Dallas Cowboys vs. Miami Dolphins | 2023 Week 16 Game Highlights

GOOD TEAM. >> Kevin: THE COWBOYS START WITH THE BOY. PRESCOTT BACK TO THROW. NEARSIDE. A GOOD START FOR THEM. UP WITH AN EIGHT-YARD GAIN ON FIRST DOWN, SO WE LOOK AT DAK >> Greg: THEY LOOK LIKE A VIC FANGIO-LED DEFENSE. >> Kevin: ON SECOND AND TEN, GIVE TO CEEDEE LAMB, RUSHING TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEK, A NICE GAIN, NINE, NEAR A FIRST DOWN. >> Kevin: ON PEYTON HENDERSHOT, BACKUP TIGHT END. FIRST AND LONG, PRESCOTT QUICK THROW, LAMB HAS IT, GOOD ROUTE THERE AND LAMB MUSCLES HIS WAY DOWN TO THE 42 AND PICKS UP 13. THIRD-DOWN TRY WITH

THAT SECOND EFFO EFFORT. >> Kevin: RICO DOWDLE COMES IN. THE FULLBACK’S GOT IT. TURNING INTO THE SHORT YARDAGE SPECIALIST FOR THE COWBOYS AND IT’S WORKING. GROUP GETTING THROUGH SOME ADVERSITY. TODAY’S A BIG TEST. >> Kevin: PRESCOTT, DUMPS IT OFF TO THE FULLBACK, BELTED DOWN THE GROUND BY BRANDON JONES. BIG GAME FOR THEM. THIRD AND TWO. FOUR-MAN RUSH. PRESSURE FROM CHUBB. PRESCOTT. FAKES, IN TROUBLE, TAKEN DOWN FOR THE SACK. CHUBB AND WILKINS COMBINED. DECISION. >> Kevin: PRESCOTT. ON THE THROW, GETS IT TO FERGUSON, FIRST DOWN AND MORE, BIG ROOM, FERGUSON INSIDE THE 15, NICE PLAY CALL

BY DALLAS AND CONVERTING IS FERGUSON. >> Greg: THIS IS A GREAT PLAY THERE WAS NOBODY ACCOUNTED FOR. >> Kevin: COOKS IN MOTION, BRANDIN COOKS. LOOKING FOR THE

END ZONE. A GOOD RUN, NEAR A FIRST DOWN. A NICE BLOCK FROM CEEDEE LAMB. THAT’S PAYING OFF. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN AND ONE, A LITTLE FLIP, HOWARD. NO SIGNAL YET, THEY SAY HE’S DOWN IRONICALLY. PLAY CLOCK WINDING DOWN. FIRST AND GOAL IT IS. THE FULLBACK AGAIN, THE BALL IS LOOSE! WHO’S GOT IT? MIAMI RECOVERS. BRANDON JONES, THE SAFETY COMES DALLAS KNOWS THEY GOT AWAY WITH ONE. >> Kevin: THIRD

AND EIGHT. FOUR-MAN RUSH. TUA TAGOVAILOA LOADS UP, GOING DEEP FOR WADDLE — HE’S GOT IT! INSIDE, A BOMB TO JAYLEN WADDLE. >> Greg: COMING INTO THE GAME SELF-CONFIDENCE THAT THEY’RE IMPACTING THE END RESULT. >> Kevin: THIRD DOWN, NEARSIDE, THAT BALL WAS CAUGHT, SHOULD BE A FIRST DOWN, IT’S JEFF WILSON OUT OF THE BACKFIELD GETTING HIS FIRST TOUCH TODAY AND THE DOLPHINS WILL MOVE THE CHAINS. OFFENSIVE LINE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND 13. TUA TAGOVAILOA FIRES FAR SIDE, INCOMPLETE. WADDLE WAS THERE BUT HE COVERED WELL BY GILL MOER RIGHT ON THE BORDER OF A LONG FIELD GOAL

HERE. HIS RANGE. SANDERS — UP AND GOOD! A NICE JOB BY THE DEFENSE SETTLING THEM DOWN AND HOLDING THE DOLPHINS TO THREE. >> Kevin: PRESCOTT. LAMB IN STRIDE, OUT ACROSS THE 45 WITH A BEAUTIFUL THROW TO LAMB. A FIRST DOWN WITH A 22-YARD COVERAGES, LOT OF DEEP SAFETIES. HE PLAYS WITH SOME OF THE LIGHT EST IN THE LEAGUE. >> Kevin: LAMB, IN STRIDE, ROOM TO RUN, HE’S DOWN INSIDE THE 20, MAKES A MOVE, LAMB IS GOING TO SCORE! >> Greg: WE JUST TALKED ABOUT GREAT PLAYERS EVERY WEEK, THEY’RE EASY TO TAKE IT ALL FOR GRANTED.

