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Despite being 27th in the league in the passing game, the Dallas Cowboys kept saying they were close.

The Cowboys scored on their first two drives for a 14-0 lead against the Bears, including a perfectly thrown pass down the seam to Cee Dee Lamb for a 21-yard touchdown.

After throwing for just 207 yards in his return from a fractured thumb last week against the Detroit Lions, he had 105 in the first quarter. Michael Gallup caught three passes against the Lions. The Cowboys had four third down conversions in their first two drives.

The Cowboys can get around the absence of Elliott by putting Lamb in the back field. He lined up at running back on five of the eight plays before he caught the ball.

The Cowboys took the lead after Jake Ferguson caught a one-yard pass.

.@dak ➡️ @_CeeDeeThree = chef's kiss.

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