Dak Prescott accounted for five touchdowns as the Dallas Cowboys rolled past Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and won their first road playoff game since the 1992 NFC Championship Game.
at AT&T Stadium amid controversy, as the clock expired after Prescott scrambled to set up the Cowboys for a potential game-winning field goal — igniting a torrent of criticism for Prescott, coach Mike McCarthy and coordinator Kellen Moore for bungling the clock.The usually reliable kicker missed four PAT tries
, making him the first player in NFL history to miss four kicks in a regular-season or postseason game since the league started tracking the statistic in 1932. Meanwhile, the questions will surely persist for Brady, the 45-year-old icon who might have played his last game in a Bucs uniform ... if not the final game of his remarkable, 23-year NFL career.
Brady entered the game as a home underdog for the first time of his career in the playoffs, with the Bucs marking the first team he’s ever taken to the playoffs with a losing record. He left the game in even worse shape as way too many passes got away and too often the protection didn’t hold up. No, there was no dramatic comeback for Brady this time as the Cowboys built an 18-0 halftime lead and despite Tampa Bay’s two fourth-quarter TDs, were never threatened.
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