ARLINGTON, TX (WTAQ) – Roster depth threatened to derail the Green Bay Packers season, but late game magic from QB Aaron Rodgers pushed the Pack to a 35-31 win over the Dallas Cowboys on the road.
The Packers struggled to find their footing in the first half.
While Rodgers was able to engineer two TD drives, kicker Mason Crosby missed both extra point attempts.
Dallas QB Dak Prescott ran his offense unchecked by the Green Bay defense and threw for three TDs, two to WR Cole Beasley.
Down 21-12 entering the second half, the Pack buckled down and thundered back to take the lead after a field goal from Crosby and a TD throw from Rodgers to WR Jordy Nelson.
A dropped ball wound up in Green Bay CB Demarious Randall’s hands for a pick-six to put the Packers ahead again later on, but the Cowboys answered with a long TD drive to put the ball in Aaron Rodgers’ hands with just over a minute left.
A field goal would have tied it, but Rodgers brought the Packers down the field and capped the game with a TD to Davante Adams for the win.
Adams was taken out on a stretcher ten days before against the Chicago Bears after a nasty hit by LB Danny Trevathan, but Adams recovered and cleared concussion protocol to play Sunday.
The 4-1 Packers find themselves atop the NFC North after the Detroit Lions lost to the Carolina Panthers to fall to 3-2.
Rodgers & Co. will travel to Minneapolis for their first game with the Minnesota Vikings next Sunday at 12 p.m.
