Cowboys fans are still processing what in the world happened for 56 minutes against Houston on Sunday… and still getting over how the final four minutes played out. We’ve got full coverage of the dramatic win, from Dak Prescott’s nearly-perfect game-winning drive to the key role that minor players Bryan Anger and Carlos Watkins played in moments you might have missed. We’re all over Jason Peters doing surprise duty, KaVonate Turpin taking responsibility, and the latest on injuries to Terence Steele and Johnathan Hankins.
Meanwhile, we’ll get you up to speed on the Cowboys’ newest wideout weapon: what T.Y. Hilton brings to the table… and what he expects to collect in return. All that, plus what Mike McCarthy might have just revealed to Jacksonville about how to play Dallas, what Andrew Luck had to say about the Cowboys’ newest receiver, all the postgame analysis of Week 14, and the Cowboys spread holiday cheer- in person, once again- to Metroplex hospitals. That’s all next in News and Notes.
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After Josh Ball struggled at right tackle in place of Terence Steele, the Cowboys asked the nine-time Pro Bowler to do something completely unexpected. “You can’t [prepare for that],” Peters said. “I hadn’t taken any right tackle reps since ’05, so I just went in the game, and I know how to stay in front of people, and that’s what I did.” Peters admits he thought about volunteering to go in at the unfamiliar position, but offensive line coach Joe Philbin beat him to it with marching orders that may have saved the game.
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The 10-year veteran was named to four Pro Bowls with the Indianapolis Colts. Now he’ll step in and look to help the Cowboys wide receiving corps before the regular season is out. Jerry Jones said Sunday that the team has not given up on coming to an agreement with Odell Beckham Jr.
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A big-play machine across his career, Hilton can still get open, but don’t anticipate a ton of YAC anymore. The advanced stats suggest he can be considered a better-than-average field stretcher who tends to do his work a little deeper than the Cowboys’ current receivers. Expect him to nestle into a rotation with Noah Brown and James Washington.
The Cowboys guaranteed T.Y. Hilton $600,000 over the final 4 weeks of the season, counting $800,000 against the cap. He can earn $50,000 for each regular-season game he is on the 46-man roster. In addition to playoff money, he can earn up to $700,000. Money can max out at $1.8m.
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) December 13, 2022
When Andrew Luck retired, he credited new Cowboys WR, then-Colt T.Y. Hilton as why he loved ball.
“I had more fun throwing the football to T.Y. than should be allowed probably..the best football player I’ve ever played with & he’s a better teammate than he is a football player.” pic.twitter.com/t9FdnNbqUU
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) December 12, 2022
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Punter Bryan Anger made a brilliant save on Brett Maher’s 53-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter, wrangling a low snap into position just in time for Maher to connect successfully. As for Turpin, the rookie returner was quick to seek out Mike McCarthy after his muffed punt to accept blame for the turnover. The coach gave him a fist bump and put him back in.
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The undrafted lineman who had cemented himself amid a starting lineup of All-Pros in just his third year will now miss the rest of the regular season and postseason with an ACL tear. Josh Ball came on in relief of Steele, but was replaced by Jason Peters for the game-winning drive.
Cowboys DT Johnathan Hankins has a sprained pectoral muscle that’s considered to be signficant
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) December 12, 2022
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Having just given the Texans the ball 12 feet away from the end zone, the Cowboys quarterback rallied his troops and told them they were still going to pull off an improbable win despite their ugliest game of the season. And they believed him. “I knew we were going to go down there and score,” Ezekiel Elliott said.
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Sunday marked the first time in Prescott’s career that he’s had nine interceptions through his first eight games of a season. Seven of them have come in the last five outings, with two three-interception games. “I thought they played with good vision, and they were on our hip every time the ball was thrown and caught,” Mike McCarthy said of Houston’s defense. “If I was the Jacksonville defensive coordinator, I’d play us [in] a vision defense, based off the last two weeks.”
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