A 33-point fourth quarter helped the Cowboys drop a 50-burger on the Colts.
For three weeks, interim coach Jeff Saturday’s decision to go back to Matt Ryan as the starter had been marked by efficient if not explosive football, with the 37-year-old limiting the mistakes he’d made early in the season that cost him the starting job and Frank Reich his job altogether.But the Cowboys defense made Ryan pay on Sunday night.
He also sailed far too many throws, made late decisions and threw three interceptions. The first, a ball that sailed high to Pierce on a slant at the end of the first half and led to a tip-drill pick, turned the game. The second, a late ball behind Kylen Granson that DaRon Bland picked, essentially ended the Colts’ hopes, and then Bland took the ball away from Dulin for a third interception, Ryan’s 13th of the season.
But there were a handful more issues with ball security that were overturned on review, including a fumble by Alec Pierce and a few more missed opportunities. The first pick of Chris Ballard’s tenure as general manager never lived up to the hype he carried coming out of Ohio State.
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