Biggest Takeaways from Philadelphia Eagles’ Week 9 Win

And somewhere in the back of his mind, Celek understood that letting Hardy be a hero was a painful proposition, on many levels.

Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo shouts instructions to the team in the first half of an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, November 8, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. “It was insane – he was [expletive] inches from getting Sam. Football is a game of inches, bro”. “I think you always want to address that, the perspective part of where we are, where we’ve been and where we’re going and what’s out there”.

Against Dallas, the Eagles exhausted out the Cowboys’ defense until they were helpless to stop them.

NOTES: Dallas owner Jerry Jones reiterated his support of DE Greg Hardy on Friday after Deadspin published photos detailing Hardy’s alleged domestic assault of his ex-girlfriend. You just have to let them go.

“I love what this young guy’s doing”, Peterson told the NFL Network about Gurley. Like 1960s TV icon Maxwell Smart, he missed it by THAT much.

The Eagles took the lead again on a Sturgis 31-yard field goal with 7:22 left after stalling at the 13 of the Cowboys.

“It was electrifying”, said Murray, who broke Emmitt Smith’s Dallas franchise record with an NFL-best 1,845 yards rushing last season and is starting to churn out yardage after a slow start this year. A rookie out of Georgia, he may just be the N.F.L.’s best running back at the moment, averaging 115 yards rushing a game, a full 15 more than the player in the No. 2 spot, Minnesota’s Adrian Peterson, who counts himself as a Gurley fan.

The defense is capable of playing a better game, but give the Cowboys a few credit – some of their offensive liabilities played well. They have a consistent pass rush. Matthews had nine catches for 133 yards. I was just happy to catch that first one since it’s been a while. “And I was like, ‘Oh boy”. Sam Bradford and Jordan Matthews finished off the Cowboys. However, after the play, all Carr could do was sit down in the end zone, clearly gassed (see picture to the right).

Philadelphia stayed even in the loss column with the NFC East-leading NY Giants (5-4), while the Cowboys are running out of chances to stay in contention to defend their division title before Romo returns.

“Another loss tougher”, he said. “This could be huge for us”.

“We’re right there”, safety Barry Church said.

In other words, while defeating a Cowboys squad mired in the tailspin of a six-game losing streak and needing overtime to do it may not seem all that impressive, it certainly was pivotal.

The game-winning drive Bradford led in OT was his first since coming to the Eagles in that still-debated offseason trade with the Rams for Nick Foles, and it at least quieted Bradford’s critics for a week. “He’s taking ownership in this offense, and that’s exactly what we needed”. “Now it’s our job to bring that juice next week and beyond”.

Kelly said he’s seeing improvement, especially from quarterback Sam Bradford, who completed 25 of 36 passes for 295 yards and a touchdown. “So I tried to bring a little more energy”. But it was a 41-yard strike to Jordan Matthews to end the game in overtime. So that wasn’t a turning point for us … Romo is scheduled to return in a couple weeks, and it’s a testament to the weakness of this division that Dallas (2-6) could go winless in October and still have a reasonable chance of reaching the playoffs. Beasley would finish with nine grabs for 112 yards and the two scores, while Bryant had 104 and his TD on five catches.

Big game for Brandon Graham, who registered two tackles and forced two fumbles on Matt Cassel.

Johnson speculated that the mushrooming controversy might have distracted Hardy.

The Goats: After the first half, there wasn’t much defense to speak of here.

Don’t forget, the Giants all but handed the opener to them, and the Eagles looked as if they’ve just been introduced to each other in the Week 2 game.