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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. 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