The Green Bay Packers beat the Dallas Cowboys 23-13 on Sunday night, extending their winning streak to three games and leaving the NFC East at risk of a second consecutive week without a win. Washington was the only team in the division that had not yet played when the source report was published, with a road game against the unbeaten San Francisco 49ers scheduled for Monday night.
The Cowboys’ loss followed defeats by the New York Giants and Philadelphia Eagles earlier Sunday. The previous week, Dallas and Philadelphia also lost, while the Giants and Washington played to an overtime tie. Washington entered its Monday matchup at 1-3-1, according to the report.
Green Bay’s victory came at Lambeau Field after the Packers had started the season unevenly. The report said the team lost at home to Atlanta in Week 3, prompting questions about coach Mike LaFleur’s position. Since then, Green Bay has won three straight, with quarterback Jordan Love playing a central role in the turnaround.
Against Dallas, Love completed 23 of 41 passes for 276 yards and a touchdown to Matthew Golden. Golden led the game’s receivers with 104 yards on six catches. The previous week, Love had thrown for 367 yards and two touchdowns in Green Bay’s 31-7 win, the report said.
The Packers’ defense also contributed to the result by intercepting Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott twice. Green Bay entered the game with nine takeaways for the season, according to the source report.
Dallas, meanwhile, had been looking to address problems on defense. The report noted that Tampa Bay rookie quarterback Jalon Daniels had played comfortably in the Cowboys’ Week 5 loss, a result that prompted the team to bring Mike Pettine out of retirement as a senior defensive assistant. Pettine was brought in to help defensive coordinator Christian Parker. The move did not prevent another defeat against Green Bay.
The early division standings described in the report showed a sharp contrast between the NFC East and NFC North. The Packers and Chicago Bears were both 4-2 after winning Sunday. Minnesota was listed at 5-0 and Detroit at 3-2; both teams had a bye that week. The report characterized the North as strong to start the season, while noting that each East team had issues to address.
The article compared the division’s slow start with the 2020 NFC East, when Washington won the division with a 7-9 record, but cautioned that it was too early to draw a firm parallel. Its immediate point was that a second straight week without an East division win remained possible, depending on Washington’s result against San Francisco.
The report’s account reflects standings and game results as presented at publication time. Washington’s Monday game had not yet been played, so the potential second consecutive winless week for the division was not confirmed.
