New York Jets 10-30 Dallas Cowboys, summary: score, stats, highlights | NFL Week 2

Cowboys improve to 2-0 with defeat over Jets

The Dallas Cowboys beat another New York team this week as they improve to 2-0 on the season with their 30-10 defeat over the New York Jets. The Jets fall to 1-1. 

Zach Wilson's second chance ended in disappointment

The Jets were playing with backup QB Zach Wilson after having picked up Aaron Rodgers and putting all their hope into him only to lose him for the whole season in the first half of the game Week 1. Wilson, who had a rough start to his NFL career, was given a second chance to prove himself. Though he helped lead the Jets to an OT victory last week, his performance this week was less than hopeful, going 12-of-27 for 170 yards for one touchdown, three interceptions and three sacks. 

Dominant Dallas Defense

We can't give Wilson all the credit though - the Dallas defense is insanely good. If you thought it was a fluke after their 40-0 beating of the Giants in Week 1, you'd have a hard time seeing it that way after their performance this week. 

The Cowboys' defense is so stacked with elite players that almost all of them did something to directly contribute to turnovers or big plays. Micah Parsons had two sacks, three tackles for a loss, and four QB hits. Osa Odighizuwa had one sack, one tackle for a loss, and one QB hit. Trevon Diggs, Malik Hooker, and Jayron Kearse all had one interception.

Prescott finally gets his TD passes

Dak Prescott didn't account for much in the Cowboys' season opener victory against the Giants, failing to pass for a single touchdown while the defense did most of the work. This week, however, he made up for it, going 31-of-38 for 255 yards and two touchdown passes.

What's next?

The Cowboys have now scored 70 points and allowed just 10 in the first two games of the season. They will take on the Arizona Cardinals in Phoenix next week. 

As for the Jets, they will look to improve when they host the New England Patriots at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. 

Dallas D can't be stopped

Cowboys defeat Jets

Cowboys win 30-10 over Jets

Prescott takes the knee and they let the clock run out, Cowboys will move to 2-0 and Jets fall to 1-1.

TWO-MINUTE WARNING

With two minutes left to play, Dallas has the ball after another defensive interception. They just made the 1st down on a Ferguson catch and are at the Jets 36. Dallas leads 30-10.

Jets' Williams was injured on the play

Dowdle takes it up 5, and a Prescott pass to Ferguson gives Cowboys the 1st down

Wilson pass INTERCEPTED for the third time, by Diggs

Cowboys get Pass Interference on Bland - Cowboys get automatic 1st down

Wilson tosses to Cook, forced out of bounds at the 47 - Jets will give it go for it at 4th and 5

Wilson cuts back, passes deep to Lazard, broken up by Bland - 3rd and 10

Wilson pass incomplete, throws it away under pressure - 2nd and 10

Wilson pass complete to Conklin for 11 yards and the 1st down

Pollard taken down by Jefferson and Whitehead for a loss of 3 - Dallas punts it back at 4th and 4

Pollard takes it up 6, then 3 - 3rd and 1 Cowboys

Dallas gets the ball at their own 8

Wilson pass INTERCEPTED by Hooker

Wilson SACKED by Parsons - 2nd and 15

Wilson to Conklin, takes it up 17 yards for the 1st down

False Start on Jets' Becton - 1st and 15

Pass Interference on Dallas' Gilmore - automatic 1st down for Jets

Jets go for it on 4th and 4 - Wilson incomplete pass but there's a flag on the play

Wilson under pressure from Parsons, gets away and lodges a pass to Lazard caught deep, but a Holding call brings it back, incomplete pass (one foot out of bounds) - Jets at 4th down

Wilson to Hardman for 6 yards, 3rd and 4

Wilson pass deep to Wilson, incomplete, knocked away by Diggs

The Cowboys got the ball on another turnover, this time an interception by Jayson Kearse. He ran the ball back all the way to the Jets 17. The Cowboys offense couldn't get the TD (again), but trusty Aubrey made the 30-yard field goal to put the Cowboys up by 20 with just 8:18 left to play in the game.

COWBOYS FIELD GOAL!

