Finally, I think WE provided a blueprint

[AsthmaField]

We showed how teams that have two good corners can shut down those tiny *** WR's Philly has. Play them physical at the line and let a safety help on Jackson over the top.

Put a good cover safety like Sensy on Celek, and presto! Average offense.

I don't think Westy would have helped that much either.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

I was over at the Philly boards and they were laughing hysterically at the thought of Mike Jenkins and Newman stopping their receivers. Even asking who the hell Mike Jenkins is. I think they know now.

 

[Tobal]

and pressure the QB

 

[AsthmaField]

Even asking who the hell Mike Jenkins is. I think they know now.

Yes they do.

and pressure the QB

And that too.

 

[hutch1254]

Put a good cover safety like Sensy on Celek, and presto! Average offense.

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Sens is doing a great job against TE's. Yeah Celek got a TD tonight but for the most part he's been keeping things quiet. Nice.

 

[theogt]

If only other teams had safeties like Sensabaugh and Hamlin to allow this blueprint to work.

 

[Hypnotoad]

Eagles have 4 of the next 5 on the road @Chargers @Bears @Falcons @Giants. They will drop some games.

 

[RainMan]

I think the Eagles quite clearly live off the big play. They struggle to execute on drawn-out drives, though they did have one terrific such drive tonight. But the other times? Not much. McNabb simply isn't a precise enough passer to be that kind of manager. He's a big-play-or-not-much kind of guy.

 

[Randy White]

We showed how teams that have two good corners can shut down those tiny *** WR's Philly has. Play them physical at the line and let a safety help on Jackson over the top.

Put a good cover safety like Sensy on Celek, and presto! Average offense. .

I'll add to this:

Force Donovan to dump passes over the middle all day long. Either the receivers aren't running the proper routes, or he's not too accurate over the middle because he missed quite a few of them. Had the Cowboys defenders being in another place, they could have had 5 ints just based on deflected passes.

 

[AsthmaField]

I'll add to this:

Force Donovan to dump passes over the middle all day long. Either the receivers aren't running the proper routes, or he's not too accurate over the middle because he missed quite a few of them. Had the Cowboys defenders being in another place, they could have had 5 ints just based on deflected passes.

That is true. We could have ended up with a few more INT's.

 

[davidb257]

Haha, others team don't have the talanted personel that we have in our backfield.

 

[SLATEmosphere]

If only other teams had safeties like Sensabaugh and Hamlin to allow this blueprint to work.

You killed it with Hamlin.

We'll be ballin with Dawan Landry and Sensabaugh next year!

 

[Aikbach]

To be honest Dallas played sloppy and still beat a very sensationalized team that had lost to Oakland, struggled against the hapless Commanders and crushed the imploding Giants.

Beating Philly is always nice, but they were no juggernaut despite what the media hyped them to be.

Atlanta is a better team than Philly.

 

[Idgit]

To be honest Dallas played sloppy and still beat a very sensationalized team that had lost to Oakland, struggled against the hapless Commanders and crushed the imploding Giants.

Beating Philly is always nice, but they were no juggernaut despite what the media hyped them to be.

Atlanta is a better team than Philly.

This was a big win, period. Philly is a good team, not a great one. But winning a division game, in Philly is bigger than a home win against a conference opponent coming off our bye week, by a long shot.

We didn't even play sloppy, really. We just were in a slugfest with another good team.

 

[RainMan]

To be honest Dallas played sloppy and still beat a very sensationalized team that had lost to Oakland, struggled against the hapless Commanders and crushed the imploding Giants.

Beating Philly is always nice, but they were no juggernaut despite what the media hyped them to be.

Atlanta is a better team than Philly.

I agree to an extent. I never bought into the must-win stuff and don't even necessarily believe this game was a statement maker. But I will say this: Beating Philly in Philly is never easy. I doubt we've blown them out very many times on the road over the last 20 years, so certainly expected this to be a tough game and a "big" game in the divisional race sense.

 

[Aikbach]

This was a big win, period. Philly is a good team, not a great one. But winning a division game, in Philly is bigger than a home win against a conference opponent coming off our bye week, by a long shot.

We didn't even play sloppy, really. We just were in a slugfest with another good team.

It was a division game which is great to win and one reason the teams know each other but I am not convinced Philly is anything special.

 

[Idgit]

It was a division game which is great to win and one reason the teams know each other but I am not convinced Philly is anything special.

It's so hard to say after half a season and with so much volatility in the conference. Just a month ago, SF and NYFG looked like world-beaters and AZ looked like they were dealing with the Superbowl let-down curse.

I'm not sure PHI's for real, either. Or that ATL is, for that matter. PHI's defense sure looked good tonight, though. And we know what they have in McNabb and Westbrook, when healthy. It's a safe bet they're involved in this thing in January somehow.

 

[Aikbach]

I agree to an extent. I never bought into the must-win stuff and don't even necessarily believe this game was a statement maker. But I will say this: Beating Philly in Philly is never easy. I doubt we've blown them out very many times on the road over the last 20 years, so certainly expected this to be a tough game and a "big" game in the divisional race sense.

I can only think of twice. 34-0 creaming of them in 1998 and a 38-17 thumping in 2007.

 

[Beast_from_East]

It was a division game which is great to win and one reason the teams know each other but I am not convinced Philly is anything special.

Beating Philly on the road is HUGE!!!!!


Even back in the glory days of triplets, we never won that much in Philly. That is just a tough place to get a W and with the Giants tanking and Skins in full doormat mode, we are sitting in the driver seat for the division now.

 

[JohnsKey19]

It's not rocket science. Just play coverage, keep everything in front and dont bite on any double-moves. It's a simple plan but you still have to be disciplined enough to execute it for 60 minutes. The Cowboys did last night. Good job from the DBs, Ss and Carpenter who played another solid game in coverage.