The Washington Commanders and Dallas Cowboys met at Northwest Stadium in Landover, Maryland, on Christmas Day in Week 17 action.
Josh Johnson got the start under center after Marcus Mariota was ruled out this week, and despite what many thought heading into the game, it wasn’t the slaughter some people expected. Johnson found Terry McLaurin and Deebo Samuel multiple times to move the ball down the field. The Commanders‘ defense struggled to stop Dak Prescott and the Cowboys’ offense, but Jacory Croskey-Merritt put the Commanders on his back and helped keep them in the game.
Let’s take a look at the best (and worst) performers on both sides of the ball, as graded by Pro Football Focus.
Top 5 offenseWR Terry McLaurin (83.7)WR Chris Moore (78.1)WR Deebo Samuel (75.7)TE Ben Sinnott (73.0)RB Jacory Croskey-Merritt (69.5)Top 5 defenseLB Bobby Wagner (87.0)NT Shy Tuttle (74.1)LB Jordan Magee (73.8)DE Jalyn Holmes (70.0)LB Von Miller (69.9)Top 5 special teamsST Antonion Hamilton Sr. (90.0)ST Percy Butler (73.0)ST Mike Sainristil (67.3)ST Chris Moore (67.0)ST Quan Martin (66.3)Bottom 5 offenseRG Andrew Wylie (32.9)LG Chris Paul (37.3)RG Nick Allegretti (46.0)LT Brandon Coleman (47.9)TE John Bates (48.9)Bottom 5 defenseLB Drak Jackson (31.0)CB Noah Igbinoghene (36.2)S Quan Martin (40.3)CB Mike Sainristil (44.2)DT Jer’Zhan Newton (47.1)Bottom 5 special teamsST Tyler Owens (49.4)ST Jeremy Reaves (51.3)ST Colson Yankoff (54.3)ST Ben Sinnott (54.6)ST John Bates (55.9)Other notablesQB Josh Johnson (67.5)RT Josh Conerly Jr. (63.1)LT Trent Scott (60.0)DT Ricky Barber (67.6)LB Preston Smith (64.4)CB Jonathan Jones (66.2)S Will Harris (64.8)