Cowboys’ long skid threatens to make Romo’s return pointless

The Eagles (4-4) are a half-game behind the Giants in the NFC East standings and already beat NY handily last month. The Giants have to face the Patriots on November 15, the NY Jets on December 6, and the Carolina Panthers and Minnesota Vikings right before facing the Eagles.

Bradford completed 25 of 36 passes for 295 yards with the one touchdown and no interceptions.

The Cowboys (2-6) lost their sixth in row, all without quarterback Tony Romo, in a season that began with Super Bowl aspirations.

Bryant had 104 yards on five catches, and Cole Beasley had career highs with nine catches for 112 yards with two touchdowns, which matched his total from a win against Chicago a year ago.

Matthews, who had nine catches for 133 yards, broke away from rookie defensive back Byron Jones and ran past safety J.J.

Whatever fireworks were missing early went off in the fourth quarter and overtime, as big plays were made on both sides.

The advantage was short-lived. We’ve just kind of repped those and we’re going to go out there and run those plays on Sundays.

On third down, Cassel rolled right and reversed field to avoid pressure. Last week, the defense played extremely well, but the offense never found the end zone.

The Eagles concluded a 6-play drive that took only 1:07 and regained the lead 27-24 with just 1:46 left in the final regulation quarter when Sturgis connected from 53 yards out.

MATT HASSELBECK: The 40-year-old backup QB takes over the first-place Colts (4-5) now that Andrew Luck is expected to miss at least two to six weeks with a lacerated kidney and a partially torn abdominal muscle. He said he would’ve been the one making the defensive calls via the headset in his helmet (one player on defense is designated with the microphone) if the Eagles had to play defense in overtime. Philadelphia picked up a fourth-and-1 at the Dallas 43 before Bradford found Matthews over the middle the deciding score.

The Philadelphia Eagles have battled injuries in their linebacking core all season and Sunday’s game against the Dallas Cowboys was no exception. He will be eligible to return from the injured reserve/designated to return list in Week 10 against the Dolphins. Darren Sproles averages 14.7 yards per return. He returned a punt from the one, when he should have let it bounce into the end zone.

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.

■ Kicker Caleb Sturgis has a few leg. He drilled a 53-yarder to put the Eagles ahead with 1:46 left.

Then in overtime, he teamed with Bradford on the game-winning TD.

Sunday’s 33-27 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles was the second overtime defeat during the six-game slide. But if one thing is for certain, it’s that the running game is the spine of the offense.

The entire time, he stayed in Philadelphia, thinking that he might get another chance with the Eagles.

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. Hardy, who expressed regret on Twitter on Saturday, had three tackles and a sack Sunday. The team signed RB Trey Williams from Washington’s practice squad.