Eagles end on a winning streak, beat Cowboys reserves

With 13 minutes remaining in the second quarter against the Eagles in a meaningless Week 17 game, Romo stepped on the field for the first time in the regular season since Thanksgiving of 2015.

Romo, who broke his back in the preseason and was ultimately supplanted by rookie Dak Prescott, went 3-for-4 for 30 yards and hit receiver Terrance Williams on a 3-yard touchdown that was reminiscent of his aerial attack while under center for Dallas in his 14-year career.

Romo would complete three of four passes for 29 yards and a touchdown before eventually giving way to Dallas third-stringer Mark Sanchez. In previous seasons, backup quarterbacks Kevin Kolb, Michael Vick, Vince Young, Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez have all needed to replace starters. People have asked me a lot about that play.

The Eagles took over just outside the 7 and, with Dallas using its last two timeouts, punched it in on third down with 1:23 left to play. “There’s quality reps against a quality opponent that’s in our division that we’ll play for years to come, that I’ll face off against”.

Hogan and Mitchell have combined for more than 1,000 yards and 8 touchdowns, 4 apiece. “It would be tough to argue that statement, and he deserves a lot of credit for that, his ability to come in and understand the situation he had, embrace that challenge and play really good football”. You see that the Cowboys didn’t even play Romo today. “And then we wanted Sanchez to finish the ballgame”, Garrett explained. But as the year ends they have become stars and household names.

He threw a pair of interceptions, both to linebacker Jordan Hicks. To be fair, leading receiver Jordan Matthews was inactive with an ankle injury, so the short passing game was going to be featured, given the Eagles’ limitations at wide receiver.Tight end Zach Ertz caught 13 passes Sunday and had 40 catches in the last five games.

Marshall added 42 yards on 10 carries with one catch for four.

Defensive lineman Jack Crawford and linebacker Andrew Gachkar split a sack. Byron Jones saw action only in the sub packages in the second half. It all started previous year with his pick-six and on Sunday, Hicks picked off a pair of passes.

Their red-zone TD production of 49 percent (eighth worst in the league) has been poor and they were tied for seventh in the league with 22 dropped passes entering the final weekend. Couple this All-World protection with a running game so dominant, Dallas maintained the ability to control the game flow in almost every contest during the 2016 season.

The last time the Cowboys had a punt blocked was October 12, 2014 in a 30-23 win in Seattle. “They’re competitors. But they understood what the objectives were”. “I think we still would have had a chance to win that game and send a better message”. No matter what, we’ve got the quarertback position taken care of. “We wish him the best”. “This is a time to get our eyes forward and get back to work”.

While the high-flying Cowboys (13-2) have secure all that they can in the playoffs, they still want to go into the playoffs with some momentum. The coaching staff emphasized the need to slide or get out of bounds, and Reich said Wentz now has a “good sense” for when to slide or get down, even calling him a “seasoned pro out there”.