In their first preseason game, the Miami Dolphins first-team offense struggled to get anything going as they had seven plays and recorded two consecutive three and outs. On Friday, it was the Dolphins defense that struggled to get anything going.
The Dallas Cowboys first and second-string offensive units moved the ball against the Dolphins defense at easy in route to a 41-14 win in their second preseason game. Both quarterbacks Tony Romo and backup Dak Prescott led the Cowboys to five drive in the first half.
Dallas put up 300 total yards and three touchdowns in the first half. The Cowboys offense was clicking so much that they only punted once in the first half.
Alfred Morris finished the night with 85 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill had two scoring tosses to Kenny Stills.
Dallas (1-1) had three holding penalties in the first five plays of an opening drive that stalled. Then Romo completed all three passes, including a pair to trusty tight end Jason Witten, before the scoring run from Morris, who had 13 carries for 85 yards.
Tannehill, who played late into the first half with the Dolphins (1-1) trying to move past a rough opener for the first-team offense last week, had scoring passes of 13 and 3 yards to Stills. Tannehill led another drive inside the 5 that ended on downs and finished 12 of 20 for 162 yards.
“I liked the mentality that he had going into that first half,” Dolphins head coach Adam Gase said. “I liked the fact that the ones wanted to stay in and do another series. That’s what I wanted to see.”
Prescott has two touchdowns passes in each of the two preseason games and is 22 of 27 for 338 yards without an interception after completing his first eight passes following a 10-of-12 showing in his NFL debut against the Los Angeles Rams last week.