Illegal Shift call on Dallas - 4th and goal

Prescott to Ferguson for a yard - 3rd and goal

Holding on Dallas' Smith took back Pollard's TD run, replay 2nd down from the 16

Pollard gets no gain - 2nd and goal

Pollard takes it up the middle for 8 yards, then 3 for the 1st down and goal at Jets 6

Kearse took the ball back 32 yards to the Jets 17 on that interception and Dallas will get the ball back there on offense

Holding call on Jets - declined

Wilson pass INTERCEPTED by Kearse

Wilson throws the ball to the floor under pressure from Parsons - 2nd down and 10

Wilson to Wilson complete as he leaps up to make the 15-yard catch

FIFA president in attendance at Cowboys vs Jets

For the third time in a row, the Cowboys got into the red zone but not the end zone and settled on a field goal, relying on Aubrey to get the job done. Aubrey, so far this season has only missed one field goal, so odds are good. He made the 26-yard attempt and now Dallas leads by a comfortable 17 points with 12:23 left to play.

COWBOYS FIELD GOAL

Pollard taken out of bounds after 3 yards - 4th and goal

Pollard takes it up 2 yards, 3rd and goal

Cowboys take first timeout

Pollard taken back by Huff for a loss of 4 - 2nd and goal at the Jets 13

Prescott pass completet to Lamb for another big gain of 21 yards to the Jets 9

False Start on Cowboys' Steele - 1st and 15

END THIRD QUARTER

And that takes us to the end of the 3rd quarter. 

The Cowboys are in the lead by 14 points and have the ball on 1st down at the Jets 25 after two big plays by RBs Dowdle and Pollard.

Pollard takes it up for a big gain of 16 - 1st and 10 at the Jets 25

Dowdle takes it up another 5, Pollard takes it just 1 - 3rd and 4 Cowboys

Dowdle takes it up fast for a gain of 17 yards, dodging and shuffling past defenders to the Jets 49

Pollard takes it up 3, then 7 for the 1st down

Morstead punts it back, Turpin takes the fair catch at the 20

Wilson pass complete to Conklin for 8 yards, not nearly enough for the 1st down - 4th and 9

Wilson pass incomplete to Wilson - 3rd and 17

Wilson SACKED by Odighizuwa for a loss of 7

Parsons got Dallas the ball on a fumble recovery and they were able to convert that into some points. Aubrey went for a 55-yard field goal and made it perfectly up the middle. Dallas takes an even bigger lead with 5:19 to go in the 3rd quarter.

COWBOYS FIELD GOAL!

Prescott threw one incomplete pass, and two runs with barely any gain took Cowboys to 4th down so they went for the field goal...

The final call was that it WAS a Jets fumble and Parsons DID recover it, but was down by contact before he took it back to the end zone. Dallas gets the ball at the Jets 37.

The Jets lost the ball and Dallas' Micah Parsons picked it up and ran it back into the end zone for a touchdown, but the play is under review to determine if the refs blew the whistle to call the play dead before he took off with it. To be continued...

Wilson scrambles away, passes to Lazard for a 14-yard pickup

The Cowboys got all the way to the 1-yard line and couldn't convert. They settled for a 21-yard field goal by Aubrey and take an 11-point lead with 7:24 in the 3rd quarter.

COWBOYS FIELD GOAL

Prescott pass incomplete to Hendershot while Lamb was wide open on the left side, 4th and goal and they go for the field goal instead

The Cowboys just need a yard and Dowdle is taken back by Mosley for a loss of 2

Hendershot goes to the outside, stopped by Whitehead for no gain - 2nd and goal 

Dowdle takes it up 2 yards, just short of the goal - 1st and goal

Dowdle takes it up 9 yards to the Jets 3

Prescott tosses it up and Turpin leaps up to catch it, carries it 6 yards for the 1st down at the Jets 12

Pollard takes it up 7, 2nd and 3

Prescott pass complete to Lamb for 15 yards for the 1st down at the Jets 24

Lamb gets no gain, brings Cowboys to 3rd and 14 at the Jets 39

Pollard taken down quick on the next play by Williams for a loss of 4

Pollard takes it up 23 yards before he's finally taken down by Johnson - Cowboys 1st down at the Jets 35

Carter taken down by Armstrong after 2 yards and the Jets will give the ball back to the Cowboys

False Start on Jets' Becton, 5 yards - 3rd and 17

Hall gets taken down by Parsons for a loss of 2 - 3rd and 12 Jets

And we're back! The Jets start us off on offense this time around. Wilson throws the ball away on the first play as he's got defenders all over him.

