Dallas Cowboys safety Caleb Downs (13) leaves the field with trainers during the fourth quarter against the Arizona Cardinals at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-Imagn Images
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The Dallas Cowboys entered Sunday's Arizona Cardinals showdown without wide receiver George Pickens. Then they rolled without safety Caleb Downs, who left with a concussion before Dallas fell 33-30 in overtime.
Downs walked off with trainers during the second half. He later got ruled out of the game with Dallas up against Arizona.
The rookie safety tallied four tackles with two solo stops before the NFL injury. Dallas and head coach Brian Schottenheimer engaged in a shootout, though, with the NFC West franchise.
Arizona worked in a last second touchdown with under 10 seconds left. Quarterback Gardner Minshew hit wide receiver Michael Wilson with a 13-yard touchdown strike. But the Cards missed the extra point that left the game tied at 30.
Downs walked into the Sunday matchup banged up anyway. Although his pregame injury wasn't head related, but rather a bad ankle. Downs' name showed up on the Wednesday injury report along with Pickens.
The past Ohio State star produced five tackles against the Philadelphia Eagles one week ago. But he did enough to lead the 38-21 road rout of Philly. However, this Cowboys defense looked nothing like the dominating unit from that Monday Night Football beatdown of the Eagles.
Arizona scored 20 points in the fourth quarter alone. Plus erased a 27-17 Dallas lead in the process by turning to Gardner Minshew at quarterback. Minshew tossed two late touchdowns including that red zone score involving Wilson.
Dallas allowed 430 total yards into overtime as Minshew picked apart a secondary without Downs. The Cardinals drove into Dallas territory and crossed the Cowboys' 35-yard line. Chad Ryland booted the walk off field goal from 42 yards out.