Turkey Trot - Dallas Top 10: Cowboys Feast Again, Blow Out Commanders

The Dallas Cowboys devoured another inferior opponent, this time whipping the Washington Commanders, 45-10, on Thanksgiving. Our Top 10 Takes ...

Don't blink. And then try not to doze off.

Like every Dallas Cowboys game at AT&T Stadium this season, this one was over before it started. Or, as it were on Thanksgiving, before the tryptophan kicked in. Forty-five to Ten?! Again.

10. HOME SWEET HOME - If Super Bowl LVIII was played in Arlington, we could crown the Cowboys champs right now. They improved to 5-0 at home by a combined 205-60. They have trailed only 45 minutes at AT&T Stadium, while leading approximately 255.

9. VANILLA NOTHING - Nothing regular about DaRon Bland, who picked off another pass and it took it another 63 yards for a Pick 6. It's the most interceptions for touchdowns in a single NFL season, and cements his Pro Bowl, All-Pro and ... Defensive Player of the Year? No? Tell me why not?

8. SAD SPORTSMANSHIP - At this point, don't we cringe a little at the way the Cowboys run up scores against inferior opponents? Up 31-10 with five minutes remaining, the Cowboys should have had backups in. 

Instead, Dak Prescott was throwing deep and Dallas was doing comedy skits. 

Couple years ago Zeke Elliott jumped into the red kettle. Last season three tight ends played tic-tac-toe. And on this Thursday KaVantoe Turpin hauled in a 34-yard touchdown before the team reached in the kettle and munched on pre-wrapped turkey legs wrapped in foil. 

I know it's the NFL and I know teams should stop it if they could, but there's something that just feels cringy about running up the score on losing teams with nothing to play for.

7. TWENTY PLENTY - Prescott’s touchdown pass to Rico Dowdle - just his second this season to a running back (both to Rico Dowdle) - was his 20th of the season. 

The quarterback has seven seasons with 20 or more passing touchdowns, tying Tony Romo for most in franchise history.

6. NUMBING NUMBERS - The Cowboys won by 35, covering the spread (11 points) on Thanksgiving for only the second time in 13 years. ... They are 8-3 after Thanksgiving for the second consecutive season ... They also improved to 9-2 all-time against Washington on Turkey Day ... The Cowboys have won seven games by 20-plus points, their most since 1978. ... Dallas is 8-3 without beating a team with a winning record, and their 11 opponents are a combined 38-69.

5. WOEFUL WASHINGTON - The Cowboys improved to 2-1 against the Commanders. Against the Redskins they were 73-45-2; 3-3 against the football.

Tony Pollard and the Cowboys routed the Commanders on Thanksgiving / Getty

4. NOT TOP 10 - Cowboys won, but wasn't exactly a classic. It won't crack this list next year.

3. SEVENTY HEAVEN - Let's be honest, the most impressive things we saw all day was two women that should be past their prime but are clearly still in their prime. Cher killed it during a performance at the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade, and then of course ... Hello, Dolly! She rocked the cheerleader uniform almost as good as the women 55 years younger. Cher and Dolly are 77, going on 47.

2. CURSE, CURED? - Jerry Jones says he's superstitious, and so far so good. Since Jerry announced he was finally inducting Jimmy Johnson into the Ring of Honor, the Cowboys are 2-0. Who can argue with perfection?

1. AND NOW ... FOOTBALL - Granted, the Commanders, Panthers and Giants amount to a sad collection of jayvee squads, but from here on out for the Cowboys it's game on. Dallas' schedule the next five weeks brings five playoff-bound teams with winning records: Seattle, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Miami and Detroit. Not sure we'll see another 30-point cakewalk.

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