Cowboys choke Drew Brees and end Saints 10-game winning streak

Schuyler Dixon, professional football writer

Update

10:45 pm EST, Thursday, November 29, 2018

ARLINGTON – Ezekiel Elliott scored the only Dallas touchdown and the Cowboys smothered Drew Brees and the Saints, ending New Orleans' 10-game winning streak with a 13-10 win on Thursday night.

The Cowboys (7-5) won their fourth straight game and assured that they would remain at least tied for the NFC East's lead.

The Saints (10-2) were excluded in the first half as rookie Elliott and quarterback Dak Prescott lost 11 points after losing the game. opener.

Brees has recorded his smallest passing yards since joining the Saints in 2006 with 39, and has failed to secure a potential victory in the final minutes.

Instead, Jourdan Lewis' interception – just the third of the season for Brees – gave the Cowboys the chance to break the countdown from New Orleans 1 after a penalty for interference in the end zone.

The Cowboys attempted to avoid the NFL's best offensive by the end of the fourth quarter. Prescott desperately racked up 11 yards for his first run in the third and 10th and Cole Beasley caught a pass and dived for 5 yards. third and fifth.

But Prescott managed a sack with Dallas in goal, giving Brees another chance out of 15, while he had more than two minutes left.

In the second play, however, Brees threw where he expected to receive a receiver, but Jordan was the only one to be present. He dived forward, just keeping the ball on the ground.

Marshon Lattimore was called to interfere against Amari Cooper in the end zone, giving Dallas a first try at 1 with 1:58 to go. The Cowboys just have time to end the match, the game clock being the same as the match after Prescott had a knee for the third time.

Brees was 18 of 28 for 127 yards, making it the second game in a row and third in total less than 200 yards for the MVP contender.

The only touchdown attempt for the Saints was helped by three first attempts on penalties at Dallas. Most important was Randy Gregory's hard penalty for Thomas Morstead.

Two games later, Brees dropped a deep pass behind Keith Kirkwood in the end zone for a 30-yard score. New Orleans was 13-10.

Prescott collected 194 of his 248 passing yards as he helped the Cowboys take a 13-0 lead at halftime – the first scoreless first period for the Saints since 2014 and their first deficit in five games.

The Cowboys held the ball for more than 21 minutes in the first half, but managed to score two goals. The only touchdown was a 16-yard pass to Elliott.

Trained 10-0 in the second quarter, coach Sean Payton scored the goal with four goals and chose a transfer to Alvin Kamara. He was drunk and the Cowboys kept the ball nine minutes more for an investment.

TAKE THE ZEKE, LEASE $ 2

After forcing and recovering Cooper 's escaped, Saints' corner half, Marshon Lattimore, rushed to one of the Red Kettles of the Salvation Army behind an area of ​​?? end. Elliott (# 21) dropped $ 21 in the other kettle on the same side of the field.

GIL BRANDT IN HONOR YEAR

The Cowboys inducted former team manager Gil Brandt into the team's honor ring at half-time. The 85-year-old joins former coach Tom Landry and former general manager Tex Schramm, both of whom died, in the group of 22 people. These three players retained their titles during the first 29 years of the franchise before the team's purchase by Jerry Jones.

Jones immediately dismissed Landry and Schramm resigned less than two months later. Jones sacked Brandt after the first draft of the owner and general manager in 1989. Brandt was named a contributor for next year's vote for the Professional Football Hall of Fame.

THIS AND THAT

New Orleans DT David Onyemata had his first two sacks of the season in the first half. … The Kirkwood TD was the second in his career and the second in as many weeks. … Brees' TD pass was his 30th, making him the first player to have at least as much in 10 seasons.

INJURY

Saints FB Zach Line suffered a concussion in the second half of the match. … Kamara entered the tent from the side after being hit by Jaylon Smith in the fourth quarter.

FOLLOWING

Saints: In Tampa Bay on December 9, second of three straight games on the road.

Cowboys: Philadelphia Dec. 9 in the last of three straight home games.