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4B Friday, November 23, 2018
The Times, Gainesville, Georgia | gainesvilletimes.com
★ SPORTS
Standings
NFL I Cowboys 31 y Redskins 23
Cooper thriving for Dallas
New Cowboys wide receiver had
90-yard TD against the Redskins
RON JENKINS I The Associated Press
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper (19) runs in for a touchdown
against the Washington Redskins during the second half of Thursday’s
game in Arlington, Texas.
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
New England
7
3
0
.700
280
236
Miami
5
5
0
.500
199
256
Buffalo
3
7
0
.300
137
251
N.Y Jets
3
7
0
South
.300
208
254
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Houston
7
3
0
.700
239
205
Indianapolis
5
5
0
.500
298
249
Tennessee
5
5
0
.500
178
189
Jacksonville
3
7
0
North
.300
176
219
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Pittsburgh
7
2
1
.750
299
225
Baltimore
5
5
0
.500
237
181
Cincinnati
5
5
0
.500
256
312
Cleveland
3
6
1
West
.350
218
263
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Kansas City
9
2
0
.818
404
294
L.A. Chargers
7
3
0
.700
262
209
Denver
4
6
0
.400
228
235
Oakland
2
8
0
.200
170
293
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Dallas
6
5
0
.545
234
213
Washington
6
5
0
.545
220
229
Philadelphia
4
6
0
.400
205
231
N.Y Giants
3
7
0
South
.300
215
263
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
New Orleans
9
1
0
.900
378
239
Carolina
6
4
0
.600
260
252
Atlanta
4
6
0
.400
263
276
Tampa Bay
3
7
0
North
.300
267
329
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
Chicago
8
3
0
.727
317
211
Minnesota
5
4
1
.550
241
229
Green Bay
4
5
1
.450
247
243
Detroit
4
7
0
West
.364
238
286
W
L
T
Pet
PF
PA
L.A. Rams
10
1
0
.909
389
282
Seattle
5
5
0
.500
246
216
Arizona
2
8
0
.200
145
248
San Francisco
2
8
0
.200
230
266
Thursday’s Games
Chicago 23, Detroit 16
Dallas 31, Washington 23
Atlanta at New Orleans, late
Sunday’s Games
Seattle at Carolina, 1 p.m.
New England at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 1 p.m.
San Francisco at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.
Oakland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.
Arizona at L.A. Chargers, 4:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Denver, 4:25 p.m.
Miami at Indianapolis, 4:25 p.m.
Green Bay at Minnesota, 8:20 p.m.
Open: L.A. Rams, Kansas City
Monday’s Games
Tennessee at Houston, 8:15 p.m.
Associated Press
Associated Press
Ezekiel Elliott made the $21
donation after his touchdown.
Amari Cooper took the freebie fol
lowing the first of his two scores.
The bonus for the Dallas Cow
boys: They’re all the way back in
the NFC East race.
Cooper had a 90-yard touch
down after celebrating with a free
throw following his first scoring
catch, Elliott ran for 121 yards
with his TD and the Cowboys
pulled even with Washington atop
the division with a 31-23 Thanks
giving win over the Redskins on
Thursday.
The Cowboys (6-5) won their
third straight game since the first
home loss, to Tennessee in the
Dallas debut of Cooper following
a trade dropped them two games
under .500.
Dallas’ eighth win in nine
Thanksgiving games against
Washington, and second in three
seasons, earned a season split.
The Redskins (6-5) lost for the
third time in four games in Colt
McCoy’s first start in four years
coming off Alex Smith’s season
ending leg injury.
The former Texas Longhorns
star threw three interceptions
to offset two touchdown passes.
McCoy won his two previous starts
at the home of the Cowboys, one
for the 2009 Big 12 championship
and the other his most recent NFL
victory with the Redskins in 2014.
Cooper, the former Oakland
receiver had much more fun in
his second home game, finishing
with a Dallas Thanksgiving-best
180 yards receiving —105 of those
coming after the catch on his two
touchdowns.
