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The Dallas Cowboys face the Washington Commanders in the last regular-season game of the year with a host of playoff scenarios still available.

Hilton (one and five targets) have all been in and out of the passing game. Spread the ball around: The only critique of the second-best offense in the league, points-wise (28.8 per game), has been the reliance on CeeDee Lamb. If the Cowboys harbor any hopes of a deep playoff run, the turnover rate needs to be reeled in. While the receiver has stepped up and then some over the last month, heading into the postseason, better teams will try to block Lamb from all of these targets. The Cowboys' offense has committed multiple turnovers in three of their last four games. Against a Washington defense resting several key starters, Prescott has the chance to keep Commanders coordinator Jack Del Rio's unit on the field for prolonged periods. Prescott even said so himself earlier in the week. Against the Tennessee Titans last Thursday, Joshua Dobbs was under pressure for most of the night (two sacks, seven quarterback hits, and a forced fumble). Currently averaging 3.2 sacks per game (third best in the NFL), defensive coordinator Dan Quinn's gang will be dialing up the pressure on Howell. In addition to shuffling to the active group today ... Maintain incredible third-down conversion rate: This is the most significant turnaround since Prescott returned. That could be a shortcut to success.

Rookie quarterback Sam Howell is scheduled to make his NFL debut when the Washington Commanders (7-8-1) take on the Dallas Cowboys (12-4).

Dallas isn't resting in their regular season finale; they are close to full strength while the Commanders have all but waved the white flag.

It's the final game of the season for the Washington Commanders as they host the Dallas Cowboys this afternoon at FedEx Field. The Commanders will give the ...

[Washington Commanders](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/washington-football)? No. 8 RB Brian Robinson Jr.](https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/washington-commanders-dallas-cowboys-injury-update-practice-report-jonathan-allen-brian-robinson-antonio-gibson-kamren-curl-benjamin-st-juste) [Commanders inactives](https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/dallas-cowboys-vs-washington-commanders-inactives-brian-robinson-jr) ...

If the Cowboys beat the Commanders and the Philadelphia Eagles (13-3) lose to the New York Giants, Dallas would win the NFC East and open the playoffs at home.

WAS 2nd possession: Starts at WAS 38. WAS 4th possession: Starts at WAS 33. Seven plays later, Cowboys fumble the punt and it is recovered by Commanders at DAL 20. WAS 4th possession continues at DAL 8: Commanders waste another opportunity. Slye’s extra point gives Commanders a 7-0 lead with 11:08 left in the quarter. Kovantae Turpin muffs the punt and it is recovered by Commanders at DAL 15. WAS 14th possession: Start sat DAL 45. Commanders hold their 7-0 lead with 6:35 left in the quarter. DAL 7th possession starts at 23: Cowboys put together their best drive of the half, going 14 plays for 77 yards and scoring on a 15-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb with 6 seconds left in the half. Commanders remain ahead 13-0 with 7:32 left in the half. Drive ends on a Sam Howell 9-yard touchdown run Joey Slye kicks the point to extend Commanders lead to 20-6 with 1:49 left in the quarter. Dallas moves the ball to WAS 45 where they go for it on 4th-and-1.

Dak Prescott off, running game stuffed in regular-season finale that bodes ominous for Wild Card Playoff game.

Finale Flop - In an essentially meaningless game, the Cowboys didn't need to look like a team that had won five Super Bowls. In their last 59 hand-offs, the Cowboys have gained only 151 yards - and that includes about 19 in garbage time Sunday and a 23-yard run by Malik Davis against Tennessee. They averaged only 2.7 yards per rush in a sluggish win over the Titans last week and another alarming 2.4 against the Commanders. Last time the Cowboys beat a quarterback who'll be playing in the postseason: the Giants' Daniel Jones on Thanksgiving. But neither did they want to look like The Three Stooges. He threw a Pick Six to cornerback Kendall Fuller (one play after almost throwing a Pick Six to Kendall Fuller). The Parsons Problem - Micah Parsons in his first 11 games: 12 sacks. He threw an interception in his seventh consecutive game, the most by a Cowboy since Vinny Testaverde in 2004. But against the Commanders' JV - which missed two field goals and an extra point and threw an end-zone interception - it was only 13-6 after Dak Prescott squeezed a touchdown to CeeDee Lamb in the final seconds of the second quarter. Since that game the Cowboys are 5-2 but have looked anything close to super. Too early to draft an obit, but did the Cowboys peak before Thanksgiving? Fickle Football - The Philadelphia Eagles' victory over the unmotivated Giants continued one of the most remarkable streaks in the history of the NFL: 18 consecutive different champions in the NFC East.

Hoping to go into the playoffs with some momentum, the Cowboys instead struggle offensively in a disappointing 26-6 loss to the Commanders.

