This will not be a true test

[leeblair]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

 

[DallasEast]

wow.

It is true the Eagles must adjust to the loss of their MVP candidate at quarterback but downgrading Philadelphia to that extent is quite a stretch of the imagination.

 

[Captain43Crash]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

I hope we win, but COMPLETELY disagree with your opinion.
This will be a stiff challenge for both our offense and defense. Of course Minchew is not the runner Hurts is, but he can still run their RPO offense.
There defense is healthy and has been looking very good. 18 sacks in the last 3 games!

 

[USArmyVet]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

So if you are wrong then please post your apologies in a thread after the game.

 

[cowboyec]

bah!
humbug!

 

[cowboyec]

you're hopeless charlie brown.
completely hopeless.

 

[cowboyec]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

 

[cowboyec]

screw those philly frauds.
screw'm all.
ALL.
screw'm.

 

[DallasEast]

you're hopeless charlie brown.
completely hopeless.

 

[acr731]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

What makes you think the backup won't torch the Dallas D?

 

[The Natural]

Good receiving core, good offensive line, good defense. I dont want to hear it.

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Hurts being out works for them in terms of strategy. Decent chance we play them in the divisional round.

 

[sarge1116]

The Eagles have defied the odds all year running a high school offense that is solely dependent on the quarterback to succeed, but the odds caught up with them when Hurts was injured.
Gardner Minshew will force the Eagles to run a prototypical offense, and as good as he may be they aren't practiced in it well enough to excel.
The Eagles will revert to the 7-10 team they really are, and if Hurts goes down again they will be done.
So the Cowboys should win this game, as the Eagles learn the hard way what the Ravens and the Falcons of the Michael Vick era already knew- you can't run a high school offense in the NFL. When you allow your quarterback to be the entire offense it may wirk for a time, but that exposes him to injury and when he goes down your team is without their starting quarterback- as well as the offense he ran.
The Cowboys defense won't need to respect Minshew in the run game, and will be able to pass rush with the fierceness they love.
This is not a rematch of the Eagles game earlier in the year. The Eagles know they will lose.
The Eagles defense hasn't been forced to carry their team for an entire game. It will be interesting to see how cocky they are by the fourth quarter.

This is a sad post and a total lack of respect for a quality 1 loss team. And btw, Hurts lead the nfl in qb completion percentage from the pocket at 74% as of last week, but a high school offense is beating all these nfl teams. Okay buddy.

 

[erod]

The true test already happened, and Dallas failed.

The Cowboys can't play with the Eagles, 49ers, Chiefs, or Bills in the playoffs. Those are the 4 teams that really matter.

Dallas is second tier.

That doesn't mean it's impossible. Just that it will take gargantuan good fortune.

 

[MoistMayonnaise]

True test or not, we need to win this game. This team needs a confidence boost and since we couldn't get it against some marginal teams then we'll need to get it against a good team.

 

[32BellyOption]

And so the narrative begins that if the Cowboys win it forms with an asterisk and doesn’t mean as much. So then that means the eagles win against us earlier this year wasn’t a true test because Dak was out. I say BS! If we win today it’s a passed test as the eagles have a lot riding on this game and still have a very talented team.

 

[shabazz]

What makes you think the backup won't torch the Dallas D?

We should start Cooper Rush today to even the odds. Would be an interesting matchup

 

[erod]

And so the narrative begins that if the Cowboys win it forms with an asterisk and doesn’t mean as much. So then that means the eagles win against us earlier this year wasn’t a true test because Dak was out. I say BS! If we win today it’s a passed test as the eagles have a lot riding on this game and still have a very talented team.

No, the only telling thing today would be if Dallas can't beat the Philadelphia Minshews.

 

[shabazz]

The true test already happened, and Dallas failed.

The Cowboys can't play with the Eagles, 49ers, Chiefs, or Bills in the playoffs. Those are the 4 teams that really matter.

Dallas is second tier.

That doesn't mean it's impossible. Just that it will take gargantuan good fortune.

The only hope that I hang my hat on is if the defense can get healthy again. I feel like we may have one upset win left in us

We are streaky as hell and perhaps the stars will align in our favor in a 60 minute playoff game

 

[USArmyVet]

We should start Cooper Rush today to even the odds. Would be an interesting matchup

Given Philly has nothing to lose and all the pressure is on Dallas, Dak better be careful as we remember the Philly days of Buddy Ryan wanting certain players targeted.....and if Dak goes down the season will not end well.