No. 3 — at Dallas Cowboys (Week 12)(Thanksgiving)
Again we come to the Cowboys, this time on the road, though. This game was big before the schedule came out, but the fact that it lands on Thanksgiving, kicking off a brutal road trip for the Redskins makes it that much more imperative. If Washington is able to play a good game and get away with a win, it will set them up with the confidence that they need to carry on to the next two weeks in Pittsburgh and San Francisco. However, if they get the doors blown off, things could start to fall apart. It will also be the only ‘primetime’ game that Washington plays all year, so they’ll want to make it count.