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It’s always an interesting question when a team’s playoff situation is all but assured. The Dallas Cowboys entered Week 18 with a very slim chance at winning the NFC East, but they did have a chance if they beat Washington in Washington. They’d also need the Philadelphia Eagles to lose their third game in a row, playing against a New York Giants squad that was going to rest almost all of their key guys.
But because there was a chance, head coach Mike McCarthy vowed to play his starters when they took on the already-eliminated Commanders. The Commanders were starting a rookie QB who had yet to take a snap in his career in Sam Howell. What should have been a cake walk win ended up being the worst of all scenarios. Dallas made mistake after mistake and was absolutely handled in all three phases, falling 26-6.