Tony Romo sat alone on the Dallas bench, his stare frozen at the ground on a cold night in Washington. Any number of things could have been going through the mind of the Cowboys quarterback in the final minutes of a 28-18 loss to the Redskins on Sunday night – his third playoffs-or-bust failure in five years in a finale against an NFC East rival.
Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris needed only four months to put the Washington Redskins in a place they haven’t been this millennium – on top of the NFC East.
Led by a pair of rookies serenaded loudly and lovingly as ”R-G-3!” and ”Al-fred Mor-ris!,” the Redskins claimed their first division title since 1999, beating the archrival Dallas Cowboys 28-18 Sunday night in a winner-take-all finale to end the NFL’s regular season.
ASHBURN, Virginia — Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III already has a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. On Wednesday, the hall collected the grass- and dirt-stained burgundy jersey and boots worn by Griffin when he set the NFL single-season record for yards rushing by a quarterback in the Redskins’ win over [...]
