Dallas seeks 10th straight

Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins has already passed for 3,091 yards and 17 touchdowns with seven interceptions. If the Redskins can keep the Cowboys off their running game and make the Cowboys throw the ball, the success of the Redskins defense will be huge. The Clippers resume a six-game trip Friday in Detroit.

STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES – Cowboys seeking first 10-game regular-season winning streak in franchise history, Redskins looking for third straight win at Dallas, which would be longest streak since 1987-89.

COWBOYS Elliott had 21-83-1 rushing in Week 2 win over Redskins. Thursday was a five-point loss that can largely be hung on the defense. Washington is 6-3-1 and very much in the NFC Playoffs race. The next travel to Arizona to play the Cardinals on December 4. He has a 108.6 passer rating through 10 games, the third-best mark in the NFL.

Reed is questionable to return to Thursday’s game at Dallas due to a shoulder injury, John Keim of ESPN.com reports. If they can stay in the lanes and stay in their gaps, they will be able to control the Cowboys running game. Despite that, he isn’t necessarily a deep threat or a guy who is going to single-handedly beat coverage, but he is particularly unsafe on pick plays, routes that carry him across the field that allow him to run away from coverage and gaining yards after the catch. That meant the Redskins got to choose which end of the field they wanted to defend. He has 321 yards in past three games. Elliott leads the National Football League in rushing this season with 1,102 yards on 223 carries, averaging 4.9 yards per carry. “I’m going to play my game”.

“He’s just so composed and well put together”, running back Alfred Morris said. Prescott got first career win at Washington in Week 2. “And you want to live in that moment because your children’s children are going to talk about the game”.

The best game on the slate for Thanksgiving is the matchup of one of the best rivalries in the NFL. A 67-yard pass to DeSean Jackson up the sideline yanked the Redskins back to within five points. Garçon was on his feet with 25 seconds remaining in the half, yet it took Washington until there were 11 seconds to play to call timeout. Cousins went to Vernon Davis for 26 yards. Then on third and four, Cousins found Reed and he made an excellent catch for a first and goal at the three. So far Cousins’ play in 2016 has stabilized somewhere between his mediocre start to 2015 and his fantastic finish. The Redskins were down to one timeout after needing to burn one in the first quarter to avoid a delay-of-game penalty because of substitution confusion.

Both right tackle Morgan Moses and center Spencer Long are respectable starters while left guard Shawn Lauvao is a replacement-level player.

Drive summary: The Cowboys started in good field position after a failed onside kick attempt.

Prescott was 17 of 24 for 195 yards and one touchdown, a toe-tapper to Terrance Williams. It appears as though too many people dismissed the Redskins and Kirk Cousins as a fluke previous year; they are backing up their division title and are a legit threat to repeat as champs should the Cowboys and Giants falter.