Philly: Cowboys' win dramatic, yet unimpressive

[WoodysGirl]

Bob Brookover, Inquirer Columnist
Posted: Monday, December 23, 2013, 2:01 AM


LANDOVER, Md. - The Dallas Cowboys did not know and did not care how the Eagles treated their penultimate game of the regular season Sunday night against the Chicago Bears. They did not have to because they hopped on their charter flight in the early evening knowing that their season finale against the Eagles in Arlington, Texas, was the only thing that mattered to them.

For all their faults - you need more than two hands to count them all - the Cowboys have a flair for the dramatic. One week after blowing a 26-3 lead at home to Green Bay, the Cowboys managed to turn a second and goal from the 1-yard line just after the two-minute warning into a fourth and goal from the 10 with the weight of their season hanging in the balance.

Quarterback Tony Romo, playing with a sore back and a sore right leg, saved his team by scrambling to his right before finding running back DeMarco Murray for a 10-yard touchdown pass that tied the game. Dan Bailey's extra point put Dallas ahead by a point and completed a rally from a 23-14 deficit.

"It felt like an elimination game for us," Romo said after throwing two touchdowns and an interception. "Obviously we needed to win this game. It was a playoff game, and the guys kept having belief, and we came out on top."

That is true. It is also true that if the Eagles are not good enough to beat a team as flawed as the Cowboys they do not deserve to win the division.


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[Future]

Its also true that if the Cowboys can't beat a team as flawed as the Eagles, they don't deserve to win the division.

 

[Derinyar]

Both of these teams have issues. This game should be irrelevant. For the want of a reasonable coaching staff.

 

[Fritsch_the_cat]

Up yours, Philly.

 

[Venger]

Its also true that if the Cowboys can't beat a team as flawed as the Eagles, they don't deserve to win the division.

It is the resistable force versus the movable object.

 

[Direwolf63]

Can't argue with anything in that article. I think all of it rings pretty much true.

 

[JPostSam]

the headline and the article are spot on.

 

[Smith22]

Since that 44-6 loss at the Linc to conclude the 2008 season, Romo is 6-1 with 12 touchdowns, five interceptions, and a 97.6 passer rating vs. the Birds. That excludes the game he left in 2011 after throwing just two passes
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[Direwolf63]

Its also true that if the Cowboys can't beat a team as flawed as the Eagles, they don't deserve to win the division.

They have done a much better job at fixing their flaws than we have. They have improved a lot more since the Cowboys last played them. Foles has played better. And their defense is playing a lot better. Their o-line has been excellent.

We have a better running game today than we did when we played Philly. But our defense is worse. Demarco Murray will have to have his best game as a Cowboy to have a chance.

 

[mldardy]

This is and always has been Philly's problem: looking good. A win is a win and in this league things change week to week. 54-11 doesn't carry over to the next game. The Eagles will always be losers and jealous of us.

 

[Future]

They have done a much better job at fixing their flaws than we have. They have improved a lot more since the Cowboys last played them. Foles has played better. And their defense is playing a lot better. Their o-line has been excellent.

You're talking about a team that, just 8 days ago, gave up 48 points and lost by 3 touchdowns to the Vikings. They're just as inconsistent as Dallas

 

[VThokie7]

This is and always has been Philly's problem: looking good. A win is a win and in this league things change week to week. 54-11 doesn't carry over to the next game. The Eagles will always be losers and jealous of us.

At some point you can't keep looking back nearly 20 years ago to Super Bowl victories. The Eagles have had more success than we have over the last decade including a super bowl appearance. We haven't even touched an NFC Championship game.

 

[mldardy]

At some point you can't keep looking back nearly 20 years ago to Super Bowl victories. The Eagles have had more success than we have over the last decade including a super bowl appearance. We haven't even touched an NFC Championship game.

Who's looking back at Super Bowl victories? I'm not. I just pointed out the fact that what you do or look like one week usually doesn't repeat the next week. And the Eagles are jealous of our Super Bowls so if that is what you are talking about then yeah I and most Cowboy fans can look at those Super Bowls proudly while the Eagles can't. The Eagles having more success by getting to a Super Bowl and losing and getting the NFC Champ Game and losing well great for them i guess. They still have a 0 in the Super Bowl title column and I want it to stay that way.

 

[VThokie7]

Who's looking back at Super Bowl victories? I'm not. I just pointed out the fact that what you do or look like one week usually doesn't repeat the next week. And the Eagles are jealous of our Super Bowls so if that is what you are talking about then yeah I and most Cowboy fans can look at those Super Bowls proudly while the Eagles can't. The Eagles having more success by getting to a Super Bowl and losing and getting the NFC Champ Game and losing well great for them i guess. They still have a 0 in the Super Bowl title column and I want it to stay that way.

This is and always has been Philly's problem: looking good. A win is a win and in this league things change week to week. 54-11 doesn't carry over to the next game. The Eagles will always be losers and jealous of us.

What else would they be jealous about us for then? It certainly wouldn't be our consistency or post season success in recent years.

 

[mldardy]

What else would they be jealous about us for then? It certainly wouldn't be our consistency or post season success in recent years.

OK that's not proving your point. As I said our success whether it's been 20 years or not still makes the Eagles jealous of it. That is a fact.

 

[Direwolf63]

You're talking about a team that, just 8 days ago, gave up 48 points and lost by 3 touchdowns to the Vikings. They're just as inconsistent as Dallas

They are also a team that just destroyed a team that destroying us. They may be inconsistent, but since we've played them they have played better football than we have overall.

I know the "any given week" cliche and all that. We have a chance. If we played them 10 times, they would probably win 6 or 7 of them. I just hope that Sunday is one of those other 3 games.

 

[mldardy]

They are also a team that just destroyed a team that destroying us. They may be inconsistent, but since we've played them they have played better football than we have overall.

I know the "any given week" cliche and all that. We have a chance. If we played them 10 times, they would probably win 6 or 7 of them. I just hope that Sunday is one of those other 3 games.

What to that have to do with the upcoming game. The best case is we beat the Eagles in philly and held them to 3 points. Saying well the Eagles whipped the Bears and the Bears whipped the Cowboys and therefore the Eagles will whip the Cowboys is silly. You know better than that. I love all this love the Eagles are getting right now. They have everyone so fooled right now. The Eagles to me are closer to the team that lost to the Vikings than they were last night.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Overall, I would agree that a victory against a fairly poor Commanders team is not impressive. But, it keeps the team playing meaningful snaps next weekend so I will take the win.

 

[Direwolf63]

What to that have to do with the upcoming game. The best case is we beat the Eagles in philly and held them to 3 points. Saying well the Eagles whipped the Bears and the Bears whipped the Cowboys and therefore the Eagles will whip the Cowboys is silly. You know better than that. I love all this love the Eagles are getting right now. They have everyone so fooled right now. The Eagles to me are closer to the team that lost to the Vikings than they were last night.

And your saying we beat the Vikings and the Vikings beat the Eagles so we will beat the Eagles. Your using exactly the same logic that your critisizing me for. What's the difference?

Anyway, the Eagles are playing better, like it or not. That doesn't mean they will win, only that they should be favored. I'll be cheering hard for the Cowboys just like everybody else around here.

 

[tyke1doe]

OK that's not proving your point. As I said our success whether it's been 20 years or not still makes the Eagles jealous of it. That is a fact.

Actually, it is. What do the Eagles have to be jealous of us for? Nothing with respect to our success over the last decade. So what is it? Our roster? Our owner? Our QB?