The NFC East leading Washington NFL team is taking on the Dallas Cowboys which is one of the most heated and historic rivalries in all of sports.
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With a chance to take sole possession of first place, Washington flopped instead amid a frantic finish and fell into a three-way tie with the Giants and Eagles at 5-7 while the Cowboys moved just one game back at 4-8. The Redskins had 116 total yards and the Cowboys had 89. They needed an enormous break, from DeSean Jackson’s brainlock on a punt return that he ended up fumbling away at his own 15 with 1:26 left in a tie game, to swing momentum their way. It didn’t work, as not only was Jackson tackled, he fumbled the ball, which was recovered by Jones at the 15-yard line.
“This is the best I ever felt… since I’ve been back playing”, said Bryant, who missed five games with a broken right foot. I’ve got to protect the ball better than that. “I fumbled and I know better than that”, Jackson said.
Washington had won its past five home games, but this loss continued a pattern: The Redskins have not won in consecutive weeks all season. “But I thought that the way our team finished and the resilience we showed, it says a lot about the character of this team”. “And we have not been”.
The Cowboys got their first win of the season in a game not started by injured quarterback Tony Romo. But the win puts the Cowboys just one game back at 4-8. “We’ve given ourselves an opportunity to stay in it. We’ll keep fighting”.
The Cowboys’ Dez Bryant was silenced until the fourth quarter, when his 42-yard catch took Dallas to Washington’s 3.
The Cowboys really had no business being in this game as they had three fumbles committed by the offense, two by McFadden.
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A game that opened with a scoring drought of 23 minutes and 29 seconds and had just 18 collective points scored before the final two-minute warning closed with two touchdowns and a field goal in the final 1:14.
Dallas Cowboys’ tight end Jason Witten became the 12th player in National Football League history to record 1,000 career receptions while doing so midway through the second quarter against the Washington Redskins Monday.
“Well, it didn’t end up the way we wanted it to”, Gruden said about that play, delivering quite an understatement.
Moments later, Darren McFadden scored on a touchdown run, handing the Cowboys a late lead.
Lucky Whitehead’s 46-yard kickoff return helped set up Dan Bailey’s 54-yard field goal to give the Cowboys a 19-16 victory at FedEx Field. “Obviously, this is a huge win for us; we picked up a game-and-a-half in the division”. We battled and we got the W”, said Bryant, later adding, “We’ve got everything to win and everything to lose.
Quarterback Kirk Cousins was 22 of 31 for 219 yards and one touchdown but failed to make too many important third-down throws, with Washington’s nine penalties not helping the cause. Washington responded with a 14-play, 58-yard drive, and Hopkins’ 45-yard field goal on the final play of the half made it 3-3.
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Although Jackson atoned with a 28-yard touchdown reception a minute later, he still owned up to the egregious error on special teams.
