FINAL: Dallas 25, Buffalo 24 - Miracles do happen, eh?

14:47: Romo can’t find Witten on the third down, and the Cowboys are forced to settle for a field goal yet again, and Folk puts his third three-pointer of the night through, from 37 yards out. Dallas is within a score at 24-16, and there’s at least a couple of possessions left. It is a MUST at this point to keep the Bills from scoring or even having a drive that takes up an extended period of time.

Even if the Cowboys come back to win this one, there are surely going to be several questions and concerns about the performance tonight. Romo has been nowhere near as sharp as he’s been in the first four games. He’s made a number of nice throws in the second half and been mistake-free, but he’s also misfired on a couple of key plays.

11:30: The defense is stepping up when they need to the most, making sure Edwards doesn’t have a chance to throw those short passes, sacking him on consecutive plays to put Buffalo in a third and loooooooooooong. Edwards’ shovel pass to Anthony Thomas doesn’t come close to getting the first down, and it’s punt time.

Brian Moorman’s leg gives Buffalo’s defense some breathing room, as he boots a 52-yarder. Crayton’s return has Dallas 73 yards from the end zone with 11:18 to play.

9:51: Romo’s fifth turnover is the night might be the one that does Dallas in. On a 2nd and 6 from the 46, Romo scrambled for a few yards, but Bills DE Aaron Schobel knocked the ball loose, and Kyle Williams recovered to give the Bills the ball at the Dallas 48. Unless the Cowboys can get a turnover, or push the Bills back again, even if Buffalo goes three and out or gets stopped quickly, the field position likely won’t be too favorable, and neither will the time on the clock.

6:05: And finally, the big play that needed to come does, as Terence Newman picks off Edwards on a 3rd down from the 11, and takes off the other way. Newman makes it to the 25 before Lee Evans knocks the ball away, but Jay Ratliff recovers it at the 17, and Dallas is back in it.

5:38: This is quickly staritng to be reminiscent of yesterday’s Falcons-Titans game. But, this time around, the Cowboys’ mistakes ARE going to cost them the game. Romo went for it all to Owens, but linebacker John DiGiorgio picked off the fifth pass of the night for the Bills, and just that quickly, Dallas’ potentially best chance went out the window.

3:58: The defense quickly forces a three and out, and the offense will have at least one more crack. But, they’re going to have to go 80 yards to have a shot at tying it up, as Moorman’s punt goes into the end zone.

Two-minute warning: Dallas is moving it again, and has it inside Bills territory, facing a 2nd and 2 from the 47 when the game resumes.

0:24: It’s crunch time, folks. Dallas has a first-and-goal at the 4 after a short pass to Barber turned into a 10-yard gain and a first down. Romo’s at 293 yards now, but how many yards he has won’t matter if the Cowboys can’t get these next four and then convert the two-point conversion.

0:20: Touchdown! Romo gets it to Crayton for the score, and it’s 24-22. Now, for the game’s most important play, a two-point attempt to try to tie it at 24. Two yards separate the Cowboys between a tie game and their first loss of the season.

And, it appears as if the latter will happen, as Romo’s pass for Owens is incomplete. I would have considered running it there, but the ground game hasn’t produced much tonight, so I don’t know if they wanted to go that route for the big play.

It’s not over yet! Nick Folk executes the perfect onside kick, and Nate Jones recovers. After an agonizing wait on the play to be reviewed, the play is upheld, and the Cowboys have one final chance to win it, with the ball at the Buffalo 47.

0:02: It all comes down to this, people. After a catch by T.O. was ruled incomplete, Romo completed passes to Marion Barber to Crayton to get Dallas to the 36.

COWBOYS WIN!: Nick Folk calmly drills a 53-yard field goal to apparently win it, and then, as we’ve seen in multiple games this season, the Bills get the timeout called, just before the snap. But, Folk has ice in his veins, and drills it again, with room to spare, and the Cowboys come from behind to score an amazing, miraculous, and strange, strange, strange win to improve to 5-0.

I’ll have full analysis on the game later on, and it won’t be all positive reviews, but I will be analyzing a win for the fifth straight time this season, and in the end, that’s all that matters.