Robert Griffin III enjoyed his return to Texas with a wonderful first-half performance helping the Washington Redskins to a 38-31 Thanksgiving victory over the Dallas Cowboys.
Fourth quarter
The defence buckled again though at the start of the fourth when Griffin stayed brave to hit a wide open Niles Paul on a fourth-and-inches, and that busted coverage summed up Dallas' inability to stop the big plays.
Romo led his side again though, and Felix Jones ran through two defenders to score from 10 yards, followed by a two-point conversion from their quarterback and suddenly the tide looked to have changed.
Even more so when Griffin was intercepted for just the fourth time this season straight afterwards, and Romo took advantage by drilling an 11-yard TD to Bryant in the corner of the end zone soon after to close what was a 25-point lead into just seven.
Griffin led his team into field goal range and Kai Forbath made it 10-10 as a Redskin to give them some breathing space, and despite a late scare when Bryant almost clung on in the end zone they held on for the win.
Griffin finished the day with 311 yards passing , four TDs and one interception, while Romo had a career-best 441 and here scores, but with two costly picks as those stats failed to result in a win for the Cowboys.
Both teams left Thanksgiving at 5-6 and suddenly the NFC East is wide open with the New York Giants only a game ahead and with big problems of their own before the bye week.
