 yards, 1 touchdown 0 interceptions, 7 kills, 1 loss;

Running back Izekill Elliott 23 dashes, 76 yards, average 3.3; 6 catches, 60 yards, 1 touchdown;

Receiver Amari Cooper received eight balls, 75 yards;

New Orleans Saints

Quarterback Drew Brith made 18 of 28 passes, 127 yards, 4.5 yards average, 1 touchdown and 1 interception, and was killed twice;

Michael Thomas received 5 balls, 40 yards.