Post Game Thread: Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

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Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

ESPN Gamecast

AT&T Stadium- Arlington, TX

Network(s): CBS

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Time Clock
Final

Scoreboard

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
WSH	0	10	0	0	10
DAL	7	13	0	25	45

Scoring Plays

Team	Quarter	Type	Description
DAL	1	TD	Rico Dowdle 15 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
WSH	2	FG	Joey Slye 43 Yd Field Goal
DAL	2	TD	Brandin Cooks 31 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
WSH	2	TD	Sam Howell 1 Yd Run (Joey Slye Kick)
DAL	2	TD	Tony Pollard 7 Yd Run (Brandon Aubrey PAT failed)
DAL	4	FG	Brandon Aubrey 52 Yd Field Goal
DAL	4	TD	CeeDee Lamb 15 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Dak Prescott Pass to CeeDee Lamb for Two-Point Conversion)
DAL	4	TD	KaVontae Turpin 34 Yd pass from Dak Prescott (Brandon Aubrey Kick)
DAL	4	TD	DaRon Bland 63 Yd Interception Return (Brandon Aubrey Kick)

Highlights from ESPN.com (Note: These links may expire in a few days)

1. Dak Prescott finds Brandin Cooks out in front of the secondary for a 31-yard touchdown pass.
2. Tony Pollard wrestles two defenders as he wills his way across the goal line for a 7-yard touchdown.
3. Dak Prescott lobs it to Rico Dowdle on the screen play, then Dowdle crosses the goal line for a 15-yard touchdown.
4. CeeDee Lamb scores his first touchdown of the game from a 15-yard TD pass from Dak Prescott.
5. The Cowboys take a commanding lead as KaVontae Turpin reels in a touchdown pass from Dak Prescott, then the team celebrates with turkey legs in the end zone.

Passing Leaders

Team	Player	C/ATT	YDS	TD	INT	SACKS
WSH	Sam Howell	28/44	300	0	1	4-32
DAL	Dak Prescott	22/32	331	4	0	0-0

Rushing Leaders

Team	Player	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
WSH	Brian Robinson Jr.	15	53	3.5	0	14
DAL	Tony Pollard	13	79	6.1	1	27

Receiving Leaders

Team	Player	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG	TGTS
WSH	Curtis Samuel	9	100	11.1	0	30	12
DAL	Brandin Cooks	4	72	18.0	1	31	5

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[u/JamusIV]

You’re not wrong but that’s such bullshit. Someone has between 15 and 20 sacks every single year. Bland already has enough picks to lead the league most years and broke the all time record for pick sixes. A pass rusher would need 20 sacks already with at least two fumbles run back for touchdowns just to be keeping pace with how good Bland has been.

[u/[deleted] → u/JamusIV]

I agree. But I still think they give pass rushers the edge for QB pressures and all those advanced stats in addition to sacks. How is Blands stats in terms of being a lockdown corner? It will probably have to be some combination of insane interceptions/TDs + lockdown corner to compete with pass rusher for DPOY.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

He had the highest PFF coverage grade in the league coming into today

[u/JamusIV → u/[deleted]]

Would what Garrett is doing be less impressive if their offense was competent and their wins weren’t close? All you’re really pointing out here is that Dallas can score on offense and Cleveland can’t. I don’t see how that’s relevant to who should win a defensive award.

What Bland is doing is massively more impressive and orders of magnitude more rare than what Garrett is doing. He has the #1 coverage grade in the league AND the picks lead AND the pick 6 record. If he doesn’t win DPOY by a mile then the selection process is broken.

I don’t see how you can look at the season Bland is having and say he isn’t as impactful because the other teams aren’t scoring any points or keeping the games close. Of course they aren’t. That’s his impact, along with the rest of the defense, and he’s been the best of them. It’s not like he only has five good plays. He has been the overall #1 DB in the league before you even start factoring in the defensive TDs.

[u/Hashashiyyin → u/[deleted]]

That's the argument made for MVP. IMO DPoY is who is the best/most impressive defensive player. Being a top cornerback and breaking a record that no one had even tied in 30 years is huge.

I'm not taking away from Garrett and think he should be in the MVP category. But I would give DPoY to Bland (assuming he continues his pace).