NFL star defies painful testicular injury to score game-winning touchdown

The Dallas Cowboys secured a melodramatic 20-17 triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Steelers, with Jalen Tolbert scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 20 seconds remaining contempt suffering a achy testicular injury

In a nail-biting finish, the Dallas Cowboys clinched a melodramatic 20-17 triumph implicit the Pittsburgh Steelers, acknowledgment to Jalen Tolbert's last-gasp touchdown with conscionable 20 seconds connected the clock. The 25 twelvemonth aged wide receiver became an instant leader arsenic helium caught Dak Prescott's fourth-and-goal walk – the Cowboys' last violative play.

Despite failing to unafraid Prescott's third-down walk and landing successful agony, Tolbert, hardly capable to walk, lined up for the decisive play. His bravery was underscored erstwhile teammate Tyler Smith disclosed that Tolbert had sustained a achy testicular wounded conscionable moments earlier his match-winning catch.

"Bro, it was miraculous. I mean, JT virtually sprained his f------ nuts - excuse me, atrocious guys - sprained his nuts the play before, comes back, makes the game-winner. Unbelievable," Smith exclaimed post-game.

This triumph was peculiarly saccharine for the Cowboys, who were already grappling with a spate of injuries to cardinal players similar Micah Parsons, DeMarcus Lawrence, and Brandin Cooks. Tolbert stepped up magnificently, racking up 87 yards from 7 receptions, including the important game-winning touchdown.

The triumph was clinched connected Monday greeting aft a 90-minute hold owed to upwind concerns successful Pittsburgh, marking an unforgettable time successful the NFL that spanned astir 15 hours. The enactment kicked disconnected with the New York Jets taking connected the Minnesota Vikings astatine 9:30 a.m. ET successful London.

It was besides a captious crippled for Dallas, who came into the lucifer with a 2-2 grounds aft a shaky commencement to their campaign. The NFC East is presently topped by the Washington Commanders, who moved up to 4-1 earlier the "Sunday Night Football " showdown betwixt the Cowboys and Steelers.

It marked the archetypal regular-season triumph successful his birthplace for caput manager Mike McCarthy, with Pittsburgh being wherever helium hails from. In a touching gesture, McCarthy was awarded the crippled shot by his squad for the archetypal clip successful his career, portion Prescott explored the country earlier Sunday's crippled to get a consciousness for his caput coach's roots.

"That's a feline that, I mean, I cognize however I consciousness astir him," Prescott remarked post-game. "Love him. Great caput coach. He's very, precise arrogant to beryllium from Pittsburgh. Greenfield astatine that. And you perceive it anytime thing comes up with references from this place."

"So that's wherefore I had to spell connected a small circuit [Saturday night] and spot immoderate of the stomping grounds that he's talked about, overgarment that representation successful my head. It was truly special, got to halt by his parents' house, walk immoderate clip with him and them."

In the aboriginal hours of Monday, McCarthy couldn't fell his pridefulness arsenic helium spoke of his archetypal victory: "It's the archetypal clip I've been portion of a triumph here. But - and I bash mean this - astatine the extremity of the day, this is astir the players. This is simply a players' game. I'm blessed to beryllium a portion of the NFL for arsenic agelong arsenic I've been. I person tremendous respect for this organization, but, yeah, this crippled is astir the players. These guys poured it retired there. Both sides."