s several teams made moves to help improve their ball club. Some of these moves involved acquiring draft picks to help build for the future and some of these moves were made to make an immediate impact. Over in the AFC Womens Demarcus Lawrence Jersey , the division-leading Houston Texans added former first-round pick Demaryius Thomas to an already strong receiving group that consisted of two other first-round picks, DeAndre Hopkins and Will Fuller. There were also several key trades over in the NFC, in particular, involving teams in the NFC East. The three teams in the hunt for the division - Washington, Philadelphia, and Dallas all made moves to acquire a former Pro Bowler, whereas the New York Giants are going nowhere and traded one away. Each team was able to snag a good player, but they all came with their own cost. Which team made out the best with their respective trade?Dallas CowboysPlayer: Amari Cooper (first round, 2015)Cost: 2019 first-round pickThe Cowboys went big by trading for the fourth-overall pick of the 2015 NFL draft, Amari Cooper. Dallas has been searching for answers to their abysmal offensive performance this season as the team ranks 26th in the league in points scored.Bringing in Cooper should help spread out the defense. It will open things up for other receivers as well as take some of the pressure off of Ezekiel Elliott. And while the moves the Eagles and Redskins made help their teams this season, the addition of Cooper is a long-term investment.The Cowboys paid a hefty price, but good things come with a cost. Let’s just hope we see early returns on this big investment.Philadelphia EaglesPlayer: Golden Tate (second-round, 2010)Cost: 2019 third-round draft pickThe Eagles were also making a push for Amari Cooper, but didn’t pony up enough draft capital to close the deal. Instead Womens Taco Charlton Jersey , they went after nine-year veteran Golden Tate to help spark their offense. After leading the league in scoring last season, the Eagles find themselves ranked 21st in points scored this year. The addition of Tate is going to give Carson Wentz a great weapon to help get them grooving again.It’s painful to say, but Tate is quietly one of the most productive receivers in the league. He’s had 90+ catches in all four of his seasons in Detroit and is on his way to another one this year. He’s eclipsed 1,000 yards receiving in three of the last four seasons. He might be on the north side of 30 now, but he’s not showing any signs of slowing down.The downside to this deal for the Eagles is that Tate looks like a one-year rental. He’s bringing in an average salary of $6.2 million and will likely demand something near that again when he hits free agency after the season. The Eagles are projected to be $11 million over the cap and will have to sell off some overpriced contracts again this upcoming offseason, but they’ll cross that bridge when they come to it. Right now, it’s about trying to keep their hopes of a repeat alive. It would be surprising if Tate was in Philadelphia in 2019, but the Eagles did give up a third-round pick for him, which isn’t cheap so it’s too early to presume how they’ll proceed with him in the future. This looks like an all-in move that would sting a little if Philadelphia is not able to make a good run this year or retain him down the road.Washington RedskinsPlayer: Ha Ha Clinton Dix (first round, 2014)Cost: 2019 fourth-round pickThis move may not seem as flashy as the teams getting a good receiver, but the Redskins added a quality defensive back to an already good defense. The Redskins defense is ranked top five in points allowed and now they get 2016 Pro Bowler Clinton Dix.With Josh Norman and Quinton Dunbar holding things down at corner, the addition of Clinton Dix gives them two of the best safeties in the league.While the cost is only a fourth-round pick, Clinton Dix is only under contract through this season. Washington is projected to have $17 million in cap space so they can make room to extend him if that’s the direction they want to go, but for the remainder of the season they can feel good about shoring up a strong safety position group. And for a team that has to face Odell Beckham Jr. and now Amari Cooper and Golden Tate Womens Leighton Vander Esch Jersey , the added depth in the secondary will come in handy.New York GiantsThe Giants didn’t add any Pro Bowlers. In fact, they gave up one. They traded away defensive tackle Damon Harrison (2016 Pro Bowl) to the Detroit Lions for a 2019 fifth-round pick. That seems like a bargain for the type of player Harrison is, but Detroit will now take on his contract through the 2020 season. The Giants also traded former first-round pick Eli Apple for a couple day three picks (4th in 2019 and 7th in 2020) from the New Orleans Saints.So, to recap....It’s been an eventful week. The Dallas Cowboys had a perfect opportunity to take the lead of the NFC East on Sunday, but that honor will now go to the Washington Redskins who were able to hold off a late-game comeback and win 20-17. That’s going to make for a long bye week. Here are 10 thoughts on this very unsettling Sunday defeat to the Redskins.1. Jeckyl and Hyde PrescottI used to call Tony Romo a Jeckyl and Hyde quarterback because he could be so bad at times, yet then be so good. And sometimes within the same game (see Buffalo 2007). Well, this was one of those games for Dak Prescott.Like with every game, I’m sure there are going to be some plays where Dak would love to have back once he sees the tape. Tony Romo pointed out one of these plays late in the fourth quarter.Photo courtesy of NFL Game PassDak would also fumble away the ball twice in the game. After a spin move gifted the Redskins an easy touchdown, putting them up 20-10, that looked like the nail in the coffin. But Dak would keep fighting. He would make some good throws down the stretch and put it all out there when he lunged for a touchdown late in the game. The great thing about this play is that he was smart to understand that this play could not end in the field of play where the clock would