Cowboys beat Commanders, Vikings down Bears
The Dallas Cowboys beat arch-rivals Washington 37-20 in a game marred by a gruesome injury to Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels, while the Chicago Bears lost their own signal-caller Caleb Williams in defeat to Minnesota on a brutal NFL Sunday. Dak Prescott threw for 279 yards and four touchdowns in Arlington, Texas, surpassing former Dallas great Tony Romo for the most touchdown passes in Cowboys history. "There's a lot of bigger numbers out there that I want — a championship — but we're just getting started," said Prescott, whose team improved to 1-1 after an opening-weekend loss to the New York Giants. But his opposing quarterback Daniels bent his left elbow backward while tumbling from an accidental stamp by his own guard Chris Paul late in the first half, and was carted off the field with a towel covering his head. The 25-year-old re-injured the joint he dislocated last year, in another crushing blow to a Commanders franchise that the talismanic Daniels had carried to within a game of the Super Bowl in his thrilling rookie season. "It was a dislocation. The X-ray showed no fracture," said Washington coach Dan Quinn. "Man, are we bummed for him. I thought he was really playing his ass off." After Daniels'...
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