Dallas Cowboys trail New Orleans Saints by double digits after first quarter

The Cowboys are in a hole early on against the New Orleans Saints.

1st Quarter

The Cowboys won the toss and elected to defer which is a mindset that many people agree with generally.

Unfortunately the Saints showed up to AT&T Stadium ready to rock. They marched 80 yards across 7 plays and in just 4:10 for an opening touchdown from Alvin Kamara.

Touchdown @A_kamara6! @Saints march 80 yards on the opening drive vs. Dallas.

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Dallas began to move and was experiencing a fair amount of success. Plenty of different people touched the ball, but then penalties began to happen. Sort of.

There was questionable no call against CeeDee Lamb (as in he was interfered with) and a horrible non-call on what was clearly a facemask against Rico Dowdle. Ultimately the Cowboys settled for a 52-yard field goal which Brandon Aubrey converted. It marked his 13th (out of 13 attempts) since joining the team in 2023.

Derek Carr and the Saints got back to work though… quickly. On the first play of the next drive he fired a dot to Rashid Shaheed for a 70-yard touchdown.

Now that’s a dot from @derekcarrqb

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Dallas got back to work on offense and began putting together a drive and were well past midfield when the period ended.

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