Elliott was inches away from preserving Tolbert out of the tip zone, just a bunch of Steelers have been crushed to the unfastened ball by Prescott by a matter of inches for a restoration that might have determined this recreation.
“I just hit him and I saw the ball out and I knew I couldn't get to it,” stated Roberts. “It is what it is.”
What it's now could be a two-game shedding streak that has adopted the staff's three-game profitable streak, leaving the Steelers at 3-2.
Those weren't the one performs that have been inches away from being made.
On the Steelers' first possession of the sport, Justin Fields overthrew 6-foot-7 in tight finish Darnell Washington in opposition to 6-foot-1 security Malik Hooker down the seam on a play that might have on the very least put the ball contained in the Dallas 10.
“I think I just threw it too hot to be honest,” stated Fields. “He's a big body. 28 was pretty tight in coverage, but he didn't have eyes back. So I probably could have put it lower. The worst thing that would have happened was a DPI or incomplete pass, which it was. So I just have to give him more of a chance on that. I told him that.”
Later within the recreation, Fields missed a wide-open Najee Harris by himself down the sideline on a wheel route that might have gone for a rating if Fields had seen him.
Defensively, Prescott threaded some passes for first downs on third down that have been performs the protection just needed to tip its cap to, none better than a 27-yard throw to CeeDee Lamb alongside the sideline between two defenders on third-and-14.
But the Cowboys made just sufficient performs, yet another, in truth, than the Steelers to achieve the victory.
“I've got to get through the traffic,” stated Elliott. “They ran a man-beater. The man-beater beat the man. I've got to get through the traffic. I cut somebody else, so I took his man, thinking I could get him. I should have gone over the top. You win some, you lose some. You make some plays and you don't.”
The excellent news is that the Steelers have been shut sufficient up to now two weeks to win video games through which they did not play their finest. The dangerous information is that they did not make the performs essential to safe the wins.
• The most disappointing factor was that the Steelers did not do job of doing the issues that led them to their 3-0 begin, most notably taking part in complimentary soccer.
The protection had hassle getting off the sector. The offense had points staying on it.
The Cowboys have been 9 of 15 on third downs. The Steelers have been 3 of 12.
Both groups additionally transformed fourth downs. Dallas did so as soon as, the Steelers did it twice.
Still, whenever you lose possession downs by a two-to-one margin – on this occasion, 10 to five – it should make it laborious to win.
But even with that, very like the loss final week in Indianapolis, this recreation was there for the Steelers to win – in the event that they just made yet another play.
“When you look at this game, there was not a lot of ebbs and flows. It was a little bit of a roller coaster,” stated Steelers defensive sort out Cam Heyward. “We had good plays, bad plays. I think when you look at this game, you're kicking yourself. We had some golden opportunities. But that's why you play a 17-game season. You learn from your mistakes and get back on the horse. Tip your hat to them. They gutted one out, too. It came down to one play. They were on the right side of it.”
