Dallas Cowboys trail Washington Commanders entering final quarter of season

The Cowboys are down entering the season’s final quarter.

3rd Quarter

As they deferred to start the game the Cowboys began the second half receiving the ball. They put together a lengthy drive that took up about half of the third quarter, but ultimately they had to settle for another field goal.

Washington took over for the first time in the second half and sent Marcus Mariota out at quarterback for Jayden Daniels. It was noted that this was a non-injury decisions which signaled that Washington was fine living for another day, one to come for them in the playoffs.

Mariota made some pretty quick work and some of it was thanks to a huge gain off of a free play that the Dallas defense gave up. Ultimately he found Zach Ertz for a touchdown to give the Commanders their first lead of the game.

The quarter ended with Dallas threatening after Deuce Vaughn put together his finest work of the season on the drive.

2nd Quarter

Early in the second quarter it looked as if another possession for the Cowboys was going to stall out… it actually did technically.

After Dallas punted away to Washington they benefitted from a muffed punt and receovered it near the redzone.

Ultimately the Cowboys had to settle for another field goal which doubled their lead.

Washington seemed committed to not doing much on offense and punted again. Keep in mind that while they obviously knew they were playoff-bound that they played their starters in this game.

Stop me if you have heard this before… the Cowboys were forced to punt it away. That kind of game.

Finally the Commanders were able to score some points, although they dropped an easy touchdown before doing so. Washington put up a field goal with just under five minutes left in the half that narrowed the gap.

The next Cowboys possession crossed midfield around when the two-minute warning came. Dallas faced a 4th and 1 and decided to go for it with Hunter Luepke, clearly in the name of coming away with points before halftime.

Dallas got down near the goal line and went for it on fourth down in the final seconds of the half. Trey Lance had an amazing bit of scrambling to keep the play alive, but ultimately under threw Rico Dowdle and no points were found.

1st Quarter

The game began with Washington on offense, a matter that Micah Parsons seemed to take personally.

Parsons got after Washington quarterback Jayden Daniels early on and in the process reached double-digit sacks on the season. This marks the fourth straight season in which Micah has had double-digit sacks, making him the fifth player in NFL history to do it. All told the Cowboys stifled Washington and forced a punt.

This set Trey Lance and Co. up to work and they had a bit of success doing it. Trey hooked up with a handful of wideouts early on and the Cowboys were able to put a Brandon Aubrey field goal on the board to take the lead.

Defensively the Cowboys kept form and forced another Washington punt. Unfortunately they got nothing done and punted it right back. But then Washington did the same!

The quarter ended with Dallas holding the ball for the third time and with a lead at their back.

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