By Jon Machota, Matt Schneidman and Jenna West

Sunday night’s game between the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys ended in a 40-40 tie after both teams kicked field goals in overtime.

The Cowboys scored first in OT on a 22-yard field goal by kicker Brandon Aubrey, leaving 4:40 remaining on the clock. On third and 14 at Dallas’ 16-yard line, Packers quarterback Jordan Love threw an incomplete pass to wide receiver Matthew Golden as Cowboys defenders deflected the ball with one second left.

Green Bay had to settle for Brandon McManus’ 34-yard field goal with time expiring, resulting in a tied game. It was a familiar scenario after McManus kicked a 53-yard field goal to tie the game at 37-37 at the end of the fourth quarter and sent it to overtime.

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Love went 31-of-43 with 337 throwing yards and three touchdowns, in addition to three carries and 28 rushing yards.

Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was 31-of-40 while throwing for 319 yards and three touchdowns.

Packers’ defense fails them

The second half and overtime of Sunday night’s game marked the first time this season the Packers’ defense showed consistent leakage. Defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley’s unit entered Week 4 as the top-ranked scoring defense in the NFL, but the group looked like Swiss cheese when all it might’ve needed was to hold Dallas to a field goal in regulation to win the game.

Perhaps most surprising was Green Bay’s inability to generate pressure against Prescott and its sporadic tackling deficiencies. The Packers had also been stout against the run this season, but they allowed 4.5 yards per rush on 26 carries Sunday. — Matt Schneidman, Packers beat writer

So did the Cowboys’

It’s a broken record, but the Cowboys’ defense was again inexcusably bad. If it’s not allowing big plays to wide-open receivers, it’s missed tackles and foolish penalties. The Dallas offense played too well, particularly Prescott, not to come out of this game with a win. And there’s no reason to think the defense will get much better.

The return of DeMarvion Overshown will help, but it’s unlikely he can fix all of the problems. I understand it’s only four games into the season, but next year’s draft needs to be focused on fixing that side of the ball. — Jon Machota, Cowboys beat writer

Another Packers double-digit lead blown

The Packers look far from the Super Bowl contender that beat the Detroit Lions and the Washington Commanders handily in the first two weeks of the season. They have blown double-digit leads in each of the last two weeks — late in the fourth quarter against the Cleveland Browns last Sunday and in the first half against the Cowboys this Sunday.

There will be plenty of soul-searching in Green Bay over the bye week for a team that suddenly looks like a fringe playoff team rather than a front-runner to win the Lombardi Trophy. — Schneidman

Not a big game for Micah Parsons

In his first game against the team that traded him exactly a month from Sunday, Micah Parsons was largely quiet. His box score read two assisted tackles, one solo tackle, three quarterback hits and one sack, as his former team did a great job of neutralizing him. Only in the fourth quarter and then midway through overtime did Parsons visibly affect a play, when his pressure helped force a Prescott incompletion over the middle late in regulation.

Then, his second-down sack stopped Prescott from scrambling for a touchdown in overtime. The latter was a critical play, but Parsons’ influence was minimal, and he didn’t receive the tribute in the form of a victory that he said he wanted. — Schneidman

Dallas limited Parsons

One of the most stunning outcomes Sunday night was Dallas’ offense not allowing Parsons to wreck the game. He was locked in before it started. There was no pregame talk with Cowboys owner Jerry Jones.

Parsons looked ready to have a monster performance against his old team. And why wouldn’t he? Dallas was down two starting offensive linemen and star receiver CeeDee Lamb. It was a smart decision to lean on the run game early to limit some of his impact. Prescott also did a good job of getting the ball out on time. — Machota

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