Cowboys 2-point conversion

The Cowboys went for 2 with 2 minutes in the first half and it paid off as Pollard took it in to bring the Cowboys score up to 18.

The Prescott-Schoonmaker TD in the 2nd quarter

The two flags were on the Jets

HALFTIME

The Cowboys lead the Jets at halftime.

The Dallas offense has put up 220 yards with two Prescott TD passes to take an 18-lead over the Jets, who have struggled to stop the Dallas defense throughout the first half. 

The Jets manage to get points on the board before the half, led by Wilson scrambling up the field. In the end, they couldn't get a TD, but Seibert's 35-yard field goal attempt is good and the Jets will trail by 8 heading into halftime.

JETS FIELD GOAL!

Wilson pass incomplete, the Jets will go for the field goal

Wilson spikes the ball to stop the clock - 3rd and 5

Wilson scrambles again, hit by Kearse after 5 yards

Jets take third and final timeout

Wilson scrambles AGAIN, this time for 16 yards to get the Jets well within field goal range at the Cowboys 21

Jets take second timeout

Wilson escapes the pocket, scrambles for 12 yards and another 1st down

Jets take first timeout

Carter runs it up 6 yards for the 1st down

Wilson to Conklin for 6 yards on the 1st down, scrambles for 3 on the 2nd - Jets at 3rd and 1

 Wilson to Carter, taken down hard by Vander Esch but hangs on to get the 1st down

Wilson complete to Conklin for 8 yards - 2nd and 2

Dak Prescott had a few close calls on this drive, one being a too-close-for-comfort near interception. But though it was messy, they got down to the red zone and with a little help from the Jets' penalties, made it into the end zone. It was a Prescott pass to Schoonmaker one yard that got them the touchdown. With just under 2 minutes to go in the half, they decided to go for two. Pollard rushed it in for the successful 2-point conversion and the Cowboys lead by 11 heading into halftime coming up soon.

COWBOYS 2-POINT CONVERSION ATTEMPT SUCCEEDS!

Two penalties - Holding and Roughing the Passer - both on Jets, Cowboys get the touchdown

Prescott pass complete to Schoonmaker in the end zone, but there's a flag on the play...

Jets' Pass Interference on Echols gives Cowboys automatic 1st down after a Prescott incomplete pass - back to 1st and goal

TWO-MINUTE WARNING

With two minutes left in the half, the Cowboys are at 3rd and goal after Prescott was sacked for a huge loss

Prescott SACKED by Thomas for a loss of 7

Pollard gets taken back a yard by Mosley, 2nd and goal

Jets' Franklin-Myers Roughing the Passer call gives Cowboys automatic 1st down at the Jets' 5-yard line

Prescott pass looked like it was caught, but it came loose - incomplete. but there's a flag on the play

Vaughn takes it up 3 yards, Pollard is taken down right away, and the Cowboys are at 3rd and 7...

And it's Deuce on the loose again, takes it up another 13 yards for the 1st down at the Jets 15

Shifty Vaughn gets through the holes for 11 yards and the 1st down

Prescott gets lucky, nearly throwing an interception on 2nd down. Turpin gets it 9 yards on the next play for the 1st down.

Jets' Adams was injured on the play

Prescott pass to Lamb for 20 yards, caught in the air as he flips backwards after being hit by two Jets defenders, but he keeps it in his grip - Cowboys 1st down at their own 26

Prescott hands it off to Vaughn, who hasn't been able to get much momentum in the regular season yet, gets a gain of 1

Wilson pass to Wilson who takes it up for a huge 68 yard run into the end zone for the Jets' first touchdown of the game. Seibert's PAT is good and the Jets are in the game.

Gibson runs it up 7 yards and is taken down by Harper. Jets will get the ball at their 32.

