{"id":471468,"date":"2025-12-25T21:20:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471468\/"},"modified":"2025-12-25T21:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T21:20:25","slug":"cowboys-survive-meaningless-game-netflix-in-game-interviews-fall-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/471468\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys survive meaningless game; Netflix in-game interviews fall flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> offense came out hot against the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day, but ended up surviving <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/12\/25\/cowboys-commanders-game-who-won-score-updates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/12\/25\/cowboys-commanders-game-who-won-score-updates\/\">an NFC East dog fight<\/a> by the end of the game. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/12\/25\/watch-cowboys-wr-kavontae-turpin-houses-86-yard-receiving-td-vs-commanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/2025\/12\/25\/watch-cowboys-wr-kavontae-turpin-houses-86-yard-receiving-td-vs-commanders\/\">18-point advantage in the first half<\/a> turned into a one-possession victory for Dallas, who topped Washington on the road, 30-23, to improve the Cowboys\u2019 record to 7-8-1 on the season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">The Netflix extravaganza also featured some in-game interviews with Emmitt Smith and Clinton Portis, former star running backs of each team, but those were met with mixed reviews by those watching the broadcast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\">Here\u2019s some more reaction from around social media after the Cowboys\u2019 Christmas victory:<\/p>\n<p>Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__3beff secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-20 text-center text-gray-dark\">Be the smartest Cowboys fan. Get the latest news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__8MgJa flex flex-wrap text-gray-dark secondaryRoman secondaryRoman-10 text-center justify-center\">By signing up, you agree to our\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/terms-of-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Terms of Service<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a class=\"dmnc_features-cta-social-article-cta-social-module__lU9-l border-b border-gray-dark hover_border-0 focus_border-0 active_border-0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINAL | Things become a little iffy down the stretch, but the Cowboys hold on to beat the Commanders 30-23. The Cowboys still have a shot at avoiding a losing season. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re also 4-1 in the NFC East with the finale against the Giants on deck.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph Hoyt (@JoeJHoyt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeJHoyt\/status\/2004298325311570017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With that four-yard rushing touchdown, Javonte Williams now has 13 total touchdowns in 2025 (11 rushing, 2 receiving. The last Cowboys running back with at least 13 total touchdowns in a season was Ezekiel Elliott (14) in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dallas Cowboys Public Relations (@DallasCowboysPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DallasCowboysPR\/status\/2004262172378194128?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Game is so meaningless we have Emmitt Smith talking about his kids in college for 25 minutes lmao<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 lindsey ok (@lindseyyok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindseyyok\/status\/2004263255469138166?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why are they interviewing Emmitt Smith for the entire drive?\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Taylor (@JoshTaylorFB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshTaylorFB\/status\/2004263311664435692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This interview with Clinton Portis is a disaster for Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barstool Are Dee Tee (@editti22) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/editti22\/status\/2004281187288994124?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This offense better figure it out. There\u2019s only so much I can be sold about \u201cculture\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zach Wolchuk (@ZachWolchuk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZachWolchuk\/status\/2004286825884766475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The fact that the Cowboys&#8217; offense has only punted once and we have 9 mins left in the third quarter, and it&#8217;s a one-score game tells you all you need to know about this defense.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Schultz (@Adam___Schultz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Adam___Schultz\/status\/2004280795482230803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yearly reminder that MLB needs to find a way to capitalize on July 4th the same way the NFL and NBA do Thanksgiving and Christmas<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Max Mannis (@MaxMannis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MaxMannis\/status\/2004216922024591655?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For a meaningless game, this has been a fun one to watch. Both these teams have reason to be excited about 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlbertBreer\/status\/2004297181663318520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 25, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"body-text-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/cowboys\/\"><b>Find more Cowboys coverage from The Dallas Morning News here<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys offense came out hot against the Washington Commanders on Christmas Day, but ended up surviving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":471469,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,7311,1596,8998,1232,345,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-471468","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-cowboys","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-dallas-cowboys","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-social-media","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115782301982674598","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/471468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/471469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=471468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=471468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}