Crucial sport of the Philadelphia Eagles’ season to this point is approaching.
The Birds are internet hosting the Dallas Cowboys at Lincoln Monetary Area in Week 9. And so they’re commonplace three-point dwelling favorites on this NFC East matchup, in accordance with our associates over at DraftKings Sportsbook.
There’s quite a bit on the road.
With a win, the Eagles will advance to 8-1 whereas dropping their high rival to 5-3. That may be a really good cushion to have as they embark on a really powerful stretch of their schedule.
A loss drops them to 7-2 with the Cowboys shifting as much as 6-2. With a head-to-head tiebreaker no less than briefly in hand, Dallas would then have the prospect to take first place within the division with a Week 10 street win over the New York Giants whereas the Eagles are on their bye.
And so this week could be an excellent time for the Eagles to scrub up errors and convey their A-game. They’ll seemingly want it in opposition to a Dallas workforce that boasts the NFL’s fourth-best level differential.
For as dominant because the Cowboys have checked out instances this 12 months, they’ve clearly had their shortcomings. Dallas suffered a 12-point loss to an Arizona Cardinals workforce that’s 1-7. They bought blown out by the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5. Having adopted Cowboys protection, there’s a query if Mike McCarthy’s workforce can actually hold with the NFL’s elites.
Sunday’s sport needs to be a extremely good battle. Barring something surprising (knock on wooden), it’s good to know that we’ll lastly get a Jalen Hurts going up in opposition to Dak Prescott. We haven’t seen that state of affairs since Week 3 of the 2021 season. Final 12 months’s Eagles-Cowboys video games featured Hurts vs. Cooper Rush (Philly win) and Prescott vs. Gardner Minshew (Dallas win).
Can the Eagles rise to the second and preserve their standing not solely on high of the NFC East however your complete NFL?
What say you?