When Slye then added another 22-yarder shortly thereafter to up the lead to 20, the day was over for Prescott and several of the other starters. The Dallas defense held the line, but this time Slye was good on his 29-yard field goal to tack on another three points. That's when the Commanders proceeded to go on a six-play, 59-yard drive to the end zone. After Washington cornerback Kendall Fuller nearly picked off a Prescott pass on second down, he stepped in front of a nearly identical throw intended for Noah Brown on third down and returned the interception 29 yards untouched for the touchdown. Howell's first career pass was a short dump-off to Terry McLaurin, the speedy receiver racing to the goal line for the 16-yard touchdown and an early 7-0 lead. Wanting to go into the playoffs with some momentum, instead the Dallas Cowboys stumbled across the finish line in a disappointing 26-6 loss to the Washington Commanders.

Rookie quarterback Sam Howell was thrust onto the field to face a team still fighting for the NFC East title and playoff seeding ... while having never taken a ...

[Washington Commanders](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/washington-football)? and the stat line reflects exactly that. With pressure at his feet for much of the night and most passing windows being highly contested, Prescott flat-out looked uncomfortable ... Star running backs Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard combined for just 29 yards on 15 carries, illustrating the total control of Washington's front seven. Howell wasn't far behind, taking five carries for 35 yards and a score while contributing on both designed and off-script plays. [Check out the Si.com team page here](https://www.si.com/nfl/team/washington-football) [Click Here](https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/). He wasn't sacked after halftime and threw a stellar deep ball to receiver Terry McLaurin for a 52-yard gain. and Antonio Gibson. while having never taken a professional snap - and by all accounts, he did his job. The Cowboys entered Sunday ranked No. [Washington Commanders](https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/washington-commanders-redskins-legend-sonny-jurgensen-jersey-retired-halftime-dallas-cowboys)' up-and-down season came to a close Sunday inside FedEx Field with [a 26-6 win over the Dallas Cowboys](https://www.si.com/nfl/commanders/news/washington-commanders-end-season-on-right-foot-beat-dallas-cowboys-in-finale-nfl-game-recap).

Tampa Bay's playoff game in the opening round will be a rematch with the Dallas Cowboys, a team they beat 19-3 to start the season…The game will be played ...

The Cowboys also had the NFL's seventh-ranked scoring defense through Week 17 and a Defensive Player of the Year candidate in do-it-all linebacker Micah Parsons. Parsons, who had both of the Cowboys' sacks of Tom Brady in Week One, was tied for fifth in the NFL with 13.0 sacks through 17 weeks and had forced three fumbles and recovered three more. The Cowboys scored 28.8 points per game through the first 17 weeks of 2022, which ranked second in the NFL, and they also ranked third in third down conversions (47.4%) and second in red zone touchdown efficiency (70.9%). History repeated itself in 1982, when the NFL held a "Super Bowl Tournament" following a season that was shortened to nine games by a players' strike. The Buccaneers have won their last two games against the Cowboys, also opening the 2021 season with a prime-time win in the NFL's annual Kickoff Game. The Philadelphia Eagles then clinched the NFC East, and the lone opening-week bye in the conference, with a victory over the New Orleans Saints.

After a bad loss in their regular season finale, the Dallas Cowboys head into the playoffs as the No. 5 seed for a wild-card showdown with Tom Brady and the ...

[Dallas Cowboys Coverage on FOX 4](https://www.fox4news.com/tag/nfl/cowboys) 5 seed for a wild-card showdown with Tom Brady and the Buccaneers. 5 seed](https://www.fox4news.com/sports/cowboys-playoff-scenarios)

The Cowboys and Buccaneers met earlier this season, kicking off the season in Week 1. The Bucs were victorious in that meeting 19-3, though a lot has changed ...

The Bucs secured the No. The Cowboys secured the No. The Cowboys and Buccaneers met earlier this season, kicking off the season in Week 1.

The Cowboys came full circle, finishing off the regular season the way they started it … and not in a good way.

They were as flat as the drive from Kansas to Nebraska and got bounced by the 49ers the next week. Dak threw five touchdowns and the Cowboys cruised into the playoffs with a 12-5 record. Are you one who can't get over the fact that the Cowboys have never defeated Tom Brady? And it looked like the Cowboys lost it early in the week, probably listening way too much to what Washington was doing and who they were starting at quarterback and what players were injured and all that. Heck, he had 37 "passes" in the game and only could complete 14 to his own team. And sure, it wouldn't have mattered because the Eagles took care of business and beat the Giants, who didn't play many of their starters.

"That was as thorough a butt-kicking as we've had this year," Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said Sunday following his team's 26-6 defeat to end the regular ...

Prescott's 15 interceptions tied Houston's [Davis Mills](https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4242546/davis-mills) for the most in the NFL, despite the fact Prescott missed five games following thumb surgery. "Not to use the language, but simple as that." But Dallas had a performance against the Commanders that was downright awful. 1 seed in the NFC with a win over Washington. "There's no doubt in my mind that as a team, not just individually, but as a team we can come back and take this nightmare -- whatever you want to call it -- and turn it into a plus," Jones said. The Cowboys' previous worst loss of the season was a 19-3 defeat in Week 1 against the Buccaneers.

