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The Cowboys take the leadership thing very seriously under coach Garrett."WhiteFanposts Fanshots Sections Dallas Cowboys NewsDallas Cowboys GeneralAre the Cowboys leadership council members doing something together at Duke?New Leighton Vander Esch Jersey White ,61commentsThe Cowboys take the leadership thing very seriously under coach Garrett.CDTShareTweetShareShareAre the Cowboys leadership council members doing something together at Duke?Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsIt’s the offseason which means a lot of non-football things are happening.Sure, last week was the NFL Draft, but it was also time to get the brain off of pigskin for select members of the Dallas Cowboys as a group of them went on a nice little fishing trip together. It’s great to see group camaraderie as, in theory, the closer a football team is the larger their odds for success. Lots of people on the fishing trip have been close (Dak and Zeke for example, or the offensive line) so it’s not exactly strange to see them vacationing together.On Tuesday evidence of a different trip surfaced on social media. Just about every person from the fishing trip was present, with a few additions. At first glance it appeared sort of random but after further studying (and help from Twitter) the conclusion many started to come to was that this might be the Cowboys leadership council.What’s the Cowboys leadership council?It is what it sounds like. Obviously every team has captains that they vote on for every season, a manner in which the Cowboys have even tried before to add more than the NFL allows, but the leadership council includes that group plus other leaders on the team.We got a great glimpse of this during Amazon’s All or Nothing that chronicled the 2017 season in Dallas. After that ended the group put together a collective letter when Jason Witten retired, thanking him for his contributions to the Cowboys. The council signed it and listed their names. Sean LeeZack MartinDak PrescottTyrone CrawfordEzekiel ElliottTyron SmithTravis FrederickDeMarcus LawrenceJeff HeathCole BeasleyDan BaileyByron JonesThis brings us to the latest trip that the Cowboys took, all the way to Duke University.What’s up with the Cowboys and Duke?Duke trips are not out of the norm for the Dallas Cowboys, especially for returnee Jason Witten. You’ll remember that he, Tony Romo, DeMarco Murray, and Jason Garrett frequently made the trip to Durham, NC for the same sort of thing. Among the objectives for the trip Dak Prescott Jersey White , besides college basketball lore, typically included a level of leadership training with one of the greatest coaches of all time in any sport - Mike Krzyzewski.It cannot be stated enough how big of a fan Jason Garrett is of Coach K. The evidence lies in the many experiences that have been shared from the two organizations, think long and hard about how Garrett spoke of him after a 2011 visit.We know that Jason Garrett is a fan of the Blue Devils, and just last week we saw Dak Prescott get one of his first tastes in meeting them. If the point truly is to learn about leadership why not send your quarterback and de facto team leader plus all of your other leaders straight to the well you value so much?It looks like the council members (plus a few more) are back where Dallas likes to learn about leadershipOn Tuesday afternoon Tavon Austin started posting a few videos and photos to his Instagram story. It was obvious that he and some of his teammates were taking a trip, there were floor mats with the Cowboys logo and some Tony Romo artwork on the private plane they were flying in.There are a lot of posts from Austin, you can view the whole thread of them right here, but after posting the process of traveling he (and other Cowboys) started posting tons of footage of them shooting hoops at Duke’s Cameron Indoor.It’s a bit hard to discern exactly who’s there and unfortunately nobody was kind enough to post a group photo or list out the attendees. Looking at it though you can clearly see these names:Dak PrescottEzekiel ElliottTyron SmithZack MartinTravis FrederickAmari CooperTavon AustinJason WittenDeMarcus LawrenceTyrone CrawfordSean LeeByron JonesJeff Heath10 of these names were listed on the council in the Jason Witten letter, and obviously Witten is a leader when on the team and he’s back. Cole Beasley and Dan Bailey are gone, but Amari Cooper is a huge part of the team and we’ve talked before here at BTB about how