Brandon Aubrey has become the NFL's most reliable big-leg kicker. He just connected from 53 yards to cut Houston's lead to 17-10. He's now 20 of 21 from 50-plus yards since joining the Cowboys as a rookie last season.

The score capped a 35-yard Cowboys drive that was cut short when a third-down Cooper Rush pass was batted down at the line of scrimmage. There's 5:55 remaining in the first half.

The Texans settled for a field goal after Joe Mixon's big gain to extend their lead to 17-7 with 9:10 remaining in the second quarter.

Joe Mixon just ripped the Cowboys again, this time for a 37-yard gain deep into Dallas territory on a screen pass. A penalty for a low block on DeMarvion Overshown added 15 yards to the play to put the Texans in the red zone with a chance to extend a 14-7 lead.

The Cowboys are on the board. On the first play of the second quarter, Cooper Rush found KaVonte Turpin running free from the right slot. Turpin corralled the pass and sprinted untouched through the Texans secondary for a 64-yard touchdown. Cowboys cut Texans' lead to 14-7.

More bad news for the Cowboys. Starting tight end Jake Ferguson is in concussion protocol and out for the game. Houston carries a 14-0 lead into the second quarter.

The Dallas defense is overmatched. Joe Mixon just ran for his second touchdown of the night to cap a 10-play, 63-yard drive. The Texans extend their lead to 14-0 and have scored touchdowns on two of their three possessions against a porous Dallas defense that's struggling to contain the run.

Now it's the Texans' turn for an interception. Cooper Rush looked for CeeDee Lamb on third-and-8. Instead he found Texans cornerback Derek Stingley Jr., who picked the ball off to take over possession for Houston at the Dallas 37-yard line.

In two possessions, the Cowboys have now failed at a fake punt and thrown an interception. Houston leads, 7-0 with 5:49 left in the first quarter.

The Texans faced fourth-and-3 at the Dallas 30 after the failed fake punt and opted to go for it instead of kicking a field goal. C.J. Stroud threw an interception to Malik Hooker on a downfield pass, and the Cowboys avoided an early double-digit deficit.

This is a disastrous start for Dallas. The Cowboys faked a punt and completed a pass on fourth down. But Houston's return team was ready, and John Metchie III tackled Dallas' Juanyeh Thomas for a four-yard gain, five yards short of the sticks. A turnover on downs gives the Texans the ball in Cowboys territory while holding a 7-0 lead.

Their first touchdown didn't count, so six plays later, the Texans scored another.

Joe Mixon rumbled for 45 yards and a touchdown to give the Texans an early lead. This was just moments after a penalty negated Nico Collins' would-be 77-yard touchdown on the game's first play from scrimmage. Houston leads, 7-0, and the Dallas defense managed to give up two big-play touchdowns on one possession.

The Texans opened up with a dream start, a 77-yard catch-and-run by Nico Collins on a screen pass for a touchdown in Collins' first game back from a five-game absence. But left tackle Laremy Tunsil was too far downfield and got penalized as an ineligible receiver.

Instead of a 77-yard score, the Texans lost five yards. Brutal penalty.

We're underway. The Texans received the opening kickoff and will start their opening possession from the Houston 23-yard line.

The cringe "Monday Night Football" intro is playing, so that means we're moments from kickoff.

Here's ESPN's Lisa Salters on the roof issues at AT&T Stadium.

One piece of metal fell and another was loose and lodged in the catwalk above the field. Stadium workers secured the piece of metal in the catwalk to ensure that it wouldn't fall during gameplay. The game is moving forward as scheduled with the retractable roof closed:

CeeDee Lamb popped up late during the week on the injury report with back issues but is playing tonight. Here he is running a route and catching a pass in pregame warmups.

Here's a stadium worker clearing debris in the rafters of AT&T Stadium. Per reports, nobody was hurt when a metal chunk from the roof fell to the turf during pregame preparations.

This isn't good. A chunk of metal fell from the roof of the Cowboys' AT&T Stadium when the roof was opened during pregame stadium preparations. The game will move forward as previously scheduled, but the roof will remain closed on a clear night in North Texas with temperatures in the upper 60s.

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Cowboys inactives are in, and CeeDee Lamb will play. The All-Pro wide receiver was questionable leading into the game with a back injury, but appeared to have avoided a setback in warmups and is not among Dallas' inactives.

The Texans' inactives are in. Defensive end Will Anderson Jr, who was ruled out on Saturday, is among them. So is cornerback Kamari Lassiter, who remains sidelined with a concussion.

But Nico Collins is not. Houston's No. 1 receiver returns from a five-game absence with a hamstring injury and will reportedly play with no restrictions.