The offensive struggles against the Commanders, started with the reshuffled offensive line.

"We just couldn't get going consistently," said McGovern, who suffered badly from the flu on Friday and Saturday, claiming to have lost nine pounds but played through the symptoms. Unreal, that's a 37.8 completion percentage for a guy completing 69 percent of his passes this year and an average gain per attempt of an anemic 3.5 yards, less than half his season average of 7.7 yards. 8, and this was the absolute worst on offense, the scariest part knowing they now are the fifth seed in the NFC playoffs and heading to Tampa Bay to take on the Buccaneers and Tom Brady in the first round. "But I have a lot of confidence in our guys." A scroungy 182, something certainly the Cowboys have totaled in a quarter let alone all four, for sure the fewest they have gained over the past 34 games and half their per-game average. And 40-year-old backup Jason Peters to left tackle. Start with losing one of their best, if not the best run-blocking lineman, Terence Steele, against Houston five games ago. And here seemed to be the reason for this four-quarter power outage: That's 2.4 a carry. Left tackle Tyler Smith to guard. Left guard Connor McGovern to center. "Not very good at all," Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy blatantly said.

The Cowboys fell short in their attempt to secure another NFC East title and possibly more in Week 18 — entering the playoffs as the fifth seed with a ...

To steal away the top seat in the division, the Cowboys needed a victory against the Commanders and a loss by the Eagles. Brady has long had Dallas under his thumb, giving Dak Prescott and the Cowboys defense more than enough motivation to finally end his reign over them. 5 seed in the NFC, set to face off against the winners of the NFC South: Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

The postseason has arrived as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) enter the week with a Wild Card matchup against the Dallas Cowboys (12-5) on the table.

Less than two weeks ago, Brady threw for 432 yards and three touchdowns in a must-win game for the franchise. Pollard actually led the team with 193 rushes for 1,007 yards and nine touchdowns. Dallas sports one of the top offenses in the league, scoring 27.5 points per game.

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Dak Prescott completed just 14 of his 37 passes for 128 yards, threw another interception that was returned for a touchdown and the Dallas Cowboys laid an ...

Eliminated from playoff contention last week after Carson Wentz threw three interceptions in a loss to Cleveland, the Commanders (8-8-1) ended a four-game winless stretch and avoided a third consecutive losing season in as many years with Ron Rivera coaching and in charge of football operations. The fifth-round pick out of North Carolina became the first Washington rookie QB to throw and run for a TD in a game since Robert Griffin III in 2012. Despite playing their starters with coach Mike McCarthy pledging they were playing to win, the Cowboys limped into the playoffs and a wild-card showdown at Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers next weekend with Prescott on a career-long seven-game interception streak.

The Dallas Cowboys (12-5) visit the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (8-9) Monday for an NFC Wild Card matchup at Raymond James Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8:15 p.m. ET ...

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Dallas' only points came via a 15-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb with 6 seconds to go in the first half. Washington scored the first 13 ...

And it would be a disappointing end to their season if they're unable to go on the road and beat the Buccaneers in this upcoming Wild-Card Round matchup. Turpin is a Pro Bowler and Maher and Anger have been solid for much of the season, so this may have just been a bad day. The other two resulted in a turnover on downs and the clock running out at the end of the game. Perhaps things could have gone differently for the Cowboys on Sunday if their first possession hadn't ended with a crucial mistake on special teams. After all, Dallas lost 19-3 to Tampa Bay at home in its season opener. So there's quite a bit to correct before Dallas takes the field for the postseason. Outside of that possession, the Cowboys offense didn't have much success at all on Sunday. That wasn't the Cowboys' only special teams miscue, though. Dallas was flat for much of Sunday evening in its 26-6 loss to the Washington Commanders at FedEx Field. Dallas' only points came via a 15-yard touchdown pass from Dak Prescott to CeeDee Lamb with 6 seconds to go in the first half. 1 seed in the conference. 5 seed in the NFC.

Mike McCarthy's team embarrassed themselves by playing their worst game of the year with a possible shot at the NFC's No. 1 seed in the regular season finale.

Dak Prescott isn't shying away from his fault in the INTs that have burned the Cowboys this season and, after losing to the Commanders, knows they must stop ...

Dak Prescott isn't shying away from his fault in the INTs that have burned the Cowboys this season and, after losing to the Commanders, knows they must stop — effective immediately The film from Washington won't be burned, but instead dissected and digested fully to try and force another needed episode of resilience from a Cowboys team that hasn't suffered a two-game losing streak at any point in the season. "We've got the right guys in this locker room [that] understand nobody played their best ball, simple as that," Prescott said. ... I've been having to get back up all my life." Turpin later muffed his second punt of the season, the Commanders again recovering in the red zone. Ultimately, a win wouldn't have done anything to improve their playoff seeding (No.