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The Cowboys’ defense gets the job done with the team concept that began in Kansas City.
The Cowboys still have to prove they can win down the stretch, and this year’s team just might do it.
Clutch plays in the fourth quarter by the defense and a big pass to Miles Austin lift the hot Cowboys.
The Cowboys spent all off-season trying to get over the no-show performance in the 44-6 loss at Philadelphia to end 2008. They opened the game looking like a team bent on atonement.
Miles Austin and Roy Williams
Arriving at the grand structure for the first time, Bob Lilly peered through his car windshield and said to himself: "Gosh. Looks like half-automobile, half-spaceship."
Cowboys take the lead in NFC East.
Cowboys record now 5-2.
The Cowboys soundly defeated the visiting Atlanta Falcons on Sunday at Cowboys Stadium.