How do you give the ball away three times in an NFL game (against only one takeaway) and still come up with a win? While also drawing 11 penalties for 111 yards? It takes something pretty special. In the thrilling, exasperating 29-23 overtime victory by the Dallas Cowboys over the Philadelphia Eagles, they came up with not just one special thing. They had a bunch.
Individual records. Franchise records. Even a league first.
It was a remarkable performance. Let us count the ways.
Amari Cooper’s career game.
He wasn’t worth a first-round pick, they said.
Yep, his best game ever (the three TDs are a record for him, too).