Jacoby Brissett was asked when he knew Marvin Harrison Jr. was going to have a big game Monday night against the Cowboys. The veteran quarterback didn't miss a beat.

"When he put his pads on," Brissett said.

Yes, there was some lamenting postgame from both Brissett and Harrison, given that Harrison only had one second-half reception (although it did give him his career-best seventh catch in the game) and that Harrison was open on the same play Brissett missed him on against the Packers late, a fourth-down throw that could've let the Cardinals run the clock out of the eventual 27-17 win.

But the two clicked, early and often and with back-breaking regularity for the Cowboys. Harrison had 98 yards and a touchdown, noted how the Cardinals were aggressive going to him right away when the Cowboys played him one-on-one, and said "I just have to finish the play" when his teammates make everything work to get the pass in his direction.

"We definitely needed this one," Harrison said, and he was talking about the win, but could have been talking about his own game.

"Once he got off the bus," Brissett said, "I knew he was going to be open."

It wasn't perfect. Brissett said he was "beating myself up" for missing Harrison on the final fourth-and-8. "Same throw as last week to Marv. Same spot." He added they wanted to finish the game on their terms. Calais Campbell took care of that with two sacks.

"We'll get it right," Harrison said.

The Cardinals' offense seems to be getting more and more right every week.

-- One more Brissett note: The veteran had been one of the Cowboys' top free-agent targets in the offseason. They badly wanted him to be Dak Prescott's backup. Instead he came to the Cardinals – and then beat the Cowboys Monday.

-- Welcome to the NFL, Walter Nolen III. He had a tackle-for-loss on his second snap, and on the next-to-last Cowboys drive, batted down a pass and had a sack.

"It was amazing," Nolen said. "For me to have the performance that I did on top of the win, it was surreal."

Campbell called Nolen's debut "incredible." But, the veteran added, "I've got to make sure he doesn't get his head too big."

-- The Cardinals have only won four times on Monday nights – and all have come against the Cowboys.

-- After linebacker Mack Wilson Sr. forced a fumble in the first half, safety Budda Baker corralled the ball – amazingly, the first fumble recovery Baker has had since 2021, and his first takeaway since he had an interception in 2022. Getting his hands on the football, indeed.

-- Brissett has now converted seven third downs of at least 10 yards in the last three games.

-- The return of Garrett Williams in the secondary seemed to change the complexion of the defense. Maybe it was just the bye week work "in the margins," as defensive coordinator Nick Rallis had said, but it doesn't seem a coincidence of the play with Williams in the lineup

-- Harrison was asked about the comments his father, Hall of Fame wideout receiver Marvin Harrison Sr., made to ESPN about his personal frustration how his son was used in the offense. "Everyone has their own opinions," Harrison Jr. said. "He said how he feels, not how I feel."

-- It'll be interesting to see how special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers breaks down the punt block Dallas had for a touchdown. The Cowboys were able to come up the middle as the blocking broke down, but Next Gen Stats also tweeted out that punter Pat O'Donnell took a little longer than average to get the punt off. Gannon said he didn't think that was the cause, however.

-- Talked to Chad Ryland last week about the possibility of a looooong field goal try Monday night and the Cowboys obliged. Brandon Aubrey missed his first field goal of the season on the final play of the first half when he pulled a 68-yard try left. Had he made it, it would've tied the NFL record – which had just been set Sunday by Jacksonville's Cam Little. (Little visits State Farm Stadium later this month.)

-- Pregame had some levity. Former President George W. Bush was on hand to flip the coin before the game. As he came out for the toss, he looked up at the towering Campbell in surprise, shook his hand as the ref's mic picked him up saying "Good God, man!"

-- The Cardinals have scored first in seven of their eight games this season.

-- Trey McBride had a TD catch in his third straight game (remember when that was a thing?). McBride is the first Cardinals tight end to have a TD catch in three straight games since the team moved to Arizona. Rob Awalt was the last one to do it, in 1987 – the year before the move from St. Louis.

-- The last word goes to Brissett. "It's hard to win in the NFL. It's hard when things aren't going your way and the outside noise tells you to drag you other places. It's hard to get in the locker room and put one foot in front of the other. But that's what we preach. One foot in front of the other. When you don't look for the results, the results find themselves."

A good night in Big D. Time to fly home.