Lead changes. Fourth-down gambles.
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“[Norman] moved around a little bit today”, Redskins Coach Jay Gruden said. His passer rating was a sterling 103.8. He can be very effective throwing the ball from the pocket, in the dropback game, in the shotgun game, the play-action, run-action game and then the movement game. He’s lucky his two fumbles (one lost) didn’t prove more costly.
Now Washington faces the daunting task of going on the road to play at the New York Giants (2-0) next week, in danger of dropping to last place in the division and three full games out of first place. I felt there’s been enough of that, ‘everything is cool, we’ll figure it out and stay calm, be cool.’ There’s a lot of veterans in this locker room, lot of guys that want to win. That TD made Elliott the first Cowboys rookie running back with touchdown runs in his first two career games, no small feat for a franchise that has featured rookie backs such as Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett. Said the source, “At least he’d play with poise”. On fourth and 1, Cowboys linebacker Justin Durant batted down a pass meant to Pierre Garcon on a slant route to kill the drive.
The Cowboys gear up for a huge week two showdown against the rival Redskins, as both NFC East squads look to avoid 0-2 starts. Dallas had the lead in the game until the Giants managed a touchdown pass in the final seven minutes of play. The Redskins must do something to revive the run game.
As Kirk Cousins goes, so go the Washington Redskins.
Washington chose to use the franchise tag worth almost $20 million on him this season rather than agreeing to a long-term deal, and as Cousins attempts to prove his worth again, he has one touchdown and three interceptions in a pair of losses. Prescott calmly completed 5 of 6 passes on the drive for 56 yards.
Dan Bailey kicked field goals of 22 and 31 yards in the first half.
The drive took only nine plays.
Cousins surpassed 300 yards for the second week in a row, and threw a nice touchdown to Jamison Crowder, but his inaccuracy and staring down receivers in the fourth quarter were the biggest culprits in Washington’s failure to capitalize on plenty of Dallas gifts and a big-time performance from prize CB Josh Norman.
“We’re just sticking ourselves in the foot with a knife”, said Jackson, who had three receptions for 40 yards. The Redskins top receiver was tight end Jordan Reed who had five catches for 70 yards. That might explain why the ball was delivered late when Garcon had immediately won his one-on-one matchup before the Cowboys’ Durant undercut the route.
Dustin Hopkins tacked on a 36-yard field goal to make it 13-10 at halftime.
The Cowboys rookie duo of quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott played well in this game.
Here’s the video of Dak’s first National Football League touchdown on a 6 yard run. He fired one into the end zone right to Cowboys safety Barry Church.
The Redskins gained 424 yards of offense on Sunday.
Cousins finished 28 of 46 for 364 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
The Redskins sometimes had cornerback Josh Norman cover Bryant no matter where Bryant lined up in the Cowboys’ formation.
However, Dallas is putting their hopes of a good season on the shoulders of two offensive rookies. But Cousins badly overthrew the pass.
The Cowboys used the turnover to regain the lead.
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Alfred Morris scored on a 4-yard run with 4:45 left to help the Dallas Cowboys defeat his former team, the Washington Redskins, 27-23 on Sunday.
