Dallas and Washington both came into this game needing a win to keep any lingering hope of making the playoffs, and in the Cowboys’ case, to end a disastrous slide in performance. Washington would be disappointed as the Cowboys overcame a very slow start offensively to pull away and win by a somewhat surprising 38-14 final score.
Four takeaways including an interception by Anthony Brown to put the icing on the cake late in the game, sacks from Demarcus Lawrence, Taco Charlton, and David Irving, a punt return touchdown, a couple of passing TDs, dominant line play on both sides of the ball, and two rushing scores while the ground game was taking over and eating up clock late - this was the Cowboys football we wanted to see all year.