This will not be a true test

[robertfchew]

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

Unless they’re up 35 with less than a quarter I don’t trust this team.

 

[Whirlwin]

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

Exactly. Yes still have to play the game.

 

[Whirlwin]

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

We already tried that

 

[Whirlwin]

This game matters very little to the Eagles standings wise.

If I were the Eagles I would not run any new schemes that the Cowboys have not already seen nor would I give them the ability to practice against the Eagles' offense and defense on plays that they feel are key to exploiting the Cowboys weaknesses.

If anything, I would run a vanilla offense and throw in a few random new plays and even trick plays to see how effective they are against the Cowboys.

In other words, the Eagles have a golden opportunity to learn things about the Cowboys offense and defense, especially the changes since the last time they played each other earlier this season, while the Cowboys get very little game tape for a potential third game match-up in the playoffs.

Jalen being out provides a great opportunity to the Eagles because if they win without Jalen, they will know they are the better team and if they lose, it will be because their starting quarterback was out.

Don’t agree. Even if the Eagles win. Does not mean that they are better than us. They just better than us today , every game is a New challenge.

 

[offlimits]

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.

Spot on. The test will come when they play that first road wildcard game.