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The Dallas Cowboys cleared a big obstacle thanks to Ezekiel Elliotts hurdle of a defensive back in one of the more impressive and perfectly executed decisions of Week 3.There was also a heads-up play by Packers returner Ty Montgomery and two calls that didnt work out so well: a special teams faux pas by the Colts that ultimately didnt cost them anything but a delayed celebration, and a tweet from the Houston Texans that opened them up to mocking from their fans for celebrating yards over points.Elliott, the Cowboys rookie running back, reverted to his high school state champion hurdling form when he saw Bears safety Chris Prosinski in his way in the fourth quarter of Dallas 31-17 win that snapped an eight-game home losing streak.Right away, Elliott figured hed leap his would-be tackler .Whenever you get a DB in the open field with that much space, hes definitely going to want to cut-tackle, Elliott said. I thought I might have to pull the hurdle out.Elliott picked up 14 yards on the play, helping him finish with 140 yards on 30 carries.Elliotts mother tweeted that her sons hurdling gene comes from mamma!And even though his father, Stacey, played football at Missouri, Elliott agreed that he got his athleticism from his mother, Dawn, who was a track and field star at that school.My mom is the best athlete in the family, Elliott said. Shes the reason I started to hurdle, actually. One year I quit my baseball team and so I had to run track. I was like I might as well try hurdles because my mom did it. I ended up being pretty good.As Prosinski can attest.SHARP PACKERS: Green Bay receiver Davante Adams suggested it was Ty Montgomerys Stanford smarts that helped him make a heads-up play against Detroit.You aint got to be from Stanford to do that, said Montgomery.Indeed, Randall Cobb is from Kentucky. And five years after Cobb pulled off the heads-up play on a kickoff, Montgomery followed suit Sunday. He wheeled around the pylon and stepped out of bounds when he saw an excellent Lions kickoff heading for the end zone.As the ball backed back to the 3, Montgomery reached for the live ball while keeping both feet on the sideline, giving the Packers 37 extra yards.Ingenious, said Mike Pereira, football rules analyst for Fox. That makes it a kickoff out of bounds. Its a loose ball touching a player out of bounds.Cobb pulled off the trick on Dec. 23, 2012, when the Titans kickoff stopped just inside Green Bays 5-yard line.Montgomerys awareness proved crucial. The Packers went 60 yards to score and held on for a 34-27 win.COLTS BLUNDER : Leading 26-22 over San Diego, the Colts ran the clock down to 4 seconds. Chargers coach Mike McCoy chose not to have a punt returner, but to send 11 guys at Pat McAfee, who got off a quick pooch punt.The clock ticked down to zero, but one of the Colts picked up the football, drawing a flag that flummoxed the team and its fans who were already celebrating the Colts first win.What they should have done is surrounded it and waited for the officials to blow the ball dead. Then, pick it up and walk off winners, Pereira said.Instead, the Chargers were awarded an untimed down. But their last gasp didnt go too far, and all it ended up doing was delaying Indys celebration.You dont touch it until they blow it dead, Colts coach Chuck Pagano said in what will surely become a mantra at practice this week.MARKETING MAHEM : The week started with a 27-0 Patriots win over Houston. The Texans and area McDonalds restaurants have a promotion in which they give away six McNuggets with every purchase the day after a game in which the team rushes for 100 yards. 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Norv Turner will mark his 30th year of coaching in the NFL as the offensive co-ordinator, as widely reported for weeks, and George Edwards will be the defensive co-ordinator.WASHINGTON -- Bryce Harper uttered the magic word before Sundays game. The one children are taught to say when they really want something and a word Nationals manager Dusty Baker couldnt resist from his star slugger: Please.Harper hit an RBI double in his return to the lineup, Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start and Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-1 Sunday.Anthony Rendon homered and drove in four runs. Chris Heisey added a solo home run.Harper had missed five straight games with a neck injury. The reigning NL MVP was set to sit out another, too, and wasnt in the original lineup -- the Nationals issued a revised lineup 90 minutes before the scheduled start and Harper was in right field.I was going to give him another day, but he came in and told me he wanted to play, Baker said. I told him no and he told me `Please. How do you tell a grown man (no) that says so politely that he wants to play?So, I put him back in the lineup. He actually sounded like a little kid when he said so and you know Im partial to kids sometimes, he said.Harper doubled in the first inning, finished 1 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, a day after general manager Mike Rizzo said results of an MRI on Harpers neck came back clean.The outfielders take on the talk with Baker sounded more man-to-man.I just walked in there and said I could help the team win today, Harper stated. He said, `OK, no problem.Roark (13-6) allowed one run over seven innings while the Nationals tagged Braves starter Tyrell Jenkins (2-3).Washington took two of three from Atlanta, which closed its three-city, 10-game road trip 5-5.Trea Turner, who came up a double short for the cycle in Saturdays 7-6 win, led off with a two-base hit and scored on Ben Reveres single. Revere took second on a throwing error.Harper lofted a double into the left-field corner and later scored on Rendons sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.It felt good. Get back out there and help the team win, Harper said. Thats the greatest thing.The three first-iinning runs were one more than Jenkins allowed in his previous 18 innings over three starts.dddddddddddd The right-hander gave up seven runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings.Jenkins exited after Rendons homer capped a four-run fifth, which began with a walk to Roark.Obviously I wasnt trying to walk him, Jenkins said. Once that happened it kind of went downhill from there. That cant happen and its something Ive got to work on.Despite temperatures in the high 90s throughout the game, Roark improved to 4-0 with a 1.65 ERA over his last four starts. He has pitched at least seven innings in eight of his last 10 starts.He never complains about the heat. He never complains about anything, Baker said. He just goes out there and pitches and the team responds behind him.Erick Aybar drove in Atlantas lone run. Freddie Freeman had two hits.TABLE SETTERTurner went 2 for 5 for his third straight multihit game in the series. The rookie leadoff hitter finished 8 for 15 including home run, triple and double, scored six runs and stole two bases.ANOTHER TABLE SETTEREnder Inciarte opened the game with a single and added a double. He has reached base in a career-high 25 straight games for the Braves.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) allowed one earned run over five innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday.Nationals: NL batting leader Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth were out of the lineup following Saturday nights win. Werths on-base streak of 42-games is one behind Ryan Zimmermans club record of 43 set in 2009.UP NEXTBraves: Atlanta returns home for a two-game set with Minnesota starting Tuesday. Joel De La Cruz (0-5, 4.09) opens the series against fellow right-hander Ervin Santana (5-9, 3.62).Nationals: Max Scherzer (12-7, 2.80 ERA) starts Monday at Colorado against Jorge De La Rosa (7-7, 5.25 ERA) as Washington opens a nine-game road trip. ' ' '