2026 · Week 18 · Division

Scheduled

Cowboys

Dallas

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Commanders

Washington

Northwest Stadium · outdoors · grass

Closing spread

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Total

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Model margin

+0.4est.

WAS perspective

Push chance

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Matchup

Where the edges are

Season-long league percentiles for both sides, mirrored. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge.

Cowboysedge mapCommanders
  • +0.142EPA / play-0.008
  • 48.8%Success rate41.3%
  • +0.203EPA / dropback+0.069
  • +0.017EPA / rush-0.148
  • 6.6%Explosive rate6.8%
  • +1.17CPOE+3.27
  • 48.7%Third-down rate31.3%
  • 76.8%Red-zone TD rate64.1%
  • 2.97Points / drive1.86
  • 1.3%Turnover rate0.5%

Bar length is league percentile, already oriented so longer is better. The saturated side of a lopsided row holds the edge; rows within ~12 points are washed as even.

The rivalry

DAL lead 39–16 since 1999

DAL have won 3 straight. Meetings average 44.6 points. WAS are 23-32 ATS in the series.

Previous meetings
SeasonMatchupScoreWinner
2026 · W2WAS @ DAL20–37DAL
2025 · W17DAL @ WAS30–23DAL
2025 · W7WAS @ DAL22–44DAL
2024 · W18WAS @ DAL23–19WAS
2024 · W12DAL @ WAS34–26DAL
2023 · W18DAL @ WAS38–10DAL
2023 · W12WAS @ DAL10–45DAL
2022 · W18DAL @ WAS6–26WAS

Model

Where the number comes from

Each component is additive, in points of expected margin.

  • Team ratings (opponent-adjusted EPA)-1.81
  • Home-field advantage+2.22
  • Quarterback adjustment0.00
  • Rest differential0.00
  • Expected margin+0.41