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The reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles take on the rival Dallas Cowboys Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field. A win will keep the 4-4 Eagles in the thick of the NFC East race. (Photo by Mitchell Leff / Getty Images)
Now that the Eagles are rested and alive following a week that could not have been better than the first place Redskins and Cowboys losing home, is it finally time for a "green" wave-with a "Golden" touch? In other words, are the reigning Super Bowl fields ready to get down to business and take over an eminently winnable NFC East?
You'll have to wait until Sunday night when "Dallas Week" comes to a head. That's when the 4-4 Eagles have a chance to pretty much put Jerry Jones and his 3-5 Cowboys out of their misery.
Doug Pederson 's team they' ve gotten to know they 're going to be shut up.
Now, the word is the long-awaited return of return specialist Darren Sproles may be put on hold after he re-aggravated the hamstring that sidelined him the past seven games during Wednesday practice. That was the offensive line of the Eagles, anchored by Jason Peters and Johnson's Lane, which was surprisingly strong at full strength. Golden Tate to go against a Dallas defense carved up by Tennessee's Marcus Mariota and Carson Wentz must be salivating.
Especially knowing Tate's best game of the season came against those same Cowboys, when he hauled in eight balls for 132 yards and two touchdowns. Plus, Dallas will be without longtime Eagle nemesis linebacker, Sean Lee, for the next 4-6 weeks with a bum hamstring.
But when you've managed to lose teams like the Bucs and Titans, you'll get nothing for granted. "I reminded them of that," said Pederson, who had his own memories of playing the Cowboys when they were a much more elite team. "We're coming off bye, getting some guys back.
"You can look down the road a little bit and see – the next four weeks and the last four weeks – exactly what's in front of us. But we always focus on a one-week-at-a-time mentality.
"We talk about winning our opponent games division, and this is one of them. Things are right in front of us to attack and try to capture. "
Whereas players are not supposed to look ahead, and those in the media do not have that obligation. Having five NFC East games-the first three in the next four weeks at home-figures to work to the Eagles' advantage.
But the rest of the schedule is daunting. It features a trip to New Orleans next week where the newest Saint and longtime Eagle tormentor, Dez Bryant, will give Drew Brees yet another weapon in his imposing arsenal, a late-season trip to LA, to face the explosive Rams, where there may Not so much of an Eagles' fan outpouring as last year, with a home game against the hot blistering Texans, who've won six straight.
When all said this, do not be surprised if it all comes down to the final season in Washington, where the Redskins-currently still in first place at 5-3-could still be in the picture. After getting wiped out, 38-14, by the Falcons and seeing 3/5 of their offensive line also wiped out by injury, Jay Gruden will hope his team can regroup and remain in the race.
In contrast to the Eagles, their schedule with two Eagles, one apiece against Dallas and the 1-7 Giants, trips to Tampa, Tennessee and Jacksonville and a home game with Houston, seems a bit less taxing. However, five of them are on the road.
As for the Cowboys, the Eagles are in love with you and Troy Aikman. Yet while train Cowboy hero-turned Fox commentator Aikman questioned what is Jerry said he still stands by his coach, Jason Garrett and quarterback, Dak Prescott-at least for now .
The Eagles, of course, can not worry about any of that. They've got enough problems of their own and are crossing their fingers with some new life.
Their defense, on the other hand, remains a question mark, particularly in the secondary where cornerback Jalen Mills is not expected to play to a foot injury. With Sidney Jones also doubtful that means either Douglas Gold or Ronald Darby figures to draw newcomer Amari Cooper, who immediately made his presence felt in his Cowboys' debut.
The Eagles, who's been vulnerable against mobile quarterbacks like Mariota and Cam Newton, also have a look at Prescott's ability to scramble and buy time from his receivers get open. Plus, there's always Ezekiel Elliott to deal with.
"What a tremendous back he is," said Pederson of Elliott, who's rushed for 680 yards on 149 carries to go with 41 receptions for 226 more. "A lot of things run through him and he's tough to bring down.
"But this is a team that has a lot of weapons and it's really good team on defense.They are really good up front, good pass rushers, one of the top – if not the top – third-down defense . "
Still, the Cowboys are 3-5 and seemingly going nowhere. The Eagles, though, see their first chance to make a statement they're back in the NFC East-and maybe the NFC period-hunt. "We've got to make a run," said offensive tackle Jason Peters, who's hoping the time off will be able to stay on top of him. "We lost some early in the year when we just gave 'em away.
"But we can not think about it now. We've got to look forward and go from there. "
It starts Sunday when the Eagles-who'll be dressed in black-hope to finally start making waves. The rest of the NFC East, not to mention the entire NFC, will be watching the week.
Just bring them back to their end.
