Midway through the second quarter and trailing 7-6, Rush uncorked a deep ball down the field toward receiver Noah Brown. Losers of three in a row, the Commanders have some soul-searching to do. A season-high 11 penalties didn't help either, including an ill-timed intentional grounding penalty by Wentz that killed a Commanders drive and resulted in a punt as well as an illegal contact flag that erased what would have been a Rush interception. The Commanders receiving corps had difficulty separating from the Dallas secondary, leaving their defense in a spot where it needed to hold the Cowboys under 20 for a chance to win. Why the Commanders lostĮverything seems hard right now on both sides of the ball of Washington. The Cowboys are now in the thick of the very early NFC playoff picture at 3-1. Only the most diehard of Cowboys fans could have predicted this team would win every game Prescott has missed this season with a fractured thumb. Outside of linebacker Micah Parsons and defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence each not recording a sack, the defense played about as well as it could have. Diggs is playing the best football of his career, either deflecting or intercepting all three of the passes in his vicinity when he was the intended target's primary defender. Rush either gets the ball out to his intended target quickly or throws the ball away, managing the game the exact way head coach Mike McCarthy and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore have drawn it up.Įven though the Cowboys defense pressured Wentz on just 17.8% of his dropbacks and recorded only two sacks as a team, the Cowboys secondary was glued to the Commanders pass catchers all afternoon, making Wentz work hard on every throw. Rush has yet to throw an interception this season and has been sacked only four times in three starts.
Rush hit Lamb for a touchdown for the second straight game, this week on a wide-open toss for 30 yards after needing to place the ball perfectly in the back corner of the end zone on "Monday Night Football" against the Giants. The quarterback sprinted toward the right sideline, and Gallup remained in line with Rush across the back line of the end zone, hauling in Rush's laser through the Commanders secondary to take a 12-7 lead into the break. Rush and Gallup showcased high-level chemistry on the Cowboys' first touchdown of the day. He got Gallup, playing in his first game since Week 17 against the Arizona Cardinals last season, involved early by targeting the pass catcher on the first Dallas pass play of the game. What Rush did against the Washington Commanders on Sunday is what he has done in each of his four career starts for the Dallas Cowboys: Play steady, controlled football while limiting turnovers and finding his playmakers at the right time. Rookie fifth-round draft pick DaRon Bland, playing his first defensive snaps of the season in Week 4, intercepted Wentz on a third-and-9 deep in Washington territory that set up Maher's final field goal from 29 yards out with just under four minutes left in the game.įor a more detailed breakdown of how this game unfolded, check out our main takeaways. Dallas proceeded to finish the game on a 19-3 run with Gallup's 9-yard receiving touchdown coming just before halftime, and Lamb's 30-yard walk-in receiving touchdown off a smooth double-move extending the lead to 22-10 on the first play of the fourth quarter. He capped a seven-play, 65-yard drive with a perfectly placed over-the-shoulder pass to rookie Jahan Dotson, his fourth receiving touchdown in as many career games. This game started slowly with five punts on the contest's first seven drives, but after the Cowboys took a 6-0 lead following Brett Maher's second of a career-high four made field goals, Carson Wentz (25 of 42, 170 passing yards, one passing touchdowns, and two interceptions), commanded the Washington offense down the field. Cornerback Trevon Diggs (three passes defended and one interception), chipped in as well on the defensive side. The Cowboys have won eight straight games against NFC East teams dating to last season with today's win coming thanks to timely plays by wide receivers CeeDee Lamb (six receptions, 97 receiving yards, and one receiving touchdown) and Michael Gallup in his first game back off of a torn ACL in his left knee (two catches, 24 receiving yards, one touchdown). Rush became the first quarterback in franchise history to win each of his first four career starts after completing 15 of 27 passes for 223 passing yards and two touchdowns. The Cowboys are now one of the hottest teams in the NFL with Cooper Rush as their starting quarterback, winners of three consecutive games, after their 25-10 victory against the Washington Commanders in the comforts of AT&T Stadium.
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