Austin, Cowboys squeak by Kansas City 26-20 in OT

       

   The Dallas Cowboys may have found a new star playmaker in 4th year wide receiver Miles Austin. Austin had his coming out party on the road against the Kansas City Chiefs today at Arrowhead Stadium. Austin started the game in place of  Roy Williams who is sidelined with 3 bruised ribs he suffered against the Denver Broncos last week. Austin had been buried on the depth chart these past few years when Terrell Owens was the #1 option and tight end Jason Witten the 2nd passing option. Austin was behind Roy Williams and Patrick Crayton and Tony Romo rarely threw to him as well. Today was a different story as he was Romo's primary target against the Chiefs. Miles Austin clearly was the Cowboys' game MVP hauling in 10 catches ( 2 of those catches were touchdowns) for a record 250 yards to boot. Austin showed his big play ability when he caught a 10 yard hitch from Romo, broke a tackle, and out ran the Chiefs' secondary for a huge 60 yard game winning touchdown in overtime.

 Tony Romo looked sharp in the first quarter completing his first 8 passes with pinpoint accuracy. Marion Barber ran tough as expected, but the Chiefs focused on containing him for most of the game. Despite nursing a quad injury he suffered against the New York giants 2 weeks ago, Barber still had that exuberance he shows throughout the game. The Cowboys could not convert their 2nd offensive possession to any points. Patrick Crayton and Miles Austin dropped a couple of good passes from Romo deep in Chiefs' territory stopping a promising  drive. Kicker Nick Folk uncharacteristically missed an easy 40 yard field goal attempt. 

The Dallas defense continued their strong play against a  struggling Kansas City's offense. The Cowboys held fast holding the Chiefs to a measly few yards in the first quarter. The Cowboys' defense bent a little allowing a field goal after Kansas City recovered Patrick Crayton's fumble at the Cowboys' 30 yard line in the 2nd quarter. On the Cowboys' ensuing offensive possession, Tony Romo fumbled the football on a poorly executed play where offensive guard, Leonard Davis unintentionally knocked the ball out of Romo's hands. The Chiefs recovered the ball at the Cowboys 20 yard line and scored a quick touchdown when Chiefs quarterback connected with Matt Vrabel increasing their lead 10-0.  All hope appeared lost to a rather large amount of Cowboys fans in the stands at Arrowhead stadium. The stadium looked like about 1/3 of the fans were rooting for the Cowboys. The Cowboys have the most and deepest fanbase of any other NFL team across the nation, and they certainly came out in droves today. Tony Romo lead a late first half drive culminating in Nick Folk's 22 yard field goal. Twice, Miles Austin and Sam Hurd dropped 2 potential touchdown passes from Romo that could have cut the Chiefs' lead 10-7, but had to settle for 10-3. 

   Seeds of doubt could have crept inside the heads of the Cowboys as they were not able to dominate the over matched Kansas City Chiefs at halftime. Surprisingly enough the possibility of losing to one of the NFL's worst teams was all too palpable. The Chiefs were able to increase their lead to 13-3 on their 2nd offensive possession in the 2nd half greatly aided by four consecutive offsides penalties committed by Dallas' defense. Undeterred, the Cowboys rebounded with an 8 play 72 yard drive with running back Tashard Choice rushing for 48 yards on the drive culminating with a fantastic 36 yard touchdown scamper.The Cowboys offensive machine continued to roll on their next possession with Miles making a big 34 yard catch and out fought the Chiefs' cornerback for the football. The Cowboys were able to tie the game on Nick Folks 2nd field goal of the game 13-13. 

 The Cowboys took the lead in the middle of the 4th quarter as Miles Austin caught a 59 yard pass for his first touchdown of the game. It was a similar play to the game winning touchdown pass Austin caught in overtimes. Prior to that play, defensive nose tackle, Jay Ratliff, block a Chief's field goal attempt, leaping over the guard and the center.Despite the Cowboys jubilation  seizing the game's momentum , the Chiefs rallied with under 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter and tied the game on Matt Cassell's touchdown pass to Dwayne Bowe with 24 seconds left on the clock. Ultimately, the Cowboys were able to pull out a win on the road leading up to their bye week next weekend. During their week off, the Cowboys should be able to heal most of their injuries to Roy Williams and explosive running back Felix Jones. They will need all of their weapons in their next game against the equally explosive Atlanta Falcons.

Game balls go to :  Tony Romo completed 20 of 34 passes, 2 Touchdowns, 0 interceptions,1  fumble

Tashard Choice 8 rushes, 92 yards, 1 TD

Miles Austin 10 catches, 250 yards, 2 TDs

Keith Brooking 11 tackles, 1 sack cheerleading his team mates and overall leadership

DeMarcus Ware 6 tackles, 2 sacks, 

Jay Ratliff 4 tackles, 1 field goal block

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