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http://grantland.com/the-triangle/your-comprehensive-week-2-nfl-picks/

EAGLES (-5) over Cowboys
The Eagles feel like a very bad matchup for the Cowboys as presently constructed. As we saw against Atlanta, the best way to stop Philly is going to be to generate a steady pass rush and force Sam Bradford into rushing his throws. The Cowboys may not have that rush, given that they lost Randy Gregory to a high-ankle sprain and won’t have Greg Hardy back for a few more weeks. The Cowboys are also built around their dominant offensive line, but Philadelphia is one of the few front sevens deep and athletic enough to match up with Dallas’s front five. And while the obvious equalizer for the Cowboys last year was Dez Bryant and his evisceration of Bradley Fletcher, Bryant is out with a broken foot. Things will be different when the Cowboys host Philly in Week 9, but right now, the needle favors the Eagles.

I think this is a pretty fair assessment. (I'm still picking us to win, but I can't find much to argue with here).
 
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"Living well is the best revenge."—poet George Herbert (1593-1633)

DeMarco Murray can get his revenge on the Cowboys in many ways. He could help the Eagles win a Super Bowl, win another rushing title or simply rack up big yardage in a win this weekend (and in the rematch in two months). Or he can take Herbert's more philosophical approach:

I'm making $40 million to touch the ball 12 times per week! I'm the world's most expensive fantasy football leech! No more 30-carry workloads in blowout victories at $12.50 per hour for me! Enjoy getting used as pack mules, Joseph Randle and Darren McFadden!

Murray's usage in Monday night's loss to the Falcons was certainly peculiar. He rushed for minus-four yards by halftime and then became a kind of glorified red-zone specialist. Chip Kelly spent millions of dollars on multiple running backs only to once again ask Darren Sproles to do most of the work. Perhaps it was all part of Kelly's self-mortification project, merely a carefully controlled defeat as part of his Marvel-supervillain master plan. Just look at the roles all of his new acquisitions played:

Sam Bradford: Absorb multiple hits, throw interceptions, make sure no one even pretends to honor the option fake.

Ryan Mathews: Two carries for three yards when the Eagles needed four yards with the game on the line and Murray (sigh) on the bench. Also drop a pass while wide-open in the flat with 20 yards in front of you.

Byron Maxwell: Chase Julio Jones all over the field, while the safeties help the Eagles' hapless other cornerbacks with Roddy White. Say...aren't former Seahawks cornerbacks supposed to be able to jam receivers at the line or something?

Kiko Alonso: An amazing one-handed interception of a pass to White in the end zone obscures the fact that Alonso is asked to cover White in the end zone.

Despite the mistakes and the Murray-usage mystery, the Eagles were within one missed field goal of winning in Week 1, just as the Cowboys were within one yard and about 200 stupefying Giants mistakes of losing.

Jason Garrett was as befuddled by Murray's absence as Kelly was by his presence. Joseph "Meat on the Bone" Randle earned the start at running back, but Garrett doesn't trust Randle on third downs, or in the red zone, or late in a close game, or any time a running back might need to do something important. Lance Dunbar is Garrett's Sproles, while Darren McFadden gets a few handoffs so Jerry Jones can shout "Woo Pig Sooie" and Randle has someone to criticize. Most shockingly, Garrett asked Tony Romo to throw, throw and throw some more, even with Dez Bryant in various states of unavailability for most of Sunday night.

Bryant's foot injury tilts this game in the Eagles' favor. He had to be watching the Falcons and Jones on Monday night and screaming at his foot to heal faster. The Cowboys must suddenly adjust much of their offensive philosophy in time for a hostile-environment road game. For all of their Monday night woes, the Eagles left Atlanta healthy and with several of their worst no-huddle kinks ironed out.

Murray will get some sort of vengeance this week. We'll see on November 8 if Bryant enjoys a dish best served cold.

Prediction: Eagles 37, Cowboys 31
 
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I think the biggest key for us defensively is going to be Tyrone Crawford. The Eagles dumped their all-pro RG and decided to go with - well, nobody from the looks of the game against the Falcons. If they don't get better guard play Crawford and whomever else we line up next to him at DT is going to be in Bradford's face all night. That could be vastly more important than an edge rush in this game because Bradford isn't mobile and tends to stare down the rush if it's in his face.
 
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Good news is that the weather is expected to be 75 degrees, and clear. No freezing winds to worry about.
 
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The experts haven't seemed to notice the Eagles' cornerbacks were awful against the Falcons, and Tony Romo is going to be throwing the ball against them for 60 minutes.
From BTB:
23. The Eagles’ cornerbacks, Byron Maxwell and Nolan Carroll played a total of 154 snaps.

24. They allowed a QB rating of 152.1 and 114.6 respectively.

Compared to Cowboys' corners:

26. The Cowboys’ cornerbacks, Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, and Tyler Patmon played a total of 164 snaps.

27. They allowed a QB rating of 56.3, 79.6, and 56.8 respectively.


http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...about-the-cowboys-and-eagles-week-two-matchup
 
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The experts haven't seemed to notice the Eagles' cornerbacks were awful against the Falcons, and Tony Romo is going to be throwing the ball against them for 60 minutes.
From BTB:
23. The Eagles’ cornerbacks, Byron Maxwell and Nolan Carroll played a total of 154 snaps.

24. They allowed a QB rating of 152.1 and 114.6 respectively.

Compared to Cowboys' corners:

26. The Cowboys’ cornerbacks, Brandon Carr, Morris Claiborne, and Tyler Patmon played a total of 164 snaps.

27. They allowed a QB rating of 56.3, 79.6, and 56.8 respectively.


http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2015...about-the-cowboys-and-eagles-week-two-matchup
Click to expand...

Tanier did: Byron Maxwell: Chase Julio Jones all over the field, while the safeties help the Eagles' hapless other cornerbacks with Roddy White. Say...aren't former Seahawks cornerbacks supposed to be able to jam receivers at the line or something?
 
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I think both teams will score between 20 and 27 points. The Eagles at home will be able to get some plays. But their defense isn't enough to stop the Cowboys from scoring either.

I suspect it's a close game with penalties or a turnover or lucky play (tipped ball or something freaky) deciding the final score.
 
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I do not like how our defense matches up with their offense but I'm also not worried about Sam Bradford being able to truly expose us.
 
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I want us to win as much as the next fan, but you don't lose Oscan, Dez, Gregory, Leary, Hanna (underrated loss), and no Ro or Hardy, and expect us to win big on the road against a talented (and desperate at 0-1) division rival. We will crush them in Dallas at full strength later in the year, but looking at this game objectively, I say Eagles 27, Dallas 20.
 
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