Cowboys Pregame Three Thoughts: Wk 17
The long awaited visit to Philadelphia has become less anticipated than first expected.
Two games to go! Two to go!
Fox had big dreams for this game in Week 17 as the centerpiece of their 3:25 window on Sunday, but a lot happens between April and December.
In this case, the NFC showdown game that could have decided the NFC East is instead a game that Fox is burying at noon and just trying to get through.
The Dallas Cowboys are going nowhere.
Dak Prescott and Jalen Hurts are both injured and unavailable. Prescott has won eight of his last ten starts against the Eagles and is 9-4 in his career. Hurts has won three of his last four starts against Dallas and is 4-3 in his career. But we are operating under the assumption that neither will play, as Hurts is being held out now that their seeding is virtually academic.
Essentially, they are almost assured they cannot get the No. 1 seed from Detroit or Minnesota, but they are also assured they cannot lose the No. 2 seed. With that in mind, they get no bye week and will play the No. 7 seed. Even that is pretty locked in, leading us to believe the wildcard matchup of Washington at Philadelphia is going to happen.
Dallas is a full five games back of the Eagles and even made up a game last week. When you are 6-8 and your bitter rival is 12-2, well, you know that nothing really worked out for your hopes and dreams.
Be that as it may, we have two games to go.
These are my Cowboys-Eagles Pregame Three Thoughts:
When Dallas has the ball:
– After watching the Buccaneers defensive front work over the Cowboys offensive line, we are looking forward to seeing how they stack up against the Eagles front. Vic Fangio and his boys will test them plenty. One to be tested is the right tackle Terence Steele.