Seahawks vs. Cowboys Thursday Night Football score, highlights, news, inactives, and live updates
Exactly one week ago, on Thanksgiving, the Dallas Cowboys and Seattle Seahawks played, and their games couldn’t been more dissimilar.
Smith’s situation might be improving, though. Following his elbow injury last week, Smith appears to be in much better shape, according to Seahawks manager Pete Carroll.
In front of more than 40 million spectators, Dallas defeated Washington 45–10 while many Americans were gorging on pie, sweet potatoes, and stuffing, cleaning dishes, and eventually collapsing on the couch under a food coma.
On Thanksgiving night, the San Francisco 49ers outclassed and outplayed the Seattle Seahawks. Seattle hosted its first-ever Thanksgiving game, but the Niners defeated them 31–13 to spoil the festivities.
Sadly for the Seahawks, their Week 13 game might resemble Week 12 quite a bit. The Cowboys are 8-3 and playing well, while Seattle quarterback Geno Smith has attempted to get back to his 2022 form but has not been successful.
Football on Thursday night is turning into a shootout. In one of the most thrilling halves of NFL football this season, the Cowboys plus Seahawks combined for 41 scores and 431 yards—all without punts.
At halftime, the Seahawks lead 21–20, and Seattle will receive the kickoff for the second half. Dallas trailed just the first time this season at AT&T Stadium despite outscoring opponents 225-81 at home, including in the first half on Thursday.
It took the Cowboys exactly two minutes and forty seconds to go behind, 7-3. The Seahawks, who had previously fallen down 17–7, rallied for an unlikely touchdown drive to close the half and regain the lead again.
With 1:30 remaining, the Seahawks took possession at their own 25, and the Cowboys gave up three penalties over 39 yards throughout the drive. In the last seconds, Seattle scored three goals, or seemed to score three goals.
The Seahawks took the penalty and gained possession of the ball on the 1-yard line after the replay revealed the ball had touched the ground.
The Cowboys stopped the play with a late timeout, even though they thought they had scored on the following play.
Originally called a 30-yard touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba, DaRon Bland was called for defensive passing interference. Turkey Day afternoon, the Cowboys utterly destroyed the Washington Commanders.
Metcalf caught three passes for 108 yards and two touchdowns, while Smith completed the half 11 of 17 for 173 yards and two touchdowns.
With his quickest score of the NFL season, which came after beating Bland by 73 yards, Metcalf ran to the goal zone at a speed of 22.23 mph.
Lucas and Cross will have to contend with a number of other strong rushers from the Cowboys, aside from Parsons, on Thursday night.
Despite his declining sack total, Lawrence still ranks second on the team with 33 pressures; in rotational reserve duties, Dorance Armstrong Jr. and Sam Williams have accumulated five and four sacks, respectively, this season.
If the Seahawks have cause for hope, it’s because Cross has been playing some of his best football lately. In the last three games, he has given up just four pressures overall, zero sacks, with no quarterback hits.
Additionally, Lucas should be an immediate improvement over Jason Peters or Stone Forsythe, whom have struggled recently without him.
However, both second-year tackles will have a difficult task ahead of them, and the team will need to rely more on running backs and tight ends to protect Geno Smith.