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Week 18

Weekly
Grade
Dallas Cowboys
12-6 31
32.84
 
VS
proj
Cincinnati Bengals
9 11-6-1
6.14

Dallas Cowboys top Cincinnati Bengals for third straight win in 31-9 drubbing

Dallas Cowboys extended their win streak to three games with a dominant victory over Cincinnati Bengals, rolling to a 31-9 win. Dallas Cowboys nabbed a 31-point lead on Saturday behind 25 points from Dak Prescott (295 Pass Yds, 5 Pass TDs) and Greg Zuerlein (1-1 FG, 48 long, 6-7 XP) and never looked back. The Cincinnati Bengals defense (21 Pts Allowed, 376 Yds Allowed, 2 Turnovers) carried the flag for Cincinnati Bengals in the loss. This marks the second time this season Dallas Cowboys have knocked off Cincinnati Bengals, after winning 49-0 in their last matchup. Dallas Cowboys end the season at 12-6, while Cincinnati Bengals finish the campaign at 11-6-1.

Matchup Timeline

  Dallas Cowboys   Cincinnati Bengals

Inside the Matchup

Matchup Player of the Week

While making his only FG attempt against the Eagles, Zuerlein recorded 9 points this week. He just beat his 7.94-point projection and overachieved for the ninth time this season.
Greg Zuerlein

Top Player Comparison

Dallas Cowboys
Points
% of total points 31
1
Dak Prescott
QB
16
8.49
51.6%
2
Greg Zuerlein
K
9
7.94
29%
3
The Dallas Cowboys defense
DEF
4
6.54
12.9%
4
Ezekiel Elliott
RB
1
4.47
3.2%
Cincinnati Bengals
Points
% of total points 9
1
The Cincinnati Bengals defense
DEF
9
4.9
100%
2
%
3
%
4
%

Matchup Highlights

Saturday
Dak Prescott had a 24-yard touchdown pass for Dallas Cowboys, helping the team to a 31-0 lead.

Points By Position

  Dallas Cowboys   Cincinnati Bengals
Standings Update
Well, that's a wrap for the season. Let's take one last look at where these teams finished up before looking ahead to next year.
Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys ended the season averaging 31 points per game, 4th-best in the league, placing them 5th in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Dal Defense
MVP
21.1 Avg Pts Allowed, 351.0 Avg Yds Allowed, 34 Turnovers
Greg Zuerlein
Best Drafted
29-35 FG, 56 long, 42-48 XP
Best Acquisition
Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals completed the season with the league's 5th-highest points average (30 ppg), placing them 2nd in the standings at the end of the regular season.
Important Players
Evan McPherson
MVP
28-33 FG, 58 long, 46-48 XP
Joe Burrow
Best Drafted
4611 Pass Yds, 34 Pass TDs, 118 Rush Yds, 2 Rush TDs
Best Acquisition

Game Notes

Dallas Cowboys got the W even though only two of their eight starting players scored higher than their projected point totals.
Cincinnati Bengals had only one of their eight starters score higher than their projected points.
The final result could've looked differently, as Dallas Cowboys had three starters score zero points, while Cincinnati Bengals had seven.
Dallas Cowboys put up more points than their season scoring average (30.72) while Cincinnati Bengals fell short of theirs (29.89).
Dallas Cowboys got the win despite scoring fewer points than projected, while Cincinnati Bengals exceeded their projection.
The matchup's 22-point margin was the largest in the league this week.
Dallas Cowboys managed to earn the win, but failed to cover the 26.7-point projected margin of victory.
In blowout games this year, Dallas Cowboys moves to (9-1), while Cincinnati Bengals falls to (5-2).
For Cincinnati Bengals, the Cincinnati Bengals defense (9 points) recorded the highest score for a DEF this week.