>> Kevin: ON SECOND DOWN. TUA TAGOVAILOA FLUSHED OUT. LOOKING, THROWS ON THE RUN AND HE’S GOT A COMPLETION, FIRST DOWN IT’S WILSON THE EX-COWBOY COMING DOWN WITH IT. >> Greg: GIVE CREDIT TO BIG GUYS PROTECTION, NOBODY BETTER IN THE LEAGUE GETTING THE BALL OUT OF HIS HANDS FASTER THAN TUA TAGO TAGOVAILOA. >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN, TUA TAGOVAILOA LOADS UP AND DELIVERS. IT’S CAUGHT FOR ANOTHER FIRST DOWN, THIS TIME ROBBIE CHOSEN HAS IT INSIDE THE DALLAS 40 AND CHOSEN HAS 19 AND HE’S A LITTLE YOU CAN’T DO THAT IN MAN COVERAGE. >> Kevin: THIRD AND ONE,

IT’S MOSTERT, FIRST DOWN AND THEN SOME, BREAKS A TACKLE, MOSTERT INSIDE THE 15, RAHEEM MOSTERT HAVING A CAREER YEAR, GOOD BLOCK FROM SMYTHE, THE TIGHT END. SITTING DOWN. >> Greg: THAT HIS STANCE. >> Kevin: THEY GO IN MOTION, BREAKS IN LINE AND NOW JUST HANGING ON IS GILMORE, MOSTERT DOWN TO THE 3. >> Greg: WE ASKED McDANIEL AND TUA, WHO TAUGHT TYREEK TO GET MOSTERT, HE’S BEEN SENSATIONAL, A LEFT WILLING, AN AWKWARD PLAY, THIRD AND GOAL NOW, THE V TV IN TROUBLE, SPINNING AWAY, HE LAUNCHES IT TO GET IT OUT OF THERE AND LIKELY SETTLE

FOR A FIELD GOAL TRY HERE THE FIELD GOAL TEAM NOT COMING ON AND NOW THROUGH MOST OF THIS SEASON. >> Kevin: FROM THE 5. HILL IN MOTION, FOURTH AND GOAL. TUA TAGOVAILOA GOING TO THE CORNER, IT’S INCOMPLETE. OUT OF BOUNDS. AND THE COWBOYS GET A BIG STAND AT THE 5. A BIG PART OF THEIR STRUGGLES LAST WEEK AND SO FAR EARLY TODAY. >> Kevin: THIRD AND LONG, THAN THAT. IN MOTION, FAKE TO HIM, TUA TAGOVAILOA, THERE’S TYREKE HILL, GOOD CATCH AND THE SPIN. FIRST CATCH OF THE DAY FOR TYREEK HILL WHO LEADS THE LEAGUE COME

BACK IN, NOT IN YET. THIRD AND FIVE HERE. TUA TAGOVAILOA, QUICK THROW, AND IT’S INCOMPLETE. NOW JASON SANDERS, THIS IS FROM 52. SANDERS, UP, DEEP AND RIGHT THROUGH. GOOD KICK, SO JASON SANDERS, 2 FOR 2, COUPLE OF 50-YARD FIELD HE’S IN THE SLOT, BUT IT’S ZONE. LAMB IS AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN. >> Kevin: THIRD AND SEVEN, THE BLITZ IS COMING. HE’S SACKED. BLITZ GETS HOME. VAN GINKEL HAD HELP AS WELL. FOR THE DOLPHINS, THAT’S GOOD NEWS. HERE’S TUA TAGOVAILOA. LOOKING TO GET IN RHYTHM. THAT WILL HELP. TO SMYTHE, THE TIGHT END, HE HAS

