WATCH: Dak Prescott finds Noah Brown for second touchdown to regain lead over Jaguars
After watching the Jaguars score 21 unanswered in the second half, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott capped a scoring drive with his second touchdown of the game to Noah Brown.
After Prescott threw an interception in the red zone that spurred a wave of momentum from the Jaguars, he took the Cowboys offense down the field on a 13-play drive that took seven minutes off of the clock.
After spinning out of pocket pressure, Prescott found Brown in the left corner of the endzone for a 13-yard touchdown. The Cowboys retook the lead to make it 34-31 with just three minutes remaining.
Noah Brown notched the first two-touchdown game of his six-year career with the fourth-quarter grab on Sunday. He has six catches on eight targets for 49 yards and two touchdowns. On the year, Brown has 40 receptions, 533 yards and three touchdowns.
Prescott is 23 of 29 for 256 yards, three touchdowns and an interception. The Jags also sacked the quarterback three times.
Leighton Vander Esch exits after one series
Coming off of his most productive performance of the season versus the Houston Texans last week, Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch went to the sideline with a neck injury versus the Jacksonville Jaguars. Vander Esch was initially questionable to return after exiting the first drive of the game. After halftime, the team announced he is out for the rest of the game.
After an evaluation in the medical tent on the sideline, the 2018 first-round draft pick went to the locker room for further evaluation. Damone Clark replaced him in the following defensive series.
Last week as the Cowboys trailed, Vander Esch came up with 14 stops, including two tackles for loss. So far on the season, he has 90 tackles with one sack and six tackles for loss. He also forced a fumble versus the Bears in October.
The former Boise State standout has dealt with neck injuries in the past with the Cowboys. He had a procedure in January of 2020 to relieve a nerve issue.
Ezekiel Elliott joins Cowboys great Emmitt Smith with TD streak
After punting on the first offensive series, the Dallas Cowboys drove down the field and capped a scoring drive with a 10-yard touchdown run by Ezekiel Elliott. The former first-round draft pick out of Ohio State notched the touchdown to make it 7-0 Dallas.
With the touchdown run, he became the first Cowboys rusher to have a rushing touchdown in seven consecutive games. The last player wearing the star to do so was legendary running back Emmitt Smith in 1995.
Elliott’s seven-game rushing touchdown streak is also currently the longest among the NFL’s running backs.