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Week 7 · Sunday 4:25 PM ET · AT&T Stadium

DALvsWAS

Cowboys offensevsCommanders defense

Season numbers through Week 22: 17 games for Cowboys, 17 for Commanders. Ranks are out of 32; #1 is the best offense or the stingiest defense.

How it played out · win probability, snap by snapFinal · WAS 22 · DAL 44

The Cowboys won 44–22; their low point was 46% at Q1 7:38. The game turned for good at Q1 6:14: B.Aubrey kicks 60 yards from DAL 35 to WAS 5. L.McCaffrey to WAS 29 for 24 yards (B.Spann-Ford; H.Luepke). PENALTY on WAS-C.Yankoff, Tripping, 13… (50% → 51%). The biggest single swing came at Q1 4:38, 15 points for the Cowboys.

At kickoffDAL 54%DAL by 1.5 on the line
DAL low point46%Q1 7:38 · down 8⁠–⁠7
Swings past 50%6times the favorite changed
Biggest swing15 ptsDAL · Q1 4:38
DAL wins50%WAS wins
Q1Q2Q3Q4

The plays that swung it

  1. 1Q1 4:38DALD.Prescott pass deep middle to C.Lamb for 74 yards, TOUCHDOWN.59% → 74%+15
  2. 2Q2 0:31DALD.Prescott pass deep left to G.Pickens pushed ob at WAS 35 for 44 yards (M.Lattimore).67% → 78%+11
  3. 3Q1 13:15DALD.Prescott pass incomplete deep left to G.Pickens. PENALTY on WAS-M.Lattimore, Defensive Pass Interference, 37 yards, enforced at WAS 39 - No Play.62% → 72%+10
  4. 4Q1 9:31WASJ.Daniels pass deep right to C.Moore pushed ob at DAL 9 for 44 yards (A.Clark) [J.Houston]. Penalty on DAL-D.Wilson, Defensive Holding, declined.42% → 52%+10
  5. 5Q1 11:35WASJ.Williams up the middle tackled in End Zone for -1 yards, SAFETY (D.Payne, J.Martin).31% → 40%+9
  6. ★Q1 6:14DALB.Aubrey kicks 60 yards from DAL 35 to WAS 5. L.McCaffrey to WAS 29 for 24 yards (B.Spann-Ford; H.Luepke). PENALTY on WAS-C.Yankoff, Tripping, 13…turning point50% → 51%+1

Win probability is nflverse's model, which starts from the betting line and updates before every snap with the score, the clock, down, distance, field position and timeouts. A swing is the change in one team's chance across a play, in percentage points. The turning point is the play after which the winner never fell to 50% again.

Box score · every offensive player who touched the ballWeek 7

C.Moore led the Commanders at +3.2 EPA (2 catches for 59). D.Prescott led the Cowboys at +7.4 EPA (21 of 30 for 264).

WAS Commanders

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
J.Daniels69%12/2215612-5.9
M.Mariota31%4/106312-14.1
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Croskey-Merritt49%1346%33-2.5
J.Daniels69%829%351+2.4
C.Jr.13%311%121+1.6
M.Mariota31%27%34+2.7
J.McNichols36%27%22+1.6
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
Z.Ertz67%723%3371-0.2
J.Lane69%619%360+1.7
C.Moore79%516%259+3.2
R.Chosen49%413%436+1.8
J.McNichols36%310%223-8.0
J.Bates43%26%15-0.4
L.McCaffrey54%26%00-5.9
J.Croskey-Merritt49%26%1-1-2.1

Defense V.Miller 0.5 sacks, J.Martin 0.5 sacks

DAL Cowboys

PassingC/AYdsTDINTSkEPA
D.Prescott100%21/3026431+7.2
RushingCarShareYdsTDEPA
J.Williams69%1961%1161+0.3
J.Blue22%723%29-1.8
D.Prescott100%516%7+0.3
ReceivingTgtShareRecYdsTDEPA
C.Lamb78%827%51101+4.1
J.Ferguson66%723%7292+3.2
G.Pickens84%620%482+3.8
J.Williams69%413%12-3.8
J.Tolbert49%27%116+0.4
K.Turpin30%13%117+1.2
H.Luepke16%13%13-1.1
J.Blue22%13%15-0.1

Defense D.Bland 1 INT, J.Clowney 1 sack, K.Jr. 1 sack, S.James 1 sack · Kicking B.Aubrey 3/3 FG (long 61)

Each player's line for this game from nflverse's weekly stats; the percentage beside his name is his share of the offense's snaps. Share is his part of the team's carries or targets in this game. Defense lists sacks and interceptions; kicking lists field goals.

