Cousins, Redskins top Cowboys 34-23 in playoff tuneup

Before his now-famous “You like that?!” proclamation, Cousins was completing 66.2 percent of his passes for 1,420 yards, six touchdowns and eight interceptions. Despite that, he had a play that was an nearly ideal example of the way the season has gone in Dallas when he fumbled the football just a yard short of the end zone, giving Washington the ball back instead of cutting the lead to two scores.

Despite having nothing on the line, Redskins coach Jay Gruden on Thursday said quarterback Kirk Cousins will get the start against the Cowboys.

With how the season has gone this year, I’m guessing they’ll do no worse than a Top 5 selection as that final game is a home game with the Washington Redskins, as neither team has anything to play for. McFadden had 12 carries for 92 yards to finish the season with 1,089 and become the seventh 1,000-yard rusher in franchise history. “They just came to practice and worked”. He was replaced by backup Colt McCoy late in the second quarter. “He’s playing with lot of confidence now”.

Washington (8-7) is riding a three-game win streak and clinched the NFC East title and a postseason berth by defeating the Philadelphia Eagles last weekend. Now the NFL Odds for the game have the Cowboys favored to pick up the win in the regular season finale.

The game played out the way I thought it might with the Redskins resting some of their starters before half. They have already won the division but it remains to see who the would play in the Wild Card round, it could be Seattle or it could be Minnesota. It makes more sense that Jay Gruden will give several key starters a day off with the playoffs starting next week.

Kirk Cousins hit 12 of 15 passes for 176 yards, with three touchdowns in the first quarter for the Redskins (9-7). “We challenged each other in the locker room and just to go out and really take advantage of the opportunity that we have, which is if we win out, we make the playoffs”. Redskins can win consecutive games at Cowboys for first time since taking three straight from 1987-89…. Throughout the season, a different receiver has stepped up and played well for the Redskins. “It’s an individual record in the stat book, but I think it’s a team record and it reflects on the entire team, offense and coaching staff. That’s a positive thing I want to reflect on”.

“It was flawless”, tight end Jordan Reed said.

Gruden said he’s happy his team is on a “hot streak” right now but added the Redskins know the most important game of the season is still to come.

For the first time since Week 1 against the Miami Dolphins, fourth-year running back Alfred Morris broke the century mark for the Redskins.