The Cardinals snapped their losing streak with a win over the Cowboys in Dallas

ARLINGTON, Texas – It’s over. I finish. finished.

The Arizona Cardinals’ five-game losing streak was snapped in rather impressive fashion with a 27-10 win over the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium on “Monday Night Football.”

It wasn’t pretty in the end and brought back memories from earlier in the season when Arizona gave up games in the fourth quarter.

But Monday’s victory did more than just end the drought. It has created controversy around quarterbacks.

Kyler Murray is the established, current, bona fide starter on a $230.5 million contract, but the Cardinals’ offense has looked better and more efficient, both statistically and to the naked eye, with Jacoby Brissett manning him.

Brissett now has his top three passing games of the season — and he’s made three starts. Arizona’s offense topped 300 yards for the third straight game after hitting the mark just once when Murray started the first five games.

It won’t be an easy choice one way or another, but the Cardinals will face a decision.

Here are the most important things to know from Monday night for both teams:

Most surprising performance: Marvin Harrison Jr. set a career high Monday night with seven catches for 96 yards. He had six receptions three times in his career before Monday. His eight goals in the first half also set a career high. Harrison had 80 yards in the first half, his most in a first half since Week 2 of last season.

Direction to watch: With his touchdown on Monday night, Trey McBride has four touchdowns in three career games in which Brissett has started. He has five touchdown catches in 39 career games with Murray as the starting quarterback.

QB Performance: Brissett got off to another productive start, throwing for 261 yards and two touchdowns without an interception. He has now thrown six touchdowns and one interception in his three starts. — Josh Winfuse

Next match: at Seattle Seahawks (4:05 p.m. ET, CBS)

Dallas Cowboys (3-5-1)

The Cowboys’ 27-17 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Monday doesn’t mean the season is over, but it feels like it.

At 3-5-1, the Cowboys’ path to the playoffs looks slim as they will need help to stay in the NFC East race from Philadelphia (6-2) and help in the wild card chase with tiebreaker losses to Chicago, Carolina and now Arizona.

Defensive issues remained, though there may be a trade — or trades — by Tuesday’s deadline that could help at least a little. Arizona didn’t even need Kyler Murray’s perfect record (9-0) at AT&T Stadium to beat the Cowboys. Backup Jacoby Brissett diced them up. The offense failed to score a touchdown on two possessions and found the end zone only once. An improbable comeback opportunity ended on a Javonte Williams fumble with 4:34 to play.

The worst part? The Cowboys should continue this performance throughout the bye week and into November 17, when they will face the Raiders on another Monday night.

Direction to watch: Although the Cowboys were aggressive at AT&T Stadium, averaging better than 40 points per game entering Monday, the first quarter has not been kind to them this season overall. The Cowboys were held scoreless in the first quarter for the third time, tied for the most in the NFL with the Saints. Dallas’ first drive on Monday was halted after four first downs on the first six plays that took them to Arizona’s 7-yard line, thanks to a scoreless run, a dropped pass and a Dak Prescott sack on fourth down.

Statistics to know: There are many reasons why the Cowboys’ defense is weak. Near the top of the list is their third defenseman. Entering Week 9, the Cowboys had the worst third-down defense, giving up a first down 52.4% of the time. In the first half Monday, the Cardinals converted 7 of 9 third-down opportunities. This is the sixth time in nine games that the Cowboys have allowed at least seven third-down conversions in a game.

turning point: If the Cowboys are going to make things interesting, they should make a stop after Sam Williams’ blocked punt in the end zone was recovered for a touchdown by Marshawn Neyland to cut Arizona’s lead to 10-7. It didn’t happen. The only team in the league that didn’t have at least 74 yards rushing on the season entering the game, it had an 11-play, 74-yard drive that ended on a 1-yard scamper by Jacoby Brissett with 49 seconds remaining in the first half to give the Cardinals a 10-point halftime advantage. The Cowboys are now 1-19 with Dak Prescott as the starter when they trail by 10 or more points at halftime. — Todd Archer

Next match: at Las Vegas Raiders (November 17, 8:15 p.m. ET)