The Cowboys officially clinched their first NFC East title since 2018 in one of the strangest ways possible: the Raiders beat the Broncos, and somehow the result of an AFC West intradivisional game sealed the NFC East crown. It was also before the Cowboys even took the field to host the Washington Football Team, last year’s division champion. It didn’t change a thing for Dallas.
What came next was utter domination from the outset, which makes it hard to really pick out five plays that shaped this game. The reality is that this game was over after the first quarter, and the dagger was plunged not too long after the second quarter began.