Prescott passes deep again to Tolbert but it's incomplete as he's got defenders all over him - Cowboys will punt it back at 4th and 8 

Prescott bullet pass deep into coverage is lucky it's incomplete - 3rd and 8 Cowboys at their own 25

Wilson pass incomplete to Cobb - 4th and 5 and the Jets give it back to the Cowboys again

Wilson pass incomplete to Hall, but he gets 5 on the next play - 3rd and 5 at their own 31

The Cowboys weren't able to make the TD this time around, but went for the 35-yard field goal attempt at 4th down. Brandon Aubrey's attempt was perfect and the Cowboys lead by 10 with 9:10 to go in the half.

COWBOYS FIELD GOAL!

Prescott pass to Gallup was complete and he tries to stretch it but he's taken back to just short of the 1st down and Dallas will go for the field goal on 4th and 2 on a 35-yard attempt

Dowdle gets a pickup of 3 before Adams gets the safety blitz on Prescott. Prescott downs it to take his first incompletion of the game. 3rd and 7 

At 3rd and 7, Prescott pass complete to Tolbert for just enough. 1st down at Jets 23.

Prescott pass to Pollard who escapes a tackle and runs out of bounds after 2 yards - 2nd and 8 at the Jets 31

Prescott escapes a sack, passes to Tolbert and he brings it down across the line for the 1st down

Prescott is 10 for 10 on passes after Tolbert, then Lamb take it up the field to bring Cowboys to 1st down at the Cowboys 44

END 1ST QUARTER

The Cowboys lead at the end of the first quarter 

Lamb takes it up 33 yards on a huge run and when he's finally taken down, the ball comes loose but recovered by Dallas

False Start on Cowboys Lamb - 1st and 12

Cowboys' Bland Holding penalty - 5 yards

This time the Jets punt it and Turpin takes the fair catch at the 9 but there's a flag on the play...

Wilson takes it up the middle but it's short and the Jets are back to 4th down and 1 yet again.

Wilson under pressure, incomplete pass to G. Wilson and they're at 3rd and 1

Hall took it up 9 yards - 2nd and 1 Jets

The Jets tricked the Cowboys and went for it on 4th and 1 and it was Davis who took it up 4 yards for the 1st down

It's Cook again but the Dallas defense was all over him with Odighizuwa and Armstrong push him back for no gain - 4th and 1

Wilson gives it to Cook twice for 3, then 5 - 3rd and 2 Jets

Parsons' epic SACK on Wilson

Cowboys' first TD to take early lead over Jets

Prescott's pass to Ferguson put the Cowboys ahead on their opening drive

Cowboys go 3 and out on their second try after a few short gains by Lamb and Vaughn and they'll punt it back to New York

Wilson SACKED by Parsons for a loss of 7

Wilson pass to Lazard complete for 9 yards, taken down by Gilmore - 3rd and 5

Lawrencer tackles Hall right away for a loss of 4 - 2nd and 14 Jets

Zach Wilson is on the field for the Jets. Let's see what he can do.

The Cowboys got a touchdown on their first drive in just 5 minutes and 41 seconds in 12 plays and 75 yards. Prescott passed it to Ferguson in the end zone 4 yards to get the TD. Aubrey's PAT was good and the Cowboys lead the Jets with 9:19 left in the first quarter.

Pollard gets taken back by Quennin Williams for a loss of 2 yards - 3rd and goal 

Pollard gets a gain of 2 - 2nd and goal

Pollard gets 2 and 2 to take Dallas to 3rd and 6, before Prescott takes it up 15 yards, dodging defenders and sliding at the Jets' 5

Prescott connects with Lamb a second time in a row and this time it was a big, 25-yard catch to the Jets 24

After a few short runs by Dowdle and Pollard, Lamb gets the 1st down on a 6-yard run

Pollard takes it up 4, then 8 to get the Cowboys a quick first down to start us off.

And we're off!

The Cowboys will start us off on offense. Seibert kicks 65 yards - touchback. And it's game time!

One way the Jets could take advantage of Cowboys weak spot

The Dallas defense proved last weak that they don't have a lot of weak spots. But "not a lot" is not none. The Cowboys are strong in almost every defensive area except stopping the run. 

