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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

Sun, Sep 20, 1:25 PM PT

Final Dallas Cowboys won
How the forecasts did
ESF
(pre-game win probability)
WAS 34%
66% DAL

Right: DAL won

No betting line was collected for this game; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

After the game

CAP win pct, before and after

Each team's CAP win pct before this game and after it. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

WAS · lost
0.00
0.05 before → 0.00 after (−0.05).
DAL · won
0.43
0.35 before → 0.43 after (+0.08).
This game

How each offense played

Box score and CAP yards per attempt for each offense. Higher is better for an offense; a CAP value above zero means the offense beat what the situation and this defense would predict.

OffensePlaysBox score
yds/att
CAP
yds/att
CAP
−2 to +2
WASPass355.9−2.21
WASRush325.7−0.78
DALPass319.0+0.96
DALRush213.1−2.25

Sacks (raw counts):WAS sacked 0 times · DAL sacked 2 times. Sacks are counted, not CAP-modeled.

Box score yards per attempt count yards as an official box score does: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded. CAP yards per attempt measure each play against what the down, distance, field position and this specific defense would predict; above zero means the offense beat that expectation.

Before the game

Unit matchups · entering week 2

Where each side has the edge

Each offense against the defense it faces, in CAP yards per attempt. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Pass: WAS offense vs DAL defense
+0.1411th
box score 4.8 · 30th
Edge
WAS
+1.2131st
box score 7.9 allowed · 21st
Rush: WAS offense vs DAL defense
+0.2011th
box score 4.1 · 14th
Edge
WAS
+0.4725th
box score 4.5 allowed · 23rd
Pass: DAL offense vs WAS defense
+0.4310th
box score 5.1 · 29th
Edge
DAL
+0.7928th
box score 8.1 allowed · 22nd
Rush: DAL offense vs WAS defense
+0.1412th
box score 3.8 · 25th
Edge
DAL
+0.6629th
box score 5.4 allowed · 27th

CAP yards per attempt: yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict; offense positive is good, defense (allowed) negative is good. Box score: yards per attempt as an official box score counts them, entering week 2.

Week 2

Other games this week

Home team's chance to win before kickoff. Higher means the home team is more likely to win.

Dots: ESF model home win probability.

How to read this page

CAP win pct. A fading average of game scores with a half-life of 7 of the team's own games. A win scores 1 plus the opponent's win pct; a loss scores the opponent's win pct minus 1. Last season carries in. League average is 0.50; higher is better.

CAP yards per attempt. Yards per play relative to what the down, distance, field position and the specific opponent would predict. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better.

Box score yards per attempt. Yards divided by attempts, counted the way an official box score counts them: rushing includes scrambles and kneel-downs; passing is gross yards per pass attempt, sacks excluded.

ESF win probability. A logistic regression on both teams' pre-game CAP win pct, with an intercept for home field.