A FIRST DOWN UP TO THE 40 YARD LINE. DOWN ONE POINT HERE. 1:56 TO GO IN THIS FIRST HALF. ON A SECOND AND TEN, FOUR-MAN RUSH, QUICK THROW OVER THE MIDDLE, IT’S WILSON WHO’S GOT THE GRAB AND HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN. DOWN TO THE DALLAS 45 IS THE HE’S STAYED OUT SINCE GOING DOWN A COUPLE OF SERIES AGO. TUA TAGOVAILOA, OVER THE MIDDLE, IT’S SMYTHE AGAIN, BACK DROPPED, INSIDE THE 30 BY DONOVAN WILSON. AND KIND OF TAKING THEIR TIME THEY DON’T HAVE TO GO CRAZY, RIGHT NOW THE CLOCK ISN’T A HUGE FACTOR. >> Kevin:

QUICK THROW, SMYTHE AGAIN, RIGHT DOWN THE SEAM, INSIDE THE 20. SHOULD HAVE ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. >> Greg: MIKE McDANIEL JUST HALF, FIRST AND TEN DOLPHINS. TUA TAGOVAILOA. QUICK THROW AGAIN. TYREEK HILL, HAS THE CATCH, RACING TOWARD THE END AND HILL, MARK IT DOWN CLOSE TO A FIRST DOWN, JUST SHORT. THE CLOCK STOPPED WITH 20 RAHEEM MOSTERT, 21 SECONDS LEFT. ON A FIRST AND GOAL. TUA TAGOVAILOA. IS GOING TO SWING IT OUT, MOSTERT, WIDE OPEN, HE’S GOT IT. TOUCHDOWN, MIAMI! SPIRITED COMING OUT. >> Kevin: WE’LL SEE HOW THE EMOTION PLAYS INTO IT. MOSTERT RIGHT UP THE

GUT AND MOSTERT WITH A BIG GAIN TO START IT OFF. HE RIPS UP A 14-YARDER. >> Greg: MISDIRECTION IN THE >> Kevin: GOT TO EARN THIS THIRD AND NINE RIGHT HERE. COWBOYS RUSH FOUR, TUA TAGOVAILOA JUST A MISCOMMUNICATION THERE, NOBODY HOME. TYREEK HILL WAS THERE. MIAMI WILL HAVE TO PUNT IT AWAY. INSIDE OF THIS PASS PROTECTION UNIT. >> Kevin: THIRD AND NINE. PRESCOTT. PRESSURE. IN TROUBLE. THROWS IT NEARSIDE. FERGUSON, IT’S INCOMPLETE. WHAT A STAND BY THIS DOLPHINS DEFENSE. THEY FORCED A THREE AND OUT. >> Greg: JUST A GREAT EXAMPLE OF OFF-COVERAGE ON HIM. FIRST AND

TEN. LOT OF MOTION, ON THE FAKE. TUA TAGOVAILOA, THERE’S HILL INSIDE FOR A FIRST DOWN. YOU SAW THE CONVERSATION, MIKE McDANIEL SAID I’M GOING TO THROW IT TO YOU RIGHT HERE. PERIMETER IN THE RUN GAME, THERE’S NOT GOING TO BE A TON OF ROOM. >> Kevin: TUA TAGOVAILOA LOOKING THE OTHER WAY, THROWING IT AWAY, IT’S HILL AGAIN, LOOKING TO MAKE A MOVE AND SLIDES DOWN JUST SHORT OF FIRST DOWN, SO TYREEK HILL GETTING INVOLVED NOW. >> Greg: NICE JOB WITH THE FOR ANY EDGE RUSHER OUT IN SPACE. MICAH PARSONS OFF THE BALL HERE AGAIN. >>

Kevin: THIRD AND ONE, HE STAYS ON HIS FEET, GETS DOUBLE TEAMED AND HE FALLS. DeMARCUS LAWRENCE. NOW THE DOLPHINS, ARE THEY GOING TO KEEP THE OFFENSE OUT? CAME OUT OF THE HALF LIKE A MAN POSSESSED. >> Kevin: 54-YARD FIELD GOAL TRY FOR SANDERS, HE’S BEEN GOOD GET COMPLETIONS, CONTINUE TO CHANGE THE LOOKS THAT THE DOLPHINS HAVE TO DEFEND. >> Kevin: LAMB. PRESCOTT LOOKS TO GO DEEP. IT IS, FIGHT FOR THE BALL, WHO’S GOT IT? TOLBERT IS GOING TO HAVE IT. TOO CLOSE, BACK UP, JUST AS HE DID FERGUSON WENT IN MOTION. >> Kevin: GOT TO

