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Alfred Morris, Robert Griffin spur Redskins to first NFC East title since 1999

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

Rookie running back Alfred Morris ran for 200 yards and three touchdowns as the Washington Redskins closed out the 2012 NFL regular season with a 28-18 win over the Dallas Cowboys to clinch their first NFC East title since 1999. The 10-6 Redskins won se…

Jon Machota / Special Contributo, dallasnews.com

The Cowboys had their season ended at FedEx Field Sunday night, losing to the Washington Redskins 28-18. Here are my five thoughts on the Cowboys finishing the season at 8-8 and missing the playoffs for the fourth time in the last five years. 1.) Tony R…

Associated Press, ESPN.com

RG III and the Washington Redskins are NFC East champions.

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

The Redskins are about 10 minutes and on Tony Romo away from a playoff berth. The Redskins just took a 21-10 lead with 10:32 left in their play-in game with the Cowboys, on a 32-yard touchdown run by Alfred Morris. Granted, comebacks are nothing new for…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

Tony Romo settled into a bit of a groove, and the Redskins remembered who they were. As a result, we’re effectively where we started, with the Cowboys and Redskins tied 7-7 at halftime of the de facto first playoff game. Romo overcame a pair of early pi…

Scott Bell, dallasnews.com

The Cowboys struck first against the Redskins in their win-or-go-home battle Sunday night about midway through the second quarter. Tony Romo found Jason Witten in the end zone for a nine-yard touchdown pass to give the Cowboys a 6-0 lead (which became a…

Michael David Smith, profootballtalk.com

With tonight’s Cowboys-Redskins game set to crown the NFC East champion and finalize the postseason seedings, the NFL’s postseason schedule has been announced. For the second consecutive year, the playoffs will start with the Bengals at the Texans. Th…

Darin Gantt, profootballtalk.com

It’s almost like these two are a little tight. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo has thrown two interceptions already (his second and third of December) as they’re still scoreless in the final regular season game of the year. Of course, the Redskins had a…

Rainer Sabin / Reporter, dallasnews.com

LANDOVER, Md. — Four of the 11 Cowboys offensive linemen on the active roster won’t play Sunday in their winner-take-all showdown against the Washington Redskins. Center Kevin Kowalski, guard David Arkin, guard Ron Leary and tackle Darrion Weems are a…

Brian McIntyre, yahoo.com

For the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins, it's playoff or bust. As such, it's pretty much all hands on deck as far as the inactive lists go. Cowboys Pro Bowl outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware did not practice all of last week due to shoulder and el…

ESPN.com

LANDOVER, Md. -- DeMarcus Ware is playing. He said he would, in spite of shoulder and elbow injuries that are likely to limit him, but it's now official that the Dallas Cowboys will have their Pro Bowl pass-rusher for tonight's NFC East title game again…

Barry Horn / Reporter, dallasnews.com

In an exclusive interview that will be broadcast on NBC’s “Football Night in America” before the Cowboys-Redskins game, Jason Witten had this to say to Bob Costas: On being in a win-or-go-home situation for the second consecutive year: “It’s tou…

ESPN.com

Join our ESPN.com NFL experts for the NFC East clash between the Dallas Cowboys and the Washington Redskins. Contribute your thoughts and questions beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET. See you there. Countdown Live: Cowboys-Redskins

Isaac Rauch, deadspin.com

Week 17 is always an odd melange of completely unwatchable misery between mathematically eliminated teams, stop and start contests between teams that can't remember if they're playing for something, and impossibly intense games between teams that are fi…