With Dak Prescott playing like an MVP for the No. 1 offense in the NFL, the Dallas Cowboys probably could contend for the playoffs with just a mediocre defense.

The numbers for that beleaguered unit were closer to the middle of the pack than the worst — where the Dallas defense has spent most of this season — in a 44-22 victory over the Washington Commanders.

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It proves the point, since Dallas (3-3-1) had little trouble with an NFC East rival that reached the conference championship game last season and saddled the Cowboys with the label of the only team not to reach an NFC title game since the storied franchise’s fifth Super Bowl title to cap the 1995 season.

“They’re aware of what’s being said about them, and they don’t like it,” coach B

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