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The Commanders fell short of a Christmas miracle win against the Cowboys, but the reason they lost was not what we expected

The Washington Commanderscame up just short of a comeback win against the Dallas Cowboys, despite going into the game beaten up and counted out. The Commanders had to start third-string quarterback Josh Johnson and were without many other starters, but that wasn't the main reason they lost the game.

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