Rams outlast Cowboys, move on to NFC title game Published: Jan 12, 2019 at 03:16 PM Herbie Teope It is often said in order to deter a bully on the block, punch them in the mouth. In Saturday night Mel Blount Jersey 's instance, the bully entering the game was the ' physical run defense. Dallas finished the regular season ranked fifth in the league against the run and came off a wild-card win during which the held the ' top rushing attack to just 73 yards. The decided to take it right to the early and often, and totaled 273 yards rushing and three touchdowns on 48 carries. rushed for 115 yards and a touchdown, while totaled 123 yards and two scores. Gurley and Anderson became the fourth set of teammates to each rush for 100-plus yards over the last 30 postseasons. The simply had no answer for the ' punishing ground game, which flipped the tables on Big D by becoming the new bully on the block. Before Saturday night, the previous high the allowed came in Week 15 when the produced 178 yards rushing and two touchdowns on 39 carries. Teammates with 100+ Rush YardsLast 30 Postseasons Terrell Davis Derek Loville(DEN, 1997 Wild Card Vance McDonald Jersey ) Michael Vick Warrick Dunn(ATL, 2004 Div Rd) Colin Kaepernick Frank Gore(SF, 2012 Div Rd) Todd Gurley C.J. Anderson(LAR, 2018 Div Rd) NFL Research (@NFLResearch) With the running game firing on all cylinders, the ' potent pa sing game took a back seat. Still, quarterback turned in an efficient outing by completing 15 of 28 pa ses for 186 yards, and sealed the game with an 11-yard run. Goff distributed his pa ses among seven receivers, with leading the way with six catches for 69 yards. The offensive line, which deserves all the credit for opening gaping holes in the ground attack, also performed admirably in protecting Goff, who wasn't sacked on the night and was hit just one time. As a team, the totaled an impre sive 459 yards against the league's seventh-best defense. The ' defense, which had been up and down during the regular season, turned in a stout performance against the league's 10th-best rushing offense. Running back , who won the 2018 rushing title with 1,434 yards, found the going very tough and finished with just 47 yards on 20 carries, averaging a paltry 2.4 yards per attempt. On the game, the managed 50 yards on 22 carries, which placed the game squarely in quarterback 's hands. If the defense combined with a devastating rushing duo of Gurley and Anderson can repeat Saturday's performance in the NFC Championship Game, the Coty Sensabaugh Jersey could very well be on the way to Atlanta. Speaking of Prescott, his opportunity to carry his team by himself went by the wayside after the made the ' offense one-dimensional. Sure, Prescott had a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter, but he needed to do more through the air than 266 yards pa sing (56 coming in the fourth quarter) with a touchdown. The were 1 of 10 on third-down attempts, and some of Prescott's throws were off the mark in crucial situations. That said, Prescott and the ' offense will only get better despite the lo s. The addition of wide receiver , who scored on a 29-yard catch-and-run play in the first quarter, and maturation of rookie provides plenty of optimism for 2019. The officials effectively killed a ' drive late in the first half. Down 20-7 and facing a third-and-7 at the ' 36-yard line, Dallas was already in field goal range. Prescott dropped back to pa s and was flushed from the pocket before bumping into offensive tackle , T. J. Watt Jersey who grabbed his quarterback around the waist as outside linebacker Jr. was closing in. A whistle blew and the official ruled Prescott was in the grasp, resulting in an 8-yard sack. There was a big problem, though, as Prescott was clearly in Collins' grasp and not Fowler's. The call drew bewildered looks from the ' sideline and instant criticism on social media. The resulting sack pushed Dallas back 8 yards and out of field goal range, forcing a punt on fourth down. The ' defense, basically the bread and butter of the team the entire 2018 season, picked a bad time to come up small. It wasn't nece sarily that they lost, but more so . Allowing Daimion Stafford Jersey two running backs to top 100 yards rushing was bad enough, but Dallas also allowed the to score on their first four po se sions. On the game, the put points on the board on six of nine po se sions against a unit that finished the regular season ranked sixth in scoring defense (20.2 points allowed per game). OK, the owned the second-highest scoring offense in the league, but Dallas' inability to match the ' physicality was disappointing in the lo s. This article has been reproduced in a new format and may be mi sing content or contain faulty links. Please use the Contact Us link in our site footer to report an i sue.
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