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The reigning Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles take on the rival Dallas Cowboys Sunday night at Lincoln Financial Field. A win will keep the 4-4 Eagles in the thick of the NFC East race. (Photo by Mitchell Leff / Getty Images)
Now that the Eagles are rested and alive following a week that could not have been better than the first place Redskins and Cowboys losing home, is it finally time for a "green" wave-with a "Golden" touch? In other words, are the reigning Super Bowl fields ready to get down to business and take over an eminently winnable NFC East?
You'll have to wait until Sunday night when "Dallas Week" comes to a head. That's when the 4-4 Eagles have a chance to pretty much put Jerry Jones and his 3-5 Cowboys out of their misery.
Doug Pederson 's team they' ve gotten to know they 're going to be shut up.
Now, the word is the long-awaited return of return specialist Darren Sproles may be put on hold after he re-aggravated the hamstring that sidelined him the past seven games during Wednesday practice. That was the offensive line of the Eagles, anchored by Jason Peters and Johnson's Lane, which was surprisingly strong at full strength. Golden Tate to go against a Dallas defense carved up by Tennessee's Marcus Mariota and Carson Wentz must be salivating.
Especially knowing Tate's best game of the season came against those same Cowboys, when he hauled in eight balls for 132 yards and two touchdowns. Plus, Dallas will be without longtime Eagle nemesis linebacker, Sean Lee, for the next 4-6 weeks with a bum hamstring.
But when you've managed to lose teams like the Bucs and Titans, you'll get nothing for granted. "I reminded them of that," said Pederson, who had his own memories of playing the Cowboys when they were a much more elite team. "We're coming off bye, getting some guys back.
"You can look down the road a little bit and see – the next four weeks and the last four weeks – exactly what's in front of us. But we always focus on a one-week-at-a-time mentality.
"We talk about winning our opponent games division, and this is one of them. Things are right in front of us to attack and try to capture. "
Whereas players are not supposed to look ahead, and those in the media do not have that obligation. Having five NFC East games-the first three in the next four weeks at home-figures to work to the Eagles' advantage.
But the rest of the schedule is daunting. It features a trip to New Orleans next week where the newest Saint and longtime Eagle tormentor, Dez Bryant, will give Drew Brees yet another weapon in his imposing arsenal, a late-season trip to LA, to face the explosive Rams, where there may Not so much of an Eagles' fan outpouring as last year, with a home game against the hot blistering Texans, who've won six straight.
When all said this, do not be surprised if it all comes down to the final season in Washington, where the Redskins-currently still in first place at 5-3-could still be in the picture. After getting wiped out, 38-14, by the Falcons and seeing 3/5 of their offensive line also wiped out by injury, Jay Gruden will hope his team can regroup and remain in the race.
In contrast to the Eagles, their schedule with two Eagles, one apiece against Dallas and the 1-7 Giants, trips to Tampa, Tennessee and Jacksonville and a home game with Houston, seems a bit less taxing. However, five of them are on the road.
As for the Cowboys, the Eagles are in love with you and Troy Aikman. Yet while train Cowboy hero-turned Fox commentator Aikman questioned what is Jerry said he still stands by his coach, Jason Garrett and quarterback, Dak Prescott-at least for now .
The Eagles, of course, can not worry about any of that. They've got enough problems of their own and are crossing their fingers with some new life.
Their defense, on the other hand, remains a question mark, particularly in the secondary where cornerback Jalen Mills is not expected to play to a foot injury. With Sidney Jones also doubtful that means either Douglas Gold or Ronald Darby figures to draw newcomer Amari Cooper, who immediately made his presence felt in his Cowboys' debut.
The Eagles, who's been vulnerable against mobile quarterbacks like Mariota and Cam Newton, also have a look at Prescott's ability to scramble and buy time from his receivers get open. Plus, there's always Ezekiel Elliott to deal with.
"What a tremendous back he is," said Pederson of Elliott, who's rushed for 680 yards on 149 carries to go with 41 receptions for 226 more. "A lot of things run through him and he's tough to bring down.
"But this is a team that has a lot of weapons and it's really good team on defense.They are really good up front, good pass rushers, one of the top – if not the top – third-down defense . "
Still, the Cowboys are 3-5 and seemingly going nowhere. The Eagles, though, see their first chance to make a statement they're back in the NFC East-and maybe the NFC period-hunt. "We've got to make a run," said offensive tackle Jason Peters, who's hoping the time off will be able to stay on top of him. "We lost some early in the year when we just gave 'em away.
"But we can not think about it now. We've got to look forward and go from there. "
It starts Sunday when the Eagles-who'll be dressed in black-hope to finally start making waves. The rest of the NFC East, not to mention the entire NFC, will be watching the week.
Just bring them back to their end.
