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Redskins safety: Cowboys, Dak Prescott's flawless game 'frustrating' 

Cowboys QB Dak Prescott went his fourth straight game without an interception and second-straight without a fumble. The rookie has fumbled in just four of 11 starts and thrown picks in two. His last interception: Oct. 30 in the Cowboys' 29-23 overtime win against the Eagles.

Washington safety Donte Whitner Sr. said Prescott's safe play is frustrating.

"They're very frustrating. You have a lot of quarterbacks in the National Football League that take chances with the football and [you] get the opportunity for interceptions," Whitner said. "To put the ball on the ground when you get to them, when you sack them. This quarterback doesn't do that."

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Whitner said Prescott's flawless play isn't in spite of his rookie campaign - rather he makes careful plays because he's new to the league and has to keep proving himself.

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"That's why he's playing so well," Whitner said. "He understands situations, he's not trying to turn the football over, and he's taking this opportunity and running with it."

Prescott said he's never been on a team "quite as special overall" as this Cowboys squad.

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"We believe we can score on every play, so we try to do that every time," Prescott said. "We're having fun."

But Prescott said it's to his coaches' credit that the play calls go so smoothly.

Defensive end Chris Baker was in awe.

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"[Dak] showed a lot of poise, made the plays that he was supposed to make whether it was using his feet or making that perfect throw in the corner," he said. "He did what he had to do to win the game. That's why their record is the way they are. They can run with Dak, they can pass with him, give it to Zeke.

"They're 10-1 for a reason."

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Also from the Redskins locker room...

**Local product buys tickets for victims' families

For the second game this week, a local product faced the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium. But Washington offensive lineman Ty Nsekhe, who got his start at Arlington Bowie before heading to Texas State, didn't just focus on his family in the homecoming.

He wanted to give back to his community, too, he said. A friend approached him with an idea: Let's buy tickets for families of the Dallas ambush victims.

"He came up with the idea of giving back to the community," Nsekhe said. "I was like 'Yeah, that's a great idea' and went from there."

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Nsekhe was in his Grand Prairie living room on July 7 during the ambush. He said he was shocked watching it on TV.

"It was surreal... a sad day. Unfortunately all of this is going on throughout the country. The victims of police shooting and the police being ambushed - it's just all a sad happening of events."

Nsekhe wants to keep helping, but buying tickets for affected police officers' families was his first step. Some said they're no longer just fans of the Cowboys - they're also fans of a single Redskin.

"I'm just glad they can be a fan of me now," Nsekhe said. "Hopefully the tickets today put a smile on everyone's faces."

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**Josh Norman talked Dez: 'I don't do trash and that was trashy on his behalf'

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**Oh Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun

The sun came out to play at AT&T Stadium again. It's the Cowboys' third mid-afternoon kickoff at home this season. But unlike the home opener vs. the Giants - when Cowboys receivers looked into the sun at game's end - the Redskins got the brunt of Sunday's glare.

"It was weird," Washington running back Robert Kelley said after the game. "It was a unique way they have their stadium set up, but it was kind of weird being in the stadium with the sun coming through.

Kelley said it didn't affect his ground game - but he was "pretty sure it did affect some receivers."

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Kicker Dustin Hopkins missed two early field goals, one a 55-yard attempt facing the glare directly.

"It definitely wasn't an issue on the first one because I wasn't looking into the sun," Hopkins said. "But as far as the long 55[-yard attempt], it was in my eyes.

"But it's not in my eyes when I'm looking at the ball holding so that wasn't the issue. I just missed the kick. It was good contact; I just left it right. That's no excuse."

Twitter: @JoriEpstein

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