Regardless of what happens tonight, the Dallas Cowboys will be in last place, however if they pull off the upset and improve to 4-8, they will find themselves just one game behind New York, Philadelphia and Washington. That means the Cowboys could look to take a quarterback high in the draft, though not necessarily in the first round, and also carry a veteran backup such as Cassel next season.
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For the first-place Redskins, it’s about not overlooking the Cowboys despite their 3-8 record, despite the fact that they are playing without quarterback Tony Romo, whose season came to a merciful end on Thanksgiving when he fractured his left collarbone again. With the Giants looking like they’re losing on goal to make Tom Coughlin angry and the Eagles being one of the weirdest teams coached by someone who radiates negative confidence, anything is truly possible. And the Cowboys have been competitive in most of the games they’ve lost.
Washington gets it done at home. The series record to date: 8-8. Have thoughts on how Washington or the Cowboys are performing? It set the tone for how close this series would be.
“Washington’s five consecutive wins at home is the only reliably successful metric either one of these teams have produced this season, so why not trust it?” he writes. Gruden will get the ball to the hot hand Monday night, and either one of these running backs can make a major impact. They are often memorable and usually leave fans talking about them for years.
The NFC East is still a mess, but the Redskins seem to have found a bit of a rhythm, particularly at home.
The locker room in D.C. over the past two Decembers has been bad. “Essentially this game we have the sharps on the Cowboys and the public on the Redskins, and we’ll go into tonight’s game needing the Cowboys for a decent decision”, adds Childs. With a favorable schedule facing them over the last month of the season, the conditions are ripe for Washington to storm their way into the postseason. In Las Vegas, the early money was on Dallas from the get-go, according to CG Technology, which operates sportsbooks at the Venetian, Hard Rock, and Cosmopolitan, among others. Kirk Cousins will once again have to use his weapons to try control the game as he’s been able to do at home.
Jason Witten and Terrance Williams are solid fantasy options along with Bryant and McFadden on Monday night.
The Redskins will be without inside linebacker Perry Riley due to a foot injury.
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A re-broken collar-bone, the same injury that cost Romo eight weeks, and the Cowboys seven losses.