keep running. It had to be incomplete or something in the end zone. Dak took the risk when he took off running, but he finished strong.2. Zeke shutdown againNobody expected it to be easy running against the Redskins stout run defense, but man did they do a great job shutting down the Cowboys star running back. Ezekiel Elliott rushed for only 33 yards on 15 carries for a mesmerizing 2.2 yards per carry. Elliott has only been held under 80 yards six times in his career, but four of them have been this season. That’s alarming. His 33-yard performance against Washington is the second-worst of his career, trailing only the miserable eight-yard performance against Denver last season.It’s a wonder the team even had a chance to be in this game with Elliott being contained as much as he was. The blocking wasn’t very good and Zeke really never had a fighting chance. You have to give the Redskins credit for doing such a great job Youth Allen Hurns Jersey , but the Cowboys are going to have real problems if Elliott is taken out of the game like that.3. Costly penalties by the offensive lineThe Cowboys didn’t have a lot of splash plays in the game, so it was frustrating when we witnessed some of them get called back due to a holding penalty by the offensive line. Three times Dallas would have a first down play come back when the offensive line would get flagged. And they weren’t “touchy” calls either. In some cases, the Cowboys blockers were grabbing the Redskins rushers by the neck.4. The ageless PetersonAdrian Peterson ran for 99 yards on the day and it took him 24 carries to get there. It wasn’t flashy, but it was effective. This was about par for the course for Peterson who has been the Redskins grinder in the running game this season. It was his fourth game over 90 yards on the year.It really wasn’t anything explosive. The Redskins would pull their guards and get blockers to the second level. Peterson had giant holes to run through.It was surprising to see the Redskins run so effectively considering the Cowboys had Sean Lee back on the field. With Lee, Jaylon Smith, and Leighton Vander Esch there to attack ball carriers, I was expecting the Redskins ground game to be contained better than it was.5. An unlikely targetThe idea of targeting tight end Geoff Swaim was starting to grow on me. In his first year in his new role, he’s done a great job making some good chunk plays this season. So I was a little surprised when the team activated rookie tight end Dalton Schultz for this game. I was even more surprised that he’d get as many targets as Swaim on Sunday.I’m really not a fan of all this dump-off stuff that Prescott does and having another tight end running routes short of the first-down marker is not my favorite thing to watch. And it further frustrates me to see passes bounce off of Schultz’ hands. Surely, he can’t be high on Prescott’s targets through his progressions, right? It feels like Dak makes his mind up too early at times where he’s going and for him to look Schultz so quickly seems to validate such.6. A surprising targetHow do you supplement the production left by the absence of Tavon Austin? Well, his workload isn’t much, but you got to get it somehow. Dak’s longest passing play of the season came in Week 2 when he found Austin for a 64-yards touchdown. He had his second-longest on Sunday when he hit Michael Gallup for a 49-yard touchdown. It was the rookie’s first touchdown of the year and this one really counted.The Cowboys had Gallup come through as the deep threat and they used the spunky Cole Beasley to handle punt return duties, but what about the jet sweep? The Cowboys called cornerback Jourdan Lewis’ number for that one. He got one shot and turned it into a seven-yard gain. 7. A squandered defensive effortWhile the Cowboys offense remains inconsistent, the defense has proven themselves to be very reliable. It’s hard to win games on the road Womens Sean Lee Jersey , but the defense is doing all they can to give their team a chance to leave town with a victory.Why is that exactly? Well, the Cowboys offense has yet to score over 17 points on the road this year. Ezekiel Elliott agrees...8. Faith in the defenseWhen the Cowboys pulled within three with a minute in a half left, Jason Garrett had a tough decision - go with an onside kick or kick away and hope your defense makes a stop. One first down is all it would take to put the Cowboys away.Garrett chose to kick it away and trust his defense. That decision didn’t end well a couple weeks ago against the Houston Texans, but it worked this time. The Cowboys defense stuffed the run on two-straight plays and then Sean Lee chased down Alex Smith on a key third down stop.The Cowboys offense got the ball back and drove down the field, but then something terrible happened.9. Costly infractionCowboys long-snapper L.P. Ladouceur is in his 14th season in the league and had never made a mistake...until Sunday. Ladouceur got called for a snap infraction when he made a motion as if he was going to snap the ball, drawing the Redskins defense offsides. I thought the flag was going to be on Washington and give Cowboys kicker Brett Maher and extra five yards to work with, but it ended up going the other direction. And boy, did that turn out to bite them.After missing the first kick of his career, Maher had made 16 consecutive kicks. He hasn’t missed a kick under 50 yards all season. After the snap infraction penalty, the field goal attempt went from 47 yards to 52 yards and the extra distance ended up coming into play as the kick would doink off the goal post.You decide...10. The NFC East is still wide openIt doesn’t take the sting away mentioning that other teams in the division are losing games too, but the reality is - that’s what’s happening. The New York Giants aren’t anything to worry about and the Philadelphia Eagles choked away a 17-0 lead to the Carolina Panthers. Washington now holds a 1.5 game lead over both Dallas and Philadelphia for the lead, but it’s hard believing they are good enough to keep things rolling.That means the fight is still ongoing.