Philadelphia stayed even in the loss column with the NFC East-leading NY Giants (5-4), while the Cowboys are running out of chances to stay in contention to defend their division title before Romo returns.
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Tony Romo is back in a week, but what can we really expect to change?
“I think it gives me a lot of confidence and just from talking to a few of the other guys after the game and this week, I think we all know that we’re capable of that and it’s something that we’re trying to do more consistent”, he said.
The Eagles were beating themselves in the second quarter until they strung together a couple of first downs and let their up-tempo offense take over.
Jason Garrett still likes what he’s seen from the Cowboys despite six straight losses.
“When it hits, it’s like you’re snakebit in one spot and you’ve just got to try and get out of it”, Davis said. This week the Eagles entertain the Miami Dolphins and Lamar Miller, who’s capable of putting up 100 nearly any week. Well, not in Houston.
OFFENSIVE ROOKIE IN FIRST HALF: Guard La’el Collins.
He replaced Ron Leary as the starter at left guard and the run game has taken off in three games since he was inserted in the starting lineup. Collins is a big and physical and enjoys the pancake block. He completed 15 of 19 passes in the second half and didn’t throw an interception for only the third time this season. He is a potential ball-hawking playmaker who never comes off the field now. If he plays like his old self, Pierre-Paul would provide a big boost for New York’s defense down the stretch. He is fearless in covering the league’s top tight ends.
Cole Beasley’s 112 yards receiving and two touchdowns were quite the confidence booster in the first half, but he says he’d take it all back for a win.
The game-winning drive Bradford led in OT was his first since coming to the Eagles in that still-debated offseason trade with the Rams for Nick Foles, and it at least quieted Bradford’s critics for a week.
-RUSH OFFENSE: B. It’s not how your start, it’s how you finish. When you leave your defense out there for the majority of the contest, bad things are going to happen; and they’ve consistently worn down at the end of games. But he was released because of off the field issues and Darren McFadden has seized control of the job. Weeden could not run the offense properly.
The Eagles on Monday placed the standout inside linebacker on injured reserve with a left pectoral tendon tear suffered in Sunday night’s 33-27 win over the Dallas Cowboys. No other runner carried the ball on Sunday.
Bradford threw the pass to Matthews which clinched the victory, and it capped off an impressive performance by the much-maligned quarterback. That’s a stark contrast from their September 20 meeting when the Cowboys held them to just seven yards rushing.
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11 personnel – 1 RB, 1 TE, 3 WR – generated nearly 200 yards and when you add in the S01 and S02 sets which are a similar principle with so much empty backfields, it appears the Cowboys thought they could attack the secondary more as the Eagles are reluctant to play nickel or dime defense and they like to remain in base personnel to hinder running games. Hardy, who expressed regret on Twitter on Saturday, had three tackles and a sack Sunday.
