The Commanders have a good football team, and they out played us. I think Romo and Garrett got greedy when they chose to throw the ball way too many times in this game. 47 attempts is way too many. If you throw that many passes, you will usually throw multiple picks and lose the game as a general rule. Rodgers and Springs played great games on T.O., and Garrett and Romo ditched the running game and seemed to force the ball to Owens and the passing game in general. That helped cost Dallas this game. Jason Taylor is hurt, and that is going to hurt them. It kind of backfired on Dallas when he was out, because Garrett would have run at him to keep him honest.
Having said this, I really think the Commanders want to beat Dallas more than Dallas wants to beat them, deep down. I think Dallas puts it like this:
1. Giants
2. Eagles
3. Commanders
On the other hand, Dallas is public enemy number one for all three teams. For Dallas, the Giants and Eagles could flip depending on which one they are playing or circumstances.
Having said all this. The Commanders have Dallas' attention now. I look for Dallas to take care of their business during these next four games. They have to be careful with the Bengals. The offense needs to come out and put points up right out of the gate and put them away. I think Arizona will get destroyed. The Rams are terrible and should be destroyed. Tampa Bay will be a huge game, and Dallas better not be looking ahead to the Giants after they come off the road for two games.
After the Giants, Dallas gets a bye before they play Washington. I expect Dallas to come out of the bye week and play one of their very best games in Washington and beat them. Look for the adjustments on both sides of the ball and look for Dallas' defense and special teams to play very well. I expect Barber and Felix Jones to be huge factors. However, if the Commanders come out and play man again, I predict they will pay this time. Romo is 13-3 on the road, and some of T.O.'s best games are on grass and on the road.