First, Cooper ran away from
Quinton Dunbar after the Wash
ington cornerback slipped on a
short pass, turning it into a 40-yard
TD for a 17-13 lead. Cooper cele
brated by mimicking a free throw
, shooting the football through the
goal post.
On the 90-yarder, Cooper made
the catch just outside the Dallas
30, spun out of the arms of Fabian
Moreau and won the race to the
pylon against Ha Ha Clinton-Dix,
who tried to shove him out of
bounds around the 5. It was his
longest career catch and the lon
gest completion in Dak Prescott’s
three seasons.
McCoy looked as if he hadn’t
started a game in a long time
early, throwing into double cover
age on his first play and fumbling
while trying to scramble on his
third, with the Redskins recover
ing and punting.
But McCoy settled in with a cou
ple of third-down passes to Jordan
Reed to keep drives going, then
hit Vernon Davis in stride on a
53-yard touchdown — the longest
Washington completion of the sea
son — for a 7-7 tie.
The Cowboys were having
all the fun before the Redskins
pulled even, with Elliott scoring
on a 16-yard run and dropping $21
into a giant Salvation Army red
kettle behind the end zone. The
cash was handed to him by a team
photographer.
As a rookie in 2016, Elliott
jumped into the kettle on the same
part of the field after a touchdown
in a 31-26 win over the Redskins.
BEARS 23, LIONS 16
Daniel steps in at
QB to deliver the
win for Chicago
Chase Daniel outplayed
Matthew Stafford, proving
an NFL journeyman can
beat one of the highest-paid
players in the league.
Daniel threw a career-
high two touchdowns to
keep the Chicago Bears roll
ing with a 23-16 win over
the Detroit Lions on Thurs
day, filling in very well for
injured quarterback Mitch
ell Trubisky.
Daniel finished 27 of 37
for 230 yards, setting career
highs in each category. He
threw a go-ahead, 10-yard
touchdown pass to Taquan
Mizzell in the second quarter
and a 14-yard pass to Tarik
Cohen in the fourth to give
Chicago the lead again at
16-13. It was quite a perfor
mance for Daniel, a player
who has been used sparingly
since the former Missouri
star entered the league in
2010. He barely played for
New Orleans, Kansas City,
Philadelphia and Chicago,
but gained respect from
coaches and players for his
preparation.
“Everyone in this locker
room knew what he was
going to do, and he didn’t
let us down,” Mizzell said.
“People forget how long he’s
been in the NFL and how
much talent he has.”
And unlike Stafford, Dan
iel didn’t make any costly
mistakes.
Stafford was 28 of 38 for
236 yards with two inter
ceptions late in the fourth,
dooming Detroit’s chances
to win. The Lions drafted
Stafford No. 1 overall in
2009 and gave him a $135
million, five-year extension
last year.
Associated Press
LANIER
■ Continued from 1B
still pretty good. Get out just
before sunset and fish the
banks around the islands
and in the creek mouths.
You should do well.
Trout fishing has been
good in the North Georgia
streams and rivers, and
below Buford Dam when it
is not generating water.
Live earthworms are hard
to beat, but spinning gear
with small inline spinners
and fly fishing with both dry
and wet flies has also been
producing some fish.
Bank fishing: Last week,
we talked about striper
fishing from the banks and
that continues to be a great
choice for bank anglers.
You can catch bass, stripers,
white bass and even catfish
on live or cut shad.
Larger stripers get that
way by running alone and
doing different things. Cut
bait has a reputation for pro
ducing the biggest stripers in
the lake.
While your bites will not
occur as often as live shiners
or shad, the size of fish you
catch on cut bait is worth
the wait.
Many bait shops sell fro
zen gizzard shad and her
ring. Get out your weighted
lines and rigged them with a
cut up gizzard shad. Secure
your rods well because you
just may could land a trophy.
Eric Aldrich is an outdoor
writer, marketing specialist
and bass angler. Reports
are based on personal
experience and permission
from a close network of
friends. He would love to
hear from readers, so please
email him at esaldrich@
yahoo.com Remember to
take a kid fishing!
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