Cowboys' Dak Prescott off to fast start with two TDs vs. Bears

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Dallas Cowboys kept saying they felt similar they were adjacent successful the passing game, contempt ranking 27th successful the NFL done 7 games.

Through 2 drives connected Sunday, the Cowboys had 2 touchdowns for a 14-0 pb against the Chicago Bears, including a perfectly thrown Dak Prescott walk down the seam to CeeDee Lamb for a 21-yard score, splitting Bears antiaircraft backs Eddie Jackson and Jaquan Brisker.

After throwing for conscionable 207 yards successful his instrumentality from a fractured close thumb past week against the Detroit Lions, Prescott had 107 yards connected 10-of-11 passing successful the archetypal quarter. After not catching a walk past week vs. the Lions, Michael Gallup had 3 catches. After converting conscionable 3 third-down opportunities vs. the Lions past week, the Cowboys had 4 third-down conversions successful their archetypal 2 drives.

All of this is without Ezekiel Elliott, who is battling a hyperextended close knee. One mode the Cowboys get astir Elliott's absence: putting Lamb successful the backfield. On the 2nd possession, helium lined up astatine moving backmost connected 5 of the 8 plays earlier his touchdown catch.