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Monday 18 SepteMber 2017

Siemian, Broncos crush Elliott, Cowboys 42-17

By Arnie Stapleton The Cowboys began the
AP Pro Football Writer day without their top cor-
DENVER (AP) -- Trevor Si- nerback, Orlando Scan-
emian tied a career high drick, who broke his left
with four touchdown pass- hand last week, and they
es and the Denver Broncos lost rookie Chidobe Awuz-
held Ezekiel Elliott to the ie (hamstring) and Nolan
worst game of his career - Carroll (concussion) in the
8 yards on nine carries - in first half.Denver scored on
a 42-17 blowout of the Dal- its first drive when Siemian
las Cowboys on Sunday in found Sanders for a 10-
a game that included an yard strike , and the Bron-
hour-long lightning delay. cos were driving for an-
Aqib Talib’s 103-yard inter- other score but McManus
ception return for a touch- pushed a 49-yarder wide
down with 53 seconds left right, his second miss in
was the final indignity for three attempts since sign-
the Cowboys (1-1), who ing his contract extension
watched Von Miller end Monday.
a career-long five-game LIGHTNING DELAY: The
sackless streak by dumping game was delayed by
Dak Prescott twice. lightning for 62 minutes in
Elliott, who’s playing while the first quarter. The Cow-
his appeal of a six-game boys were at midfield with
suspension for domes- 33 seconds left in the first
tic violence works its way quarter when the teams
through the courts, came were told to head to their
into the game averag- locker rooms and fans re-
ing 108 yards rushing per treated to the concourses.
game and more than 5 LEARY PLAYS: Ron Leary,
yards a carry in his career. who bolted Dallas for Den-
The star in the backfield ver’s four-year, $35 mil-
on this day was C.J. An- lion deal in the offseason,
derson, who rushed for 118 played against his former
yards and a score and also team after clearing con-
caught a TD pass for the cussion protocol Saturday.
Broncos, whose only big SPLIT ALLEGIANCES: De-
blemish in their fifth straight Marcus Ware was the
2-0 start was the left leg in- honorary alumni captain
jury to tackle Garett Bolles, for the coin toss between
their No. 1 draft pick who Denver Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller (58) sacks Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak the game pitting his for-
got hurt on the opening Prescott (4) after an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 17, 2017, in Denver. mer teams. He said he was
drive of the second half. thrilled to have played for
Two plays after Bolles was ing their first win in Denver Dallas came on a 3-yard the next snap, and Denver both teams but would al-
carted off, Siemian found since 1992 and instead lost drive after DeMarcus Law- capitalized on the 15-yard ways root for Von Miller.
Virgil Green for a 2-yard TD. to the Broncos for the sixth rence’s strip sack of Si- personal foul as Siemian Ware retired in January af-
Chris Harris Jr.’s intercep- straight time. emian after beating right found Anderson open in ter nine years in Dallas and
tion set up Anderson’s 22- Siemian threw scoring tackle Menelik Watson, the flat for a 16-yard score three seasons in Denver
yard touchdown run that strikes of 10 and 6 yards to who also had a tough night that made it 14-7.After because of chronic bad
made it 35-10.The Cow- Emmanuel Sanders as the in Denver’s opening win Sanders’ second score, the problems. He acknowl-
boys pulled to 35-17 on Ja- Broncos built a 21-10 half- against the Chargers. Broncos boldly called a edged he considered
son Witten’s 28-yard catch time lead. Dez Bryant beat Talib for timeout with 1:33 left and coming out of retirement
that was set up by rookie The Cowboys were lucky the score two plays after Dallas, which had no time- when Broncos linebacker
Jourdan Lewis’ intercep- to be that close after a first Maliek Collins scooped up outs remaining, capitalized Shane Ray injured a wrist
tion when the receiver he half in which they man- the loose ball after Law- on it when Dan Bailey tied early in training camp but
was covering slipped. aged just five first downs, rence’s first of two sacks. his career-long field goal decided to stick with his
The Cowboys looked noth- converted one third down Lawrence added a sec- with a 56-yarder to pull the new gig working for the
ing like the team that dom- and were outgained 246 ond sack before halftime, Cowboys to 21-10 with 2 NFL Network.
inated the Giants in their yards to 97. but was whistled for illegally seconds left before half- ‘’I’ve played enough foot-
opener. They were seek- The only touchdown for leaping on a field goal on time. ball,’’ he said.q