This will not be a true test

[Jake]

The true test for the Cowboys will come in January. Fans won't spend the offseason talking about today's outcome. They'll talk about what happened in the playoffs.

 

[32BellyOption]

Both are true though. Not sure why folks are in denial about this other than they fear a loss today which would look bad for us. We should win and then I hope we meet in the playoffs with both starting QBs to make it intriguing because unless they both start, our games with them are not a fully known quantity.

Mind has has 22 career starts and has played in 30 games. Rush has 6 career starts and no other meaningful snaps. Minshaw could start for several NFL teams. Big difference experience wise between the two. And I’ve never discounted the Eagles win over us. I’m just saying a win today is meaningful and no asterisks should be attached.

 

[DallasEast]

A “just in case Dallas wins” thread. This way, if the Cowboys do win, it wasn’t a “big” win and means nothing.

If Dallas does win, then “they should have”. If Dallas loses, then “they suck not being able to beat a depleted Philly squad at home”.

Par for the course…

 

[Hadenough]

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

I was wondering how Dallas will score. Dak vs those two CBs is going to be trouble for Dak.

 

[MarcusRock]

Mind has has 22 career starts and has played in 30 games. Rush has 6 career starts and no other meaningful snaps. Minshaw could start for several NFL teams. Big difference experience wise between the two. And I’ve never discounted the Eagles win over us. I’m just saying a win today is meaningful and no asterisks should be attached.

"Should" and reality are often different things. A ton of people on here talked about how Philly "barely" beat us with Rush playing to talk down Philly. Well the shoe's on the other foot now. We better win or ...

 

[32BellyOption]

"Should" and reality are often different things. A ton of people on here talked about how Philly "barely" beat us with Rush playing to talk down Philly. Well the shoe's on the other foot now. We better win or ...

I agree. If Dallas is a serious SB contender, you win this game. If we stumble again, expectations are much lower.

 

[visionary]

Agree this is not a true test
Agree we win going away

 

[JayFord]

what is with this board and test

the team is 10-4 and has lookes good this year

 

[Shane612]

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.

Miles Sanders only should give cowboys defense chills. If they get him going it opens up a lot of possibilities for Minshew.
Add in the usual Dak's 1.5 INT per game, and you have yourself a possible cowboys meltdown.

 

[Carson]

what is with this board and test

the team is 10-4 and has lookes good this year

Be real, they could be 14-0 with 22 Pro Bowlers and people would be complaining

 

[Fletch]

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.

Being that we are in the playoffs, the test doesn’t start until then.

 

[zeroburrito]

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.

eagles can suffer multiple losses and be first seed. this game means nothing to both teams.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Cool. I just want a win.

 

[cowboyec]

A “just in case Dallas wins” thread. This way, if the Cowboys do win, it wasn’t a “big” win and means nothing.

If Dallas does win, then “they should have”. If Dallas loses, then “they suck not being able to beat a depleted Philly squad at home”.

Par for the course…

thats what i mean when i say...
cowboys win.
then on monday...the excuses as to why.
i didn't expect a pre-emptive thread before the game.

 

[zrinkill]

So the loss to them does not count because that was against our backup QB?

Give me a break with this crap.

 

[leeblair]

A “just in case Dallas wins” thread. This way, if the Cowboys do win, it wasn’t a “big” win and means nothing.

If Dallas does win, then “they should have”. If Dallas loses, then “they suck not being able to beat a depleted Philly squad at home”.

Par for the course…

No; this is a "keep your head out of the clouds" thread for the Dak fans just waiting to celebrate how Dak beat the Eagles. They want to justify him, and ignore that the Eagles are once again limping.
But I remember when Dallas lost to the Eagles third stringers when the division was on the line.
Just keeping perspective.

 

[Xeven]

Certainly will take some pressure off the run game defense.

 

[ArbynTX]

I wish I could say pull Dak in the early 4th quarter if we have a comfortable lead...but lately the leads haven't stayed comfortable

The problem is qualifying ‘comfortable lead’. IMHO that’s a triple digit difference.

 

[Whirlwin]

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.

It’s always a true test, this is the NFL, I don’t care who’s playing. Or who is not

 

[robertfchew]

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.

You clearly haven’t watched this team over the years. How many times have we seen backup and bottom qbs look good against them. You also seem to forget our secondary is trash and the eagles have 2 good receivers.