ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Of all the breakdowns after halftime for the Dallas Cowboys in yet another loss to the Arizona Cardinals, owner Jerry Jones seemed most bothered by his sputtering offense.
Dallas had a chance to survive a fourth-quarter collapse by forcing a punt to start overtime, only to have Dak Prescott and company match the three-and-out by the Cardinals.
Arizona drove to a field goal for the 33-30 victory after Chad Ryland's missed PAT in the final seconds of regulation kept the Cardinals from winning without the extra period.
The Cardinals (3-5), who have had one winning season in the past decade, have beaten Dallas five consecutive times and are 5-0 at AT&T Stadium, the home of the Cowboys that opened in 2009.
“It's an indictment of the whole show,” Jones summarized after a long-winded attempt to explain to himself how the Cowboys lost when they didn't trail until the game was over and had a 14-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Jones wasn't ready to indict coach Brian Schottenheimer, who has just one winning streak in his two seasons — a three-game run last season when Dallas finished 7-9-1.
Now 3-5 and still trying to believe a weak NFC East gives them hope, the Cowboys also face the reality that they have spent exactly one of 25 weeks above .500 under a coach running a team for the first time after the son of 200-game winner Marty Schottenheimer spent 25 years as an NFL assistant.
“None of us are getting it done,” Jones said. “And that should be my concern. So I’m not pointing at Shotty. I’m not pointing to anybody. I haven’t been involved in too many games that we should have won it. We had the opportunities we had to win this game. That is a big snapshot that we want to put above our mirror.”
The beleaguered Dallas defense forced three punts and two turnovers and had a goal-line stand among the first seven Arizona possessions.
Then Tyler Allgeier broke free for a 63-yard touchdown late in the third quarter, and the Cowboys gave up three more TD drives in the fourth quarter. The last covered 80 yards in 63 seconds when the Cardinals didn't have any timeouts.
After Dallas finally did get another stop to start overtime, Javonte Williams ran for 2 yards, Prescott's pass was tipped at the line of scrimmage and the last of a season-high four sacks forced the Cowboys to give the ball right back.
A defense that ranks among the worst in the NFL didn't have another stop in it.
“It’s what we’re about, to go in and win those games, overtime second possession, we nail that field goal,” Jones said. “We've got the best field goal kicker in my view in the country and we've got to get him in a position to do it. We did not do it, and that is a criticism of everybody concerned here.”
Prescott was 19 of 29 for 195 yards, and a running game that was coming off a 204-yard showing in a victory over Philadelphia was limited to a 2.4-yard average.
Williams had a career-high 155 yards on 25 carries against the Eagles. He had 56 yards on 24 carries this week.
“At this point, talk is cheap,” Prescott said. “Telling stories is cheap. We've got to go write on our story. We've put ourselves in this position.”
The heat is turning up on Schottenheimer to get the Cowboys out of this position.
“I believe in our staff,” Schottenheimer said. “I believe our players. I think we played a really good game in Philadelphia. And then we played pretty good first half here. Second half was not very good. So we got to look at the film and learn from it.”
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Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Ceedee Lamb (88) makes a catch as Arizona Cardinals linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. makes the tackle during an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer listens to a question during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Arizona Cardinals, in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott walks off the field after an ovetime loss to the Arizona Cardinals after an NFL football game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Bomb threats targeted dozens of flights across Europe this week following a string of hoaxes that caused flight diversions and forced airlines to scramble to keep passengers safe and air traffic disruptions minimal.
Fake bomb threats are relatively common, but it is unusual to see so many in such a short period. No suspicious items were found and no one has been injured, but the threats raised concerns because they came on the heels of other European disruptions — including attacks on supermarket refrigeration systems and drone incursions.
With unanswered questions hanging over the continent — it was not known whether the threats were linked, who sent them or what they hoped to achieve — security experts were to meet in Brussels next week to discuss measures to deal with the hoaxes.
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The hoaxes have led to plane searches and diversions, and, in some cases, emergency landings and military escorts.
Still, the European air traffic authority insisted that overall, the threats caused minimal disruption to aviation.
Separately, three broadcasters — the Irish national broadcaster RTE, the U.K.-based Sky and NOVA TV, a private broadcaster in Bulgaria — also received security threats on Friday, a possible sign the menace was spreading beyond the skies.
And on Saturday, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said his personal data had been disseminated on the dark web, an encrypted part of the internet, and that he has been exposed to “threats and intimidation.”
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers for the leak.
Tajani, who is also a vice premier in Italy’s government, did not specify what kind of information had been shared, but suggested that the cyberthreat was ongoing. He did not indicate who might be responsible for the cyberattack but reiterated the Italian government’s support for Ukraine.
It remains unclear who is behind the airline threats, which come at a time of increased geopolitical tensions and warnings from authorities that Russia may be ramping up its so-called hybrid threats in Europe — a mix of covert and indirect attacks attributed to Moscow and meant to destabilize European countries.
Authorities haven’t attributed the threats to any group or state actor, and no evidence has emerged linking the hoaxes to a government. An email containing the threat sent Thursday to airport authorities in Rome and reviewed by The Associated Press purported to come from a group describing itself as anti-feminist and claiming it was targeting a “feminist regime.”
Another European airport received a threat with similar wording, but it was unclear if it came from the same sender.
In Amsterdam, meanwhile, the Dutch Marechaussee military police detained a man on Thursday night at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in connection with a threat to a flight that was about to leave for Prague, Marechaussee spokesperson Doron Wallin said Saturday.
It was not clear if the threat was linked to other recent hoaxes. Wallin said the Marechaussee regularly deals with fake bomb threats. The aircraft flew on to Prague later in the evening and the man was released the following day.
Matthew Borie of Osprey Flight Solutions, which advises airlines on flight threats, said he had several hypotheses for the incidents — ranging from a single threat triggering copycat incidents to an individual or a group making multiple threats, and “hybrid warfare” operations by state actors or their supporters.
The focus on Europe means “there could be a Russian angle,” said Borie, the company’s co-founder and chief intelligence officer. “We need to keep in mind, though, that Iranian hybrid warfare is just as active in certain pockets of Europe as well.”
His message for travelers?
“Don’t be alarmed,” he said, noting that national authorities have “coordinated response mechanisms,” including, at times, the deployment of NATO fighter jets to escort such planes.
Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, a senior fellow at the Bruegel think tank in Brussels, said the threats were “stress-testing” how European governments and airport officials respond, and whether their responses were coordinated.
The idea behind the threats “appears to be to sow chaos, uncertainty, about the reliability of air traffic across Europe” and could have “cascading effects” — such as economic damage and costs related to inspection, investigation and the cleaning of aircraft.
Police car seen in front of Sofia's Vasil Levski Airport in Bulgaria, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, as three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, had to make emergency landings because of bomb threats on board. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
FILE - Passengers arriving at the Henri Coanda International Airport pass under a Schengen Information sign, in Otopeni, near Bucharest, Romania, on March 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)
An airplane seen at Sofia's Vasil Levski Airport in Bulgaria, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, as three Ryanair flights bound for Sofia, had to make emergency landings because of bomb threats on board. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
