Jerry Jones won’t sit Tony Romo even if playoff chances are slim

With the retractable roof at AT&T Stadium open, light rain fell briefly in the second half.

An up-and-down season for the Philadelphia Eagles is in back on an upswing after a wild 33-27 overtime victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday night.

“I’ve seen Sam improve on a weekly basis here, ” Kelly said. I can think of no better microcosm of the last six games than the play of rookie first-round draft pick Byron Jones.

Conservative game plans on both sides led to a 7-7 score at halftime.

■ Finally, Jordan Matthews can catch. The pre-bye example of how to drop footballs hauled in nine balls for 131 yards, including the 41-yard gamewinner in the extra session. The team is losing steam in the NFC East following losses to the NY Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles and their season could be put on ice sooner than they expected.

In the kicking game, Dan Bailey was a flawless two-for-two on field goals, including a kick that sent the game into overtime.

More completions and fewer three-and-outs would help. More on that later.

Even when the Cowboys knotted the game at 21 they did it on essentially a Hail Mary pass set up by Lucky Whitehead’s 79-yard kickoff return.

Cassel, scrambling for what seemed an eternity behind the reputed best offensive line in football, lofted a prayer toward the corner of the end zone loaded with players.

The Eagles were all over the place for much of the night. “I thought we’ve done a lot of good things”.

The quarterback drilled Matthews over the middle, and after a streak toward the sideline, the game was over. The Eagles wrongly projected Foles as a franchise quarterback and missed the boat on quality quarterback prospects.

For the Eagles, it takes the run game to kick-start the offense. The passing game was working, the running game was setting it up and the Eagles were playing at the fast tempo for which Chip Kelly has been known.

The Cowboys answered with their own drive featuring slot receiver Cole Beasley, who beat safety Malcolm Jenkins so often the Eagles threw Biggers at him.

The Eagles were embarrassed in their first showdown with Dallas.

If they don’t like it, well, they really only have themselves to blame. Technically it was a six-and-out.

The Eagles were looking to maintain an undefeated record, while Dallas had recorded just two wins for the season. But if one thing is for certain, it’s that the running game is the spine of the offense.

That’s the pick by our Sports Xchange reporter on the Cowboys based on the Cowboys won the two games in which Romo played and lost all the others.

Bryant, of course, was uncoverable until coordinator Billy Davis wised-up and doubled him. Jordan Matthews caught nine passes for 133 yards and a touchdown, while DeMarco Murray racked up early 80 yards receiving in addition to his 83 rushing yards. The run blocking was outstanding. “Just in how we play”. “It really makes it tough on a defense when they have to play the run, and they know we’re going to try to run the ball at them”. Hicks further hurt the Cowboys on Sunday when he returned an interception 67 yards for a touchdown. He still has as many interceptions as touchdowns this season, mostly because the weak Eagles line doesn’t allow him time to make reads in the Philadelphia offense.