After the Saints game Michael Irvin was talking about how important confidence is to a football team. We'll have to see what happens between Vegas and Washington Sunday but right now the WFT is playing with a lot of confidence. It starts with their QB who is cocky on the field and pesky. If the WFT beat the Raiders Sunday, they will be playing on a real high when they face Dallas. I imagine they will be more fired up than any team Dallas has faced this year. The crowd in Washington will be loud and obnoxious. As others have said, Washington does not have the talent of the Cowboys and they are banged up in a few places. But, they get a lot out of the few talented players they have. And they are playing their best football right now. If Washington beats the Raiders, Dallas will be running into a beehive the following week.
The QB reminds me of Romo, with more footspeed. He has the ability to escape of Romo, but enough speed to get away from blitzing LBs, except Parsons. He is also an accurate thrower who seems to see the field really well despite his lack of height.
I think Washington will try to run the ball against Dallas, inside the DEs, but they run block really well on sweeps too. Then they will use play action to make some chunk plays. The Washington offensive line is playing better than the Cowboys OL right now.
We'll have to see who plays for Washington, but Landon Collins is playing like an all pro, but he is out this week. If he is out against Dallas it certainly opens things up for Dallas. And of course the WFT has those two DTs going against our weak interior OL. It is going to be a challenge for the offense but other teams have scored a lot of points against Washington Dallas's offense needs to wake up.
If the WFT loses to the Raiders, who may be missing a lot of their starters including Waller, then the Cowboys have a little more breathing room. If they bring their A game to Washington they win by 20 points. If they come in flat like they have been playing lately, then all bets are off. Hopefully Gregory is back because Lawrence, Gregory and Parsons will create havoc for any offense.