Live Blog Redskins Cowboys 1st quarter

15:00—A full and enthusiastic FedEx Field crowd is on hand here. The Cowboys will get the ball first. The Redskins are in the same burgundy pants they wore against the Steelers but they are going with their white jerseys.

13:17—It seems that the Cowboys are a bit reluctant to test how well Romo’s finger is doing. On third and four on the opening series, Romo pitched out to Barber, who was tackled just short of the first down. It seems odd that they were running in that situation and it didn’t catch anyone off guard.

8:13—You know that Zorn is frustrated about not getting TD’s in the Red Zone. He went for it on fourth and one at the 11 and Portis easily picked it up scampering to the two. On the next play, Mike Sellers caught his second pass of the game for the score.

Sellers 2 pass from Campbell (Suisham kick)
Redskins 7, Cowboys 0

A well-balanced scoring drive, 49 yards in 10 plays. I don’t have the numbers in front of me but I think there were six pass plays (including a sack) and four Portis runs. They came back from a second and 18 after the sack. They could dispirit the “desperate” Cowboys if they can keep the accelerator to the floor and build up a good lead.

TO head over heels by Smoot
False start
pass to Austin for first down
double reverse goes nowhere
pass to barber for first down

1:29—Deangelo Hall holds on to his first interception opportunity, a poor pass by Romo. It stopped a drive that seemed destined to end up with Dallas scoring some points. They got two third-down conversions on Romo passes to Austin and Barber, but on third and three Romo threw well behind Owens and Hall got the gift pick. Of course, we know that there are no gift interceptions with this team. They generally are returned unopened.

End of first quarter
Redskins 7, Cowboys 0