Overview
- Tampa Bay earned its first win when undrafted rookie Jalon Daniels completed 19 of 25 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown and Bucky Irving rushed for a career-high 165 yards including a 72-yard run.
- Dallas surrendered 417–419 total yards and allowed 241 rushing yards, a performance that continued a season-long trend of poor defensive play and left the Cowboys still without an interception.
- Availability problems worsened Dallas’s night as cornerback Joey Porter Jr. was ruled out after feeling ill before kickoff and star receiver CeeDee Lamb exited with quadriceps tightness.
- Owner and general manager Jerry Jones called the result 'extraordinarily, extraordinarily disappointing' but said it was premature to fire defensive coordinator Christian Parker while remaining open to using draft capital for impact additions.
- Thursday night’s loss drops Dallas to 2-3 and increases urgency for changes before upcoming road games, with coaches set to review scheme, personnel and depth during the team’s short break.