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Week 2 · 2026 regular season

Washington Commanders at Dallas Cowboys

Sun, Sep 20, 4:25 PM ET

Final Dallas Cowboys won
After the game

How the forecasts did

The probability each forecast gave DAL, the winner, before kickoff. Higher is better. A pick is right when the winner was given more than 50%.

ESF model
66%
Picked DAL (66%) — right.
Market
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No betting line was collected; lines start with week 3 of 2026.

CAP win pct, before and after

WAS · lost
0.00
0.05 before → 0.00 after (−0.05). Higher is better.
DAL · won
0.43
0.35 before → 0.43 after (+0.08). Higher is better.
This game · each team's offense

Yards per attempt

CAP yards per attempt: higher is better for an offense. Raw yards per attempt are the official numbers.

OffensePassRushSacks
taken		Scrambles
CAP
yds/att		Raw
yds/att		AttCAP
yds/att		Raw
yds/att		Att
WAS−2.215.935−0.784.42507
DAL+0.969.031−2.252.41823

Pass attempts exclude sacks and scrambles, which are counted separately. A team's defense faced the other team's offense, so read the other row for yards allowed: for a defense, lower is better.

Before the game

CAP yards per attempt · entering week 2

Unit matchups

Each offense against the defense it faces. Offense: higher is better. Defense (yards allowed): lower is better. Ranks are out of 32; 1 is best.

Pass: WAS offense vs DAL defense
+0.1411th
Edge
WAS
+1.2131st
Rush: WAS offense vs DAL defense
+0.2011th
Edge
WAS
+0.4725th
Pass: DAL offense vs WAS defense
+0.4310th
Edge
DAL
+0.7928th
Rush: DAL offense vs WAS defense
+0.1412th
Edge
DAL
+0.6629th

Values are fading averages (half-life 7 of the team's own games, weighted by plays) entering the week. Bars show league rank: longer is better. The edge goes to the better-ranked side; ranks within 2 are even.

CAP win pct · 2026

How each team got here

CAP win pct entering each week. Higher is better; the league average is 0.50.

−0.25 0.00 0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1wk 2 WAS 0.05 DAL 0.35 −0.25 0.00 0.25 0.50 avg 0.75 wk 1wk 2 WAS 0.05 DAL 0.35
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.

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