December 29, 2024
UPDATE – The Eagles ran over Dallas, with Kenny Pickett and Tanner McKee, taking care of business on Sunday at the Linc with a 41-7 rout to close out the race for the NFC East.
The division is theirs, and Saquon Barkley joined the 2,000-yard rushing club in the process.
Here's the immediate coverage from Sunday in South Philly:
• Eagles clinch NFC East title (Jimmy Kempski)
• Eagles stock watch: A record chase (likely) ends, Gardner-Johnson makes amends (Evan Macy)
• The pivotal plays from the Eagles' blowout of Dallas to take the NFC East (Nick Tricome)
And as always, you can run back through the conversation from Sunday's game as it happened down below.
EARLIER...
The 12-3 Philadelphia Eagles will look to rebound at home against the Dallas Cowboys after their first loss in months last Sunday, to the Washington Commanders. If the Birds can take care of business, they will clinch the NFC East.
This will be a battle of backup quarterbacks, as Jalen Hurts will miss this game with a concussion, while Dak Prescott has been on IR for weeks with a hamstring injury. Kenny Pickett will start for the Birds, Cooper Rush for the Boys. The Eagles also have other important players who cannot go, like Dallas Goedert, Brandon Graham, and Nakobe Dean, but their list of injuries pales in comparison to the Cowboys' injury woes. They'll be without WR CeeDee Lamb, RG Zack Martin, CB Trevon Diggs, DE DeMarcus Lawrence, and LB DeMarvion Overshown. You can see the Eagles-Commanders inactives here.
As we noted in our Eagles-Cowboys preview, the Cowboys have a shaky run defense, but you can bet they will try to sell out to stop the run and make Pickett beat them through the air. Offensively, the Cowboys could struggle to move the ball without Prescott and Lamb.
The Eagles are 7.5-point favorites heading into this matchup. Here are our staff writer picks.
Feel free to discuss the game in the comments section below.
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