much of a leader Austin is in his own right. All of the clues here seem to point to the fact that the group of Cowboys leaders (old and new) have returned to their leadership stomping grounds (Duke) to do whatever it is that leaders do. Either that or they want to poke Zion Williamson’s brain to find out what he thinks life in the NBA will be like.Which do you think it is? As important as it was for the Washington Redskins to finally put together two consecutive victories, coach Jay Gruden knows that being in first place atop the NFC East at this point in the season is truly not really a big deal at all."It's great to get two in a row, get the monkey off our back this year," Gruden said, "but we have a long way to go before we start celebrating."The Redskins (4-2) extended their division lead by beating the Cowboys 20-17 on Sunday, holding on when Dallas kicker Matt Baher put a 52-yard field-goal try off the left crossbar as time expired after a 5-yard penalty on his long snapper pushed the attempt back.The result stopped Washington's pattern of alternating wins and losses this season. It also allowed Gruden's club — which began the day 18-18-1 since the start of the 2016 season — to briefly enjoy a rare cushion in the standings.Dallas heads into its bye week at 3-4, the same record as the reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who also lost Sunday.The fourth team in the division is the New York Giants Womens Emmitt Smith Jersey , who take a 1-5 record into their game against the Atlanta Falcons on Monday night. The Giants also happen to be Washington's opponent next week.Get this: The Redskins hadn't won their opening NFC East game in any season since 2011."It's pretty early to talk about that kind of stuff," Washington quarterback Alex Smith said. "But you do realize that those division games, down the line, have huge ramifications."What we learned about the Cowboys and the Redskins moving forward:COWBOYS BYEThe good news for Dallas is that it gets two weeks to try to work on all of its issues, from the inefficient offense, to the key penalties, to the week-to-week inconsistencies. "We got time now to fix it — over drinks," defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence joked. The loss to Washington continued a real problem: The Cowboys are now 0-4 on the road, 3-0 at home. They host the Tennessee Titans (3-4) in their next game, on Nov. 5, then travel to play at Philadelphia on Nov. 11, and at Atlanta on Nov. 18.AS ZEKE GOES ...When RB Ezekiel Elliott is held under 75 yards, Dallas is 0-3 this season and 0-5 for his career. He gained only 34 yards on 15 carries against Washington, and a Cowboys team that put up 40 points in a victory over the supposedly defensive-minded Jacksonville Jaguars was held to less than half that this time around. Getting that straightened out is a big must for Dallas. "Teams are going to game-plan around him," center Joe Looney said about Elliott.SAQUON'S NEXTAfter limiting Elliott, the Redskins next challenge shapes up as taking on Giants rookie Saquon Barkley Emmitt Smith Jersey , the No. 2 overall draft pick who enters Monday with 438 yards, a 5.2 average per carry and four TDs. "Our defense, they'll have a tough challenge, but they're well-equipped to stop him," Redskins RB Adrian Peterson said. "They did a great job at controlling the front (against Dallas). They're going to have to do the same thing next week."PETERSON STILL DOING ITPeterson was the better running back Sunday, even though he is 33, a full decade older than Elliott. Peterson, who was available for any team when he was signed by the Redskins in the preseason, gained 99 yards on 24 rushes against Dallas. "I think everyone else around is surprised; I'm not," Peterson said. "I expect greatness from myself."SHAKY SMITHThere were quite a few mistakes made by Smith that wound up limiting Washington's scoring and making things tougher on the team than they needed to be. He missed a wide-open Jeremy Sprinkle in the end zone on one first-and-goal situation that resulted in a field goal. Another poor pass to the end zone led to another field goal following first-and-goal. A third-down scramble on which he ended up out of bounds with 78 seconds left stopped the clock for Dallas before Washington punted. "If we do a better job in the red zone, then the game could have been different, ended up much different, not as dramatic," said Smith, who was 14 of 25 for 178 yards and one TD pass. "We could have opened that up a little bit."