By Mark Halpern
This Sunday night primetime NFL game will be the most talked about game this Sunday. The Cowboys and the Eagles have had a bitter rivalry since the mid-1960s. It doesn’t matter if they are both undefeated or winless; when these two teams take the field against each other, you can guarantee to see a primetime duel. Over the last 50 years, the Dallas Cowboys own this rivalry with a record of 71-54 (3-1 in playoffs). This Sunday’s game will have the whole world watching as the undefeated Eagles welcome the 4-1 Cowboys.
Lincoln Financial stadium is a massive home-field advantage for the Eagles, as their fans mainly belong in insane asylums. If you dare to show up in another team’s jersey, you might as well just put on a Boston Redsox Jersey and walk into Yankee Stadium. Fans get violent in and out of the stadium. It will be deafening no matter what’s going on. If the Cowboys are blowing out the Eagles, you will hear Eagles fans booing their home team and vice versa.
When Dak Prescott broke, his thumb fans began to throw in the towel. I was bummed and was planning a change of season scenarios. However, Cooper Rush has come out and has played like a tier-one Quarterback. Rush has played errorless football, and each week he gives the Cowboys a chance to win by spreading the ball around and being a top-notch field general. Ezekiel Elliot and Tony Pollard have come out and given what the Cowboys needed, and that is a “Thunder and Lightning backfield.” Either of the two can run it, block, and catch a pass out of the back field, which has tired defenses as the Cowboys have been controlling the clock and keeping defenses on the field longer. The Receiving core for the Cowboys has not disappointed. Every receiver that has come into the game through these first five games has played an important role, and as long as the Offense is clicking, then points will be put on the board.
The Dallas offense has done well, but the Dallas Defense has been the talk of the NFL. Through its first five games, the Defense has not let any team score more than 19 points in a game. Micha Parsons is just rolling. He can be seen making contributions to at least 80% of all defense plays. He has been doing it all; whether it’s getting through the defensive line for a sack (he has six on the year), stopping the run for a loss, or dropping back into coverage, he is proven that a new Lawrence Taylor has emerged. The Dallas secondary has picked up from where it was last year. Trayvon Diggs has control of the “No Fly Zone” secondary, and they have shut down some of the top wide receivers in the league (Kupp, Chase, Evans, to name a few.)
The Eagles are 5-0 and have played very impressively. Jalen Hurts has thrown for over 1300 yards but only has four touchdowns to just two interceptions. Miles Sanders has started the season hot with over 400 yards rushing and three touchdowns, and then probably one of the best wide receiver cores in A.J Brown and Davonte Smith combined for 56 receptions and 789, and Dallas Godert also has 353 yards. The Eagle’s Offense is dangerous, but it hasn’t had a top-tier defensive challenge, and we will see what they can do against this scary Dallas defense.
You couldn’t have a better two teams face off this week. It will not only be a game of strategy but, a game of hard hits and exciting plays. I look again to the Dallas defense here. They have to stop the most dangerous wide receiver duo they have faced this year and have to stop one of the leagues hottest quarterbacks. The Cowboys offense needs to keep using the same game plan which has helped put points on the board. This wont be a blow out by far. The Dallas Cowboys will move on to 5-1 by the score of 31-24.
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