"It's hard for them Earl Watford Authentic Jersey to walk around here and feel like they belong," Vegas said. "Just
having that little moment of joy and happiness makes their day and
reminds them to keep fighting."1. Carson Wentz shook off an
uncharacteristic first half, during which he completed 39 percent of his
passes and blew two opportunities to turn turnovers into points, to
shellack the Cowboys in the final two frames. Wentz led three straight
touchdown drives out of the half, aided by a guess-who running game
(more on that soon), throwing two TD passes and running a better boot
game than Dak Prescott in the Cowboys quarterback's own building.
Thanks to Philly's bounce-back half, the Eagles put up more than 30
points for the sixth time in 10 games and the fifth over their last six.
Wentz is the league leader in touchdown passes (25) on the Evan Mathis Authentic Jersey team with the best record in all of football. That's usually a
guarantee for MVP consideration, if not a recipe to run away with the
honor altogether. With the NFC East race in the rear view, the Eagles
have the look of a bona fide Super Bowl contender with Wentz as their
capable captain.
2. Philadelphia's running-back-by-committee approach is paying dividends
just three weeks into the Jay Ajayi Era. With 215 rushing yards on
Sunday, the Eagles have compiled their best two-game stretch on the
ground this season (412 yards). LeGarrette Blount, Corey Clement and
Kenjon Barner each got meaningful snaps against the Cowboys, but it was
Ajayi, in only his second game as an Eagle, Frostee Rucker Authentic Jersey who broke the game open in the second half. On Philly's back-to-back
scoring drives, Ajayi set the pace. First: An eight-yard first-down run
shortened the distance for the Eagles' first third-down conversion of
the game, a picture-perfect roll-out and toss-back to Brent Celek. Then:
Ajayi's career-best 71-yard run, sprung by Jason Kelce on Anthony
Hitchens, took Philly out of the shadow of its own end zone and into
scoring position. Ajayi's change of pace altered the course of the game,
and his night underscores Philly's most vital advantage over most of
its opponents: The Eagles have more talent on offense, man-to-man, than
you do. When you focus too much on one position or one player, you get
exposed for big gains without warning.
3. Tyron Smith's absence loomed large over the Cowboys for a second
straight loss. Byron Bell took the place of Chaz Green, who was
posterized by Adrian Clayborn and his six sacks last week, at Smith's
left tackle spot. Bell fared better against Derek Barnett, but man,
that's a low bar. Bell was beaten by the destructive Eagles rookie
defensive end at the worst times, surrendering three QB hits, Jared Veldheer Authentic Jersey two Barnett sacks and a game-sealing strip-sack touchdown. Smith has
only four days to recover before the Cowboys play next. If he's not
available, Bell and right tackle La'el Collins will have to go at it
alone against the Chargers' dynamic duo of Joey Bosa and Melvin Ingram.
That spells trouble.
4. An underrated Eagles secondary was buoyed by the return of Ronald
Darby against the Cowboys. Darby recorded an interception, two passes
defensed and a team-high eight tackles in his first game since Week 1,
leading a Philadelphia pass defense to hold Prescott to just 143 passing
yards and a career-worst three interceptions. Adding Darby to that
Eagles defensive backfield is akin to plopping a Pro Bowl-caliber cherry
right on top of Philly's victory Sundays (sundaes?). The Eagles now
boast a surplus of talent in the secondary, which can only help down the
stretch.
5. Speaking of Dak ... sans Smith and Ezekiel Elliott, the Cowboys
quarterback had one of the worst games of his career on Sunday night.
Dak missed throws short and high, rushed passes into high-risk areas to
beat the Eagles' pass rush and struggled to find his most reliable
targets once again. Jason Witten caught just one ball on one target; and
Dez Bryant was targeted 16 times, but he recorded only eight catches,
many of which came after Dallas was already down three scores. The
running game was not the problem; Alfred Morris averaged 5.4 yards per
tote as he rattled off 91 rushing yards. But Dak couldn't capitalize on
ensuing play-action plays. The confluence of Smith and Zeke's absences
is clearly messing with the Cowboys' philosophy on offense and will
likely keep them from making a realistic postseason run, but Prescott
should not be without blame.
