WASHINGTON -- As his Washington Redskins enter a critical stretch in their pursuit of a playoff berth, coach Jay Gruden made clear how he feels about a schedule that takes his team to Dallas on Thanksgiving Day right after a Sunday night game.I dont think its really fair, no, Gruden said Monday on a conference call with reporters, but we have to deal with it. We knew this was coming. ... The biggest thing is you worry about the health of your football team. This is a physical football game we played last night, and were at the point in the year where guys are a little bit beat up.Thanks to winning six of their past eight games, the Redskins (6-3-1) are off to their best beginning to a season in two decades. Still, they know that what theyve done so far to erase an 0-2 start wont mean much if they dont keep winning, starting Thursday at the NFC East-leading Cowboys (9-1).Any time you can win, its always a plus, but we know that we still got bigger fish to fry, so winning right now is crucial, said Jamison Crowder, who caught three passes from Kirk Cousins for 102 yards, including a TD that went for 44 in Washingtons 42-24 victory over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday night.You know, we have to keep winning, so its big to get this one, Crowder said. Now were looking forward to Dallas.Not since 1996 had the Redskins lost only three of their initial 10 games, but they followed that 7-3 start by losing four of their last six to end up 9-7 and third in the division, out of the playoffs.To avoid that sort of a collapse this time, Washington needs to first get through a three-game road swing that includes trips to Arizona on Dec. 4, and Philadelphia on Dec. 11.After getting a chance for treatment and rest Monday, Redskins players will hold two walkthroughs instead of full-fledged practices on Tuesday, and another walkthrough before flying to Texas on Wednesday.Were feeling good, but at the same time its a short week, and were playing one of the best teams in the NFL on Thursday, said Cousins, who threw for 375 yards, three TDs and zero interceptions against Green Bay, another strong performance as he hopes to earn a long-term contract. Welcome to the NFL. They dont get any easier from here.With Cousins finally getting a chance to be the starting quarterback after biding his time behind Robert Griffin III, the Redskins won the NFC East a year ago. Now they take on the first-place Cowboys, who have won nine in a row behind a pair of rookie sensations, quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Ezekiel Elliott.And while Gruden said he can take some solace from knowing the short turnaround comes against a familiar foe, he added: The bad thing is we know how good they are.After all, Dallas current winning streak began in Week 2, when it came back to win 27-23 at Washington.For us to keep pace in the division and have a chance at the division title, Gruden said, weve got to play our best game Thursday.---AP Sports Writer Stephen Whyno contributed to this report.---For more NFL coverage: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Howard Fendrich on Twitter at http://twitter.com/HowardFendrich http://www.broncosrookiestore.com/Broncos-Max-Garcia-Jersey/ . -- Eastern Kentucky thrives off creating havoc for others. http://www.broncosrookiestore.com/Broncos-Peyton-Manning-Jersey/ . 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MOSCOW -- Even before Fridays publication of a new report into alleged state-sponsored doping by Russian athletes, Russia and the World Anti-Doping Agency are bickering.WADA is upset because it was not consulted before a new board was picked to oversee reforms at the suspended Russian drug-testing agency, known as RUSADA. The board is chaired by pole vault great and WADA critic Yelena Isinbayeva.Isinbayeva, who retired after Russias track and field team was banned from this years Olympics over doping concerns, has said WADAs findings are unproven and is expected to try to persuade WADA to lift RUSADAs suspension.WADA said the move broke an agreement that it would have a say on major appointments before they were announced.We will be addressing concerns directly with the Russian authorities to ensure that we can establish a code compliant anti-doping organization that can withstand international scrutiny, WADA said in a statement. WADA had expected to be consulted regarding important matters such as the terms of reference of the board as well as the core structure of the agency before the public appointment of persons to these roles, as was outlined in the core requirements of the roadmap provided to RUSADA in November.Isinbayeva became a member of the International Olympic Committee in August and is a candidate for president of the suspended Russian track and field federation.She is already a member of the IOC, but not of its executive board, which ruled Wednesday to extend sanctions on Russia ahead of Fridays publication of the second part of WADA investigator Richard McLarens report on doping cover-ups in the country.Isinbayeva, who was appointed to the RUSADA board Wednesday, has said McLarens accusations against Russia are unproven and called for athlete-turned-whistlebloower Yulia Stepanova to be banned for life.dddddddddddd.We were suspended without proof, insolently, crudely, Isinbayeva said in a tearful speech at the Kremlin in July. We were not given a chance to justify ourselves.Besides Isinbayeva, the new 10-person board also contains a senior sports ministry official, Vadim Bairamov, despite repeated assurances by the Russian government in recent months that it was trying to cut ties between RUSADA and the ministry, where other senior officials have been accused of covering up hundreds of failed doping tests.As well as managing relations with WADA, Isinbayevas supervisory board will also choose RUSADAs chief executive at a meeting later this month.President Vladimir Putins spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said the Russian authorities would back their clean athletes. He also criticized McLarens work to date.The Kremlin is ready for thorough and active work to protect the interests of our athletes who have never had anything to do with doping, Peskov said. The Kremlin is ready to listen to detailed information about claims that can be made in such documents. 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