‘Texas Coast Attack’ Kills Washington Commanders on Thanksgiving as the Dallas Cowboys report card offers them passing grades.
The Dallas Cowboys, who defeated the Washington Commanders 45-10 at home on Thanksgiving, achieved another heartbreaking victory that propelled them higher in the NFL rankings.
The victory wasn’t as obvious as the score at the end indicates because it was a two-score game up until the fourth quarter. However, Dallas scored 25 straight points to win handily and easily.
We provided the Cowboys with a list of five things they needed to win in order to avoid a shocking loss before the game. What are our grades after the game, then? A hint: it’s a worthwhile read.
At halftime, the Dallas offense was averaging 10.5 yards per play as it was like a hot knife through butter. In total, coach Mike McCarthy’s unit had 431 yards of total offense as they did as they pleased.
Dak didn’t just light up the Commanders’ secondary; he incinerated them and in doing so, his MVP candidacy took another step forward. His TD:INT ratio in the last six games is a dazzling 18:2. And even when we count the awful trio of picks in the loss at the Niners? For the year, Dak’s at 23:6.
2. Defensive line needs to feast: PASS It wasn’t the “smell blood in the water”-type performance from coordinator Dan Quinn’s unit … or maybe we’re asking to much as they managed to grab four sacks and kept Washington to 0 of 3 on fourth down.
Howell was pressured often as, despite his decent passing numbers, it was anything but easy for the young quarterback.
Also, shoutout to DaRon Bland as he broke the NFL record for pick-6s in a season as he got in on the act late on. The defense wasn’t its suffocating best, but did enough – lots of enough – when it needed to.
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