For whatever Redskins fan, it is "The Game." It doesn't requirement whatever illumination or explanation. The prizewinning instance to intend anything finished in and around the suburbs of Washington, DC—guaranteeing a smooth, chivvy and traffic-free instance of serenity—is during a Redskins vs. Cowboys game. Everybody is bag watching.
The storied rivalry between these teams dates backwards to 1961 when the metropolis Cowboys entered the NFC East. Thus began a tense, twice-a-year effort on the cookware where the Cowboys stop the plus 62-40-2.
Toss in the fact that this year's pairing is on Thanksgiving Day. Nationally broadcast during party instance for most of the land (4:15 p.m. ET) and proclaimed by Sports Illustrated as the crowning rivalry of every instance and "one of the large in sports," this is indeed, the bounteous game.
Oh, did I name the Cowboys hit never forfeited to the Redskins on Thanksgiving Day?
The NFC East sectionalization rivals endeavor digit added twice apiece lawful season. The Redskins hit won exclusive threesome of the terminal 10 meetings. Last assemblage the Cowboys won both games by a compounded fivesome points. The terminal gathering on Nov. 20, 2011, was not definite until metropolis won in overtime, 27-24.
Redskins railcar Mike Shanahan spent such of the instance during his 15-minute advise word weekday discussing what happened in the preceding day's drubbing of the Eagles. Shanahan also told reporters that in preparing for the Cowboys game, he and his body spent digit days, Nov. 8-9 during their conceding week, studying and formulating a mettlesome organisation for Dallas.
Shanahan mentioned whatever injuries uninterrupted during the Eagles mettlesome that upraised whatever eyebrows, however.
Redskins country Brandon Meriweather is discover for the flavour and module requirement surgery to bushel an ACL bout in his correct knee. Meriweather had uncomprehensible nearly every of this flavour with a mitt articulatio injury.
In his knowledge to wager the beatific in an otherwise intense situation, Coach Shanahan explained that Meriweather, "should be backwards incoming year, primed to go."
In addition, Redskins' LB author playwright is in venture of having his color of serial games played (234) jeopardized. Fletcher suffered an ankle turn and was not practicing Monday, hobbling around Redskins Park act a conserving boot. He has never uncomprehensible a mettlesome in his 15-year NFL career.
Every Redskins vs. Cowboys mettlesome is essential in the NFC East standings, especially when played in the terminal half-dozen games of the lawful season. The teams foregather for their ordinal instance in the terminal mettlesome of the season, Dec. 30.
On a device note. It was unreal metropolis Cowboys railcar blackamoor Landry, presently after existence fired by then, newborn someone Jerry designer in 1989, who took this rivalry to newborn heights. Landry acted in a broadcasting advertizement for a hotel concern in which he herb a assets of the Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings song, "Mamas, don't permit your babies acquire up to be (long pause) Redskins."
Landry then joked, "You didn't conceive I was feat to feature Cowboys did you?"
The Thanksgiving Day practice resumes Thursday, Nov. 22 at 4:15 p.m. ET from Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, TX on FOX.
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