GET DOWN TO THE 14. PRESCOTT. THOUGHT ABOUT IT DEEP, NOW GOES UNDERNEATH AND THAT’S GOING TO BE DOWN AT THE 25, TO POLLARD, >> Kevin: NOW IT’S BRANDON AUBREY TO MAKE IT A ONE-POSSESSION GAME, AND AUBREY REMAINS PERFECT ON THE SEASON, SO THE COWBOYS AT LEAST GET ON THE BOARD, SIX-POINT GAME HERE TO THE MIAMI TOUCHDOWN. HERE WE GO, DOLPHINS UP BY SIX. TUA TAGOVAILOA. LOT OF TIME. AIRS IT OUT. TYREEK HILL COMES BACK TO GET IT AND HE’S WAKING UP HERE IN THIS SECOND HALF. THROWING OFFENSE, AND THAT’S A GREAT EXAMPLE. >> Kevin: FUMBLE

ON THE EXCHANGE, TUA TAGOVAILOA QUICK THROW AND HE’S GOT A STRIKE TO THE TIGHT END SMYTHE, BIG GAME, FIVE CATCHES NOW FOR HIM AND THAT’S A SEASON HIGH, MAKE IT A THIRD AND EIGHT COMING UP HERE. TUA TAGOVAILOA GETS RID OF IT. HILL GOT IT. HANGS ON FOR A FIRST DOWN FOR THE DOLPHINS. HE HAD TWO CATCHES IN IF FIRST HALF, BUT HE’S GOT FOUR IN THIS SECOND HALF AND YOU CAN SEE HE’S >> Kevin: PARSONS, THIRD AND SEVEN. TUA TAGOVAILOA. FIRES FAR SIDE. INCOMPLETE. TRIED TO GET IT TO WILSON. THROWN TOO FAR OUT IN

FRONT AND IT’S JASON SANDERS’ DAY, BRING NICE JOB HERE, FORCING ANOTHER FIELD GOAL. >> Kevin: SANDERS FROM 35. AND IT’S UP AND TRUE. FOUR FOR FOUR FOR JASON SANDERS IN THE FIELD GOAL DEPARTMENT THE IM, FROM OV SCRAMBLE DEAL. >> Kevin: TOUGH THROW, THE CATCH IS MADE. FERGUSON WAS BASICALLY ON THE GROUND BUT HAULED IT IN FOR A FIRST DOWN. FIRST DOWN. DALLAS IS GOING TO GO QUICKLY, LOOKED LIKE HE CAUGHT IT, THEY’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE OF IT ON THE FAKE. PRESCOTT. AGAIN. FERGUSON, HEAD DOWN, ANOTHER FIRST DOWN. >> Greg: DALLAS NEEDS TO STAY

ON MIAMI, 19, DALLAS, 10. THE COWBOYS NEED SOME URGENCY HERE. PRESCOTT ON THE FAKE. PASS IN TIME, CAN’T FIND IT, GOING TO RUN, LOT OF ROOM TO DO IT, FIRST DOWN AND MORE. DAK IS DOWN NEAR THE 30. >> Greg: THIS IS A SNEAKY ELEMENT TO THIS DALLAS OFFENSE, MIDDLE IN THE PACK AFTER BEING IN THE BOTTOM FIVE. >> Kevin: BLITZ COMING. CHUBB CHASING HIM. IT’S INCOMPLETE. DOWDLE WAS THE GUY THAT PRESCOTT RUSHER AND HE DOESN’T. >> Kevin: NOW IT’S BRANDON AUBREY, ONE-SCORE GAME. BATTLE OF FIELD GOAL KICKERS FOUR-MAN RUSH. TUA TAGOVAILOA IN SOME TROUBLE,

THERE’S THE FIRST SACK OF THE DAY FOR THE COWBOYS. BOY, DID THEY NEED THAT, ARMSTRONG GOT HOME FIRST, HAD FILLING IN FOR TYRON SMITH. >> Kevin: DOLPHINS SHOW BLITZ, PRESCOTT IN TROUBLE. LAMB INSIDE, BEAUTIFUL THROW, HIS FIRST CATCH SINCE THE FIRST QUARTER AND IT’S A FIRST DOWN. >> Greg: YOU WANT TO PLAY QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL? DOWN. >> Kevin: FOURTH AND TWO. PRESCOTT ROLLING, SCRAMBLING, THROWING, FIRST DOWN. HE GOES BACK TO CEEDEE LAMB. THIRD DOWN PREVIOUSLY, NOW ON THE FIRST DOWN TO THE BEST PLAYER AND HE DELIVERS AGAIN. >> Greg: I LOVE THE TRUST THAT