Keys to the game · from the season numbers, not this game alone4 reads
01
Biggest edge

Wideouts feast

Commanders give up 163 yards a game to wide receivers (27th), against a league average of 140. Cowboys' wide receivers produce 212 (1st).

02
Opportunity

Deep middle is open

Commanders are worst against deep middle throws, allowing +1.54 EPA per attempt. Cowboys send 4% of their throws there. That is a small part of their offense so far.

03
Watch out

Checkdowns go nowhere

Commanders give up 33 yards a game to running backs (21st), against a league average of 32. Cowboys' running backs produce 18 (32nd).

04
Wash

Explosive play rate

Call this one even. Cowboys create explosive plays on 9% of snaps (17th). Commanders give them up at 11% (26th).

The series · Commanders and Cowboys since 1999, and this season's records55 meetings

The Cowboys lead the series 39–16 since 1999. They have won the last 3. Sep 20, 2026, at AT&T Stadium: the Cowboys won 37–20. Dak Prescott started at quarterback for the Cowboys and Jayden Daniels for the Commanders; Brian Schottenheimer and Dan Quinn coached.

Commanders at home9–18the Commanders' record
In Dallas7–21the Commanders' record
Most pointsCommanders 41 · Cowboys 562020 · 2021
Biggest winCommanders by 28 · Cowboys by 422005 · 2021

The last 5

2026 · Wk 2WAS 20 at DAL 37
2025 · Wk 17DAL 30 at WAS 23
2025 · Wk 7WAS 22 at DAL 44
2024 · Wk 18WAS 23 at DAL 19
2024 · Wk 12DAL 34 at WAS 26

2025 records

CommandersCowboys
Overall5–127–9–1
Division3–34–2
Conference3–94–7–1
Other conference2–33–2
Home2–64–3–1
Away3–63–6
Last 5LWLLWLLLWL
StreakWon 1Lost 1
Points a game20.9 – 26.527.7 – 30.1

Every meeting since 1999, regular season and playoffs, from nflverse's game list, which starts in 1999; the all-time series goes back further. Franchises that moved count as one team (the Raiders, Chargers and Rams). Home and away are from the Commanders' side. Records are this regular season.

Head to head · DAL offense against WAS defense
StatDAL DAL offFavors DAL · Favors WASWAS WAS def allowsNFL avg
Overall
EPA per play
+0.10#4
+0.14#30+0.01
Success rate
47%#5
48%#2744%
Yards per play
6.1#2
6.1#305.4
Explosive play rate
9%#17
11%#2610%
Passing
Pass EPA per dropback
+0.16#6
+0.20#30+0.01
Sack rate
5%#6
7%#127%
Running
Run EPA per carry
0.00#8
+0.03#28-0.05
Yards per carry
4.6#6
4.7#284.3
Money downs
3rd down conversion
43%#8
42%#2240%
Red zone TD rate
58%#18
67%#3059%
Targets by position
WR yards per game
212#1
163#27140
TE yards per game
48#20
61#2653
TE targets per game
8.1#10
6.7#107.3
RB receiving yards per game
18#32
33#2132
Where the ball goes · EPA per throwDeep is 15+ air yds

Cowboys: EPA per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.577% of throws
+0.774% of throws
+0.827% of throws
Short
+0.1734% of throws
+0.4315% of throws
-0.0432% of throws

Commanders: EPA allowed per throw

Left
Middle
Right
Deep
+0.2443 throws
+1.5415 throws
+0.7941 throws
Short
+0.28168 throws
+0.1479 throws
+0.21193 throws

Green gains more than expected, red loses value. Cells with fewer than 5 throws are grayed out.