Dak Prescott played the part, routinely passing the eye test as the best player on the field Thursday night when national media attention was on the star the Dallas Cowboys had subtracted just one week earlier.

With no Micah Parsons, the Cowboys still had more than a chance.

They moved the ball with ease and never allowed 2,000-yard rusher Saquon Barkley to get loose or bounce inside runs to the edge. A workmanlike rotation of defensive linemen and stellar coverage from high-paid cornerbacks Trevon Diggs and Daron Bland was borderline great for most of the night, save for one long connection from Jalen Hurts to Jahan Dotson and a few back-breaking scrambles by Hurts. Credit former Bears coach Matt Eberflus, because if the plan (likely) was to not let Barkley or A.J. Brown beat them, it

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