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On their opening drive on Sunday night, the Dallas Cowboys gave the Philadelphia Eagles something better than they could have imagined.

Ten plays, 75 yards, five minutes, and a touchdown throw from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb gave the team a 7-0 lead. 

Five runs, including a 22-yard reverse by wide out KaVontae Turpin to convert one third down and a Prescott sneak (no tush push necessary) on another, gave it the ideal balance. Despite only missing one ball during the drive, Prescott finished it with his 27th touchdown pass of the year by using his feet to buy time, a tactic he has been accustomed to.

Prescott managed to guide Lamb into the end zone on a third and 2 play by spinning out of the pocket, resulting in another successful third-down conversion. This season, the Cowboys have only scored a touchdown on their opening possession of the game three times.

Lamb also managed to tie another No. 88 in the team's history by grabbing a touchdown in his fifth straight game. Dez Bryant was the last Cowboy to accomplish it in 2013.

Before teams went to the locker room, the Cowboys scored their third touchdown in the last minute of the first half to maintain control. Dallas led 24-6 after Prescott hit Michael Gallup for a 1-yard pass.

A disgruntled Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs were left "talking about the refs" for the second straight week, this time because wide receiver Kadarius Toney's offside penalty call on Sunday prevented what could have been an incredible finale against the Buffalo Bills.

A 49-yard touchdown consisting of a cross-field lateral from tight end Travis Kelce to Toney was erased by the penalty. With less than a minute left, the play would have put the Chiefs up. 

Instead, following the penalty, they turned the ball over on downs and fell 20-17, suffering their second consecutive loss.

A receiver is typically alerted prior to receiving an offside penalty, according to Mahomes. Toney was never warned, he claimed.

Mahomes remarked, "I've played for seven years [and] never had an offensive offside called." That's the things we talk about in elementary school. The entire game was played without any warning. Then you hold off on making a call like that until there's just one minute remaining in the game? It's difficult. Stuck for words. It's difficult. It's just the end of another game, and we're complaining about the referees regardless of whether we win or lose. Simply said, it's not what we want for football or the NFL.

As a competitor, your goal should be to practice all week, go out there and attempt to win, and focus on your team and that team to see what happens. You should not be discussing these topics after the game. 

It doesn't concern me whether the following player has a flag or anything else. I want to go play and then watch the outcome to see if I can live with the outcome and what occurs at the end.

After the Bills regained possession of the ball, Mahomes was visibly upset by the ruling and yelled at the officials from the sidelines. He claimed that despite asking three separate officials about the conversation, he never heard back.

Referee Carl Cheffers reported in a pool report that down judge Mike Carr observed Toney lined up offside.

In the end, Cheffers stated, they are accountable for wherever they align. Particularly if they are positioned so far offsides that they are obstructing our view of the ball, no warning is necessary.

If it was even remotely near, we would issue a warning, but this one is beyond that.

The Chiefs coach, Andy Reid, stated that the penalty call was quite embarrassing in the National Football League for that to occur. He also mentioned that neither he nor any of the Chiefs receivers had received any warnings about any of their players being offside.

Following the Chiefs' 27-19 loss to the Green Bay Packers last week, there was discussion about officiating in the locker room due to an apparent pass interference call that was made on a defender covering Kansas City wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling in the closing seconds of the game.

For a guy like Travis to make a play like that—who knows if we win—but Reid stated on Sunday that he understood that fans wanted to see the players on the field decide the outcome of the game, which is why he kept quiet about the flag last week. They chose not to call Marquez. They are people. They commit errors. However, we discuss something every week.

Nevertheless, Mahomes referred to Kelce's play as "a legendary moment."

Only a small number of people in this world would even consider doing it, he remarked. Following a chest injury sustained during the first half of the Minnesota Vikings' 3-0 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders, wide receiver Justin Jefferson will travel back home with the team after visiting a nearby hospital.

After the game, Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell stated that following a hit by Raiders safety Marcus Epps, the team sent Jefferson for additional testing to rule out any significant internal damage. At the conclusion of the game, Jefferson made his way back to Allegiant Field; however, it is currently unknown if he will be prepared to play against the Cincinnati Bengals on Saturday. 

Prior to Greg Joseph's 36-yard field goal with 1:57 left in the game, the Vikings were unable to score, and Jefferson's absence was a significant factor in that. It was the first 3-0 finish in an NFL indoor game since 2007 and had the lowest score total ever.

Nick Mullens, the backup quarterback for the Vikings who took Josh Dobbs' position halfway through the fourth quarter, led the team on their winning drive.

In light of the need to evaluate additional injuries sustained on Sunday, including those to running back Alexander Mattison's ankle and right tackle Brian O'Neill's, O'Connell stated he was not yet prepared to select a starting quarterback.

With 9:54 left in the second quarter, Jefferson was hurt when he leaped to grab a high throw from Dobbs and was struck hard by Epps following a 15-yard reception. Jefferson exited the field right away after grabbing his lower back. He played a total of 13 snaps and caught two receptions on three targets for 27 yards.

He was participating in his first match since missing seven games due to a right hamstring injury sustained in Week 5. On Sunday, he jogged onto the field for the game's second play, but he did not start.

The first four weeks of this season saw Jefferson average an NFL-high 135.8 yards per game, which by Week 15 would have completely destroyed Calvin Johnson's NFL single-season receiving yardage record (1,964). Since sustaining the hamstring injury, Jefferson had only accumulated 571 yards; Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins (1,481 yards) has the best chance of surpassing Johnson's record this year.

Jefferson declared last week that finishing with 1,000 yards was his new season objective. That could be challenging given his most recent injury.

As Jefferson stated last week, it's been challenging to honestly modify those objectives. to have missed seven games this season, especially considering how quickly I was playing prior to the injury. It's a bit difficult to watch Tyreek go bonkers each week and to watch other players in the league accomplish amazing things. It's been difficult because this is the first season I've experienced injury since joining the league.

Zach Wilson, the quarterback for the New York Jets, was benched three times during his career and written off by the public and media as a first-round bust. However, on Sunday, he played exactly as expected for the No. 2 pick in 2021.