Opponent Profile: Will Dallas Cowboys Rest Starters In Regular Season Finale?

The Cowboys have only improved in total defense from No 17 in the league to 12 but that is a little misleading, Often a team’s passing yards will be inflated somewhat because they are attempting to come back from a deficit and throwing the ball on almost every down.

Every player asked after the win over the Lions said they wanted to play against the Eagles. The question now arises as to whether or not Dallas will play their starters.

Fortunately, this season, it has nothing to do with whether or not they’ll make the playoffs.

The Cowboys basic roadmap on offense has been follow the offensive line. The 2016 Cowboys can have the record on their own with a road win against the Eagles on Sunday. He also doesn’t have the best touch downfield although that seems to have greatly improved as the season has progressed. However, after broken legs to quarterbacks decimated Miami and Oakland’s playoff chances, the risk of a freak injury derailing Dak’s season feels even more real. He made a juggling grab of a 25-yard throw from Prescott with 1:04 left in the first half to tie the game at 21-all despite pass interference by Lions cornerback Johnson Bademosi. Whoever is the quarterback will have multiple weapons to utilize in the passing game. He now has 1631 yards, and he will need a miraculous game to reach it. Neither running back has done too much this season outside of bursts of action here and there, and neither have shown much consistency.

Now, before Cowboys fans start getting really excited due to the fact that this means they should roll out Tony Romo, that’s not the case either.

“We probably have to prepare for three different quarterbacks”, Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Schwartz said Tuesday.

When it comes to playing time Prescott says if there is a game plan that involves him playing less than four quarters he has yet to be made aware of it. They have 24 takeaways this season, 14 interceptions and 12 fumble recoveries, and they did give Dak Prescott his first interception of his National Football League career.

Then there’s this: The Cowboys have the NFC’s No. 1 seed sewn up and might rest some of their starters Sunday against Philadelphia, a team out of postseason contention. Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott are both healthy. Graham is a stud on defense, with 5.5 sacks and nine tackles for a loss this season. A win this Sunday over our NFC East rivals could be like hitting two birds with one stone.