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ARLINGTON, Texas -- pa sed the first test with his surgically repaired back, and Baltimore's defense and special teams made three more scoring drives from an afterthought. returned a kickoff 108 yards for a score after Romo threw a touchdown pa s in his preseason debut for Dallas, Flacco had a scoring to s and the beat the 37-30 on Saturday night.The (2-0) also got a 26-yard fumble return for a touchdown when from Romo and stayed on his feet while Romo tried to drag him down by his jersey.Romo's final play was a to midway through the first quarter."He looked good," Bryant said. "He wanted to show the world he is '9' and he's a baller."Dallas is 0-2 in the preseason.Baltimore led 14-7 before Flacco took the field for the first time late in the first quarter. He threw a to for a 24-10 lead late in the first half.Romo was expected to take about a dozen snaps in first game since that kept him out of a lo s to Philadelphia in playoffs-or-bust finale last December. That ended up being two po se sions after a botched exchange with running back led to Upshaw's score."My mindset was to pick it up quickly," Upshaw said. "Romo was kind of trying to get out of the way, so I just took advantage and broke through his tackle to score a touchdown."Murray had 25 of his 34 yards rushing and Markus Howard Jersey a 21-yard catch on the next drive, which ended with Bryant leaping over cornerback at the goal line and falling into the end zone.Romo was 4 of 5 for 80 yards, and Bryant had three catches for 59 yards after both skipped the preseason-opening lo s at San Diego, along with several other offensive and defensive starters."Some things came up that were a little different we hadn't seen," Romo said. "We were able to communicate and be on the same page and the receivers, me, the linemen. It just shows we are doing some going things and are further along than you might usually be this early."Thompson answered Romo's touchdown by getting to the left sideline untouched and having only kicker to beat, which he did easily around midfield to put the ahead for good. Thompson also had a 50-yard kickoff return.Flacco had a rougher start than in Baltimore's win over San Francisco in the preseason opener, when he led an 80-yard scoring drive on his only po se sion. But he finished 9 of 14 for 133 yards and is 4-for-4 in getting points with first-year offensive coordinator 's version of the West Coast offense.After a drive to the first of three field goals from er, Flacco's only touchdown drive was kept alive by a roughing-the-pa ser penalty against on a third-down incompletion. The scored two plays later after Flacco's longest pa s of the night - a 38-yard to - and Smith's over-the-shoulder catch in the end zone despite tight coverage from rookie cornerback .Like Flacco, Romo backup wasn't as smooth in his second preseason game. He underthrew just enough to give Baltimore's a chance to break up what otherwise would have been a scoring pa s and finished 10 of 19 for 129 yards with a sack and an interception. played only the second series for Baltimore and had two carries for 21 yards, including an 18-yarder.The gave up 184 yards and 11 first downs with their first team on the field in the first quarter, including Romo's 83-yard scoring drive. But the backups were solid for a team looking for depth on a unit struggling with injuries.Copyright 2014 by The A sociated Pre s Dikembe Mutombo Jersey |
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