MIKE McCARTHY HAS IN HIS TOP DID EARLIER THIS SEASON. WE’VE SEEN HIS GROWTH ALL YEAR LONG. >> Kevin: DOWDLE DOWN NEAR THE 20, HE HAS THE FIRST DOWN AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES, IT’S BEEN A A SECOND AND RELATIVELY SHORT. WHAT A PLAY. >> Kevin: SECOND DOWN, IT RUNNING UP THE MIDDLE. FIRST AND GOAL. >> Greg: YOU MENTIONED THIS, 14th PLAY OF THE DRIVE. PRESSURE, PRESCOTT, LOOKING, THROWING, IT’S INCOMPLETE. AND NOW IT’S FOURTH AND GOAL. SETS UP FOURTH DOWN. >> Kevin: PRESCOTT, THROWING, INCOMPLETE. AND THERE’S A FLAG, HANG ON! TURPIN IS CELEBRATING. ELLIOTT WAS ON HIM

AND MAYBE >> Referee: THERE’S DEFENSE PASS INTERFERENCE BY BOTH NUMBER 25 AND 21. NUMBER 21’S FOUL WAS AT THE HALF-YARD LINE. 25’S FOUL WAS DECLINED. IT’S A FIRST AND GOAL. >> Kevin: THE OTHER ONE, THAT HALF-YARD LINE OVER THE ONE THIS THE END ZONE. >> Kevin: FAKE, PRESCOTT IN TROUBLE AND HE’S SACKED! OH, MY GOODNESS, THEY GO FROM THE 1 TO THE 12. BRADLEY CHUBB GETS HIS SECOND OF THE DAY. TIME A FACTOR, 3:33 TO GO. 17th PLAY AGAIN. PRESCOTT, PRESSURE IN HIS FACE, TO THE CORNER, CAUGHT, DOES HE HAVE IT! TOUCHDOWN, DALLAS! OH, WE’RE

TIED. >> Greg: LET’S TAKE A LOOK HERE, THIS COWBOYS OFFENSE. >> Kevin: FIRST DOWN, LITTLE BOBBLE ON THE SNAP, CEDRICK WILSON’S GOT THE CATCH, NINE YARDS. WILSON GETTING A LOT MORE TIME AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN. SECOND DOWN. TUA TAGOVAILOA LOOKING THAT WAY, GETS IT TO HILL, HE’S GOT A FIRST DOWN. FIGURE IT’S GOING TO GO RIGHT THERE WITH GILMORE OUT, THE DRIVES CONTINUES. ACROSS THE TWO-MINUTE WARNING. >> Kevin: ON THE FAKE, TUA TAGOVAILOA JUST TOSSES IT OFF TO THE FULLBACK AND NOW GETS MORE INTO FIELD GOAL RANGE. INSIDE THE 35. DOWN TO THE

33 AND THAT WILL TAKE US TO THE TWO-MINUTE GETTING THAT MAN READ, SEND IT IN MOTION. >> Kevin: TYREEK HILL, GETS A BLOCK, FIRST DOWN AND MORE, HILL INSIDE THE 25. NOW THE COWBOYS HAVE TO USE THEIR FIRST TIME-OUT. >> Greg: AFTER AN ENTIRE GAME OF JEFF WILSON IN THE GAME IN THE BACKFIELD. GIVE IT TO THE VETERAN. RUNNING RIGHT, GOOD SEAM, DOWN TO THE 15. AND THAT’S GOING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE HARDER FOR DALLAS AS WILSON PICKS UP EIGHT AND ANOTHER COWBOYS’ TIME-OUT. >> Greg: HE GOT OFF THE FIELD YOU SAID IT, THIS

IS IT RIGHT HERE, A YARD AND A HALF. >> Kevin: WILSON, HE’S GOING TO HAVE A FIRST DOWN, DOWN TO THE 10, NO TIME-OUTS LEFT FOR DALLAS. 29 YARDS FROM SANDERS. HE’S GOT IT! MIAMI IS IN THE PLAYOFFS