The Dallas Cowboys and Inexperienced Bay Packers performed the wildest sport of Week 4 on Sunday night time. The 2 groups mixed for 925 yards of offense, 10 touchdowns and one scorigami. That is proper, we bought a scorigami.
Packers kicker Brandon McManus drilled a 34-yard area aim on the ultimate play of extra time to earn a 40-40 tie with the Cowboys. The tie sport marked the 1,093rd distinctive remaining rating in NFL historical past. Not solely was the sport a scorigami, but it surely was additionally the highest-scoring tie within the Tremendous Bowl period, which dates again to 1966. The Cowboys and Packers additionally mixed for the NFL’s first tie since December 2022 when the Washington Commanders and New York Giants resulted in a 20-20 tie.
To get a scorigami, you often want a couple of loopy issues to occur and this sport positively had that. Probably the most weird play got here within the second quarter and it gave the Cowboys two factors. After the Packers bought a landing from Romeo Doubs to go up 13-0, McManus went out to aim a routine additional level, however there was nothing routine about it. The Cowboys ended up blocking the kick after which Markquese Bell picked it up and returned it for 2 factors to make the rating 13-2.
That one play set the stage for the scorigami. Oh, and a wild fourth quarter additionally helped.
There have been a complete of 17 factors scored within the remaining two minutes of motion. With 1:45 left within the sport, Doubs caught a landing move that put the Packers up 34-30. Nevertheless, the Cowboys instantly responded by scoring a landing barely one minute later when George Pickens caught a 28-yard move from Dak Prescott with simply 43 seconds left to offer Dallas a 37-34 lead. That lead did not final lengthy, although, because the Packers drove down and bought a 53-yard area aim from McManus on the ultimate play of regulation to ship the sport to extra time.
This sport marks the fifth time for the reason that begin of the 2022 season that the Cowboys have been concerned in a scorigami. Earlier than Sunday, their most up-to-date one got here in a 47-9 loss to the Detroit Lions again in October 2024. As for the Packers, that is the primary scorigami they have been concerned in for the reason that 2020 season after they beat the Vikings, 43-34.
Total, that is the second scorgami of the 2025 season. The one different that occurred got here on “Sunday Evening Soccer” in Week 1 when the Buffalo Payments beat the Baltimore Ravens, 41-40.
There have been a complete of seven scorigamis throughout the 2024 season, however since they grow to be harder to attain with every new rating that occurs, it will be stunning if we see as many this season, however we’re already on a strong tempo, so it might occur.