Last year in the regular season, the Cowboys defense gave up at least 106 rushing yards in 11 of 17 games and at least 136 in all five of the games they lost. Against the Giants on Sunday, they gave up 108 rushing yards.

Now that the Jets are without Aaron Rodgers, the run game is something they'll be relying on heavily anyway. And that means Dalvin Cook and Breece Hall are the guys. Hall had 102 yards in his first two carries against the Bills last week. If those two can keep up the efficiency, it will be their best chance at beating the 'Boys.

2 key matchups to watch in Cowboys vs Jets

Zach Martin vs Quinnen Williams

Jets defensive tackle Quinnen Williams was one of the most impactful defensive players in their Week 1 win over the Bills. Cowboys guard Zach Martin will be in charge of making sure Williams doesn't get close to Dak Prescott. The two are both top players in their respective positions so it will be a fun matchup to watch.

Michael Gallup vs Sauce Gardner

Cowboys wide receiver Michael Gallup will be the go-to WR2 with Brandin Cooks out with a knee injury this week. He'll have to get past Jets cornerback Sauce Gardner first though. 6'3, 200-pound Sauce won Defensive Rookie of the Year last year, but struggled against Bills' receiver Stefon Diggs last week. This week, Gallup will try to give him that same struggle while proving his worth as a WR2.

The Cowboys fans have arrived.

This is how every game at the AT&T Stadium looks though.

Cowboys vs Jets: INACTIVES

The Cowboys and Jets have released their official inactives list:

Dallas Cowboys Inactives vs Jets

WR Brandin Cooks

S Donovan Wilson

QB Trey Lance (emergency 3rd QB)

CB Noah Igbinoghene

CB Eric Scott

G Tyler Smith

DL Viliami Fehoko

New York Jets Inactives vs Cowboys

K Greg Zuerlein

WR Jason Brownlee

RB Israel Abanikanda

CB Bryce Hall

LB Zaire Barnes

T Max Mitchell

DL Will McDonald IV

Cowboys defensive numbers from Week 1

The Dallas Cowboys had one of their most dominant performances in franchise history last week with their 40-0 win over the New York Giants. It was the largest margin of victory in a shutout in franchise history, the largest Week 1 margin of victory in a shutout in NFL history since 1999, and even the first shutout of the Giants in a season opener since 1995 (35-0). And the majority of that effort was the Dallas defense. Let's take a look at where they stood after that beatdown:

No. 2 total defense (171 yards)

No. 1 pass defense (63 yards)

No. 1 points against (0)

No. 1 sacks (7)

No. 1 sack yards (-47)

No. 1 (tied) forced fumbles (5)

No. 1 (tied) turnover differential (+3)

And all of that was without Jourdan Lewis and Donovan Wilson, who were both out with injuries last week. Wilson will be out again this week, but Lewis will be back.

Zuerlein ruled out vs Cowboys

The Jets kicker Greg Zuerlein has been ruled out for the game against his former team after suffering a groin injury. 

The Jets didn't have a backup to turn to on the practice squad and so signed Austin Seibert, who finished with 100% accuracy on PATs and 60% on field goal attempts in 2022 with the Lions. 

Zach Wilson gets second chance

The Jets lost Aaron Rodgers way too early in the season and now it's up to Zach Wilson to prove himself worthy of being an NFL starting quarterback. 

Wilson had a rough start to the big leagues after being drafted No. 2 overall out of BYU in the 2021 NFL Draft. He started just nine games last season and then the Jets decided to draft Rodgers in hopes of turning their fate around. As it stands, they haven't made a playoff game in 12 years, the longest drought of any NFL team. Though things didn't work out with Rodgers, he did spend several months mentoring Wilson, which could pay off this season.

Cowboys vs Jets - Where do they stand?

The Cowboys and Jets are both 1-0 to start the season but had very different Week 1s. 

The Cowboys had a dominant performance over NFC East rivals New York Giants with a 40-0 shutout. It was mostly the defense who did the work, while QB Dak Prescott will look for his first touchdown today against the Jets.

The Jets won their season opener in overtime, but with that win came one big loss as QB Aaron Rodgers tore his Achilles and will be out for the rest of the NFL regular season. Now, they'll have Zach Wilson at the helm as he looks for redemption with a second chance as the starter.

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