ARLINGTON, Texas – The Dallas Cowboys are still alive in their race to reach the postseason, which will define their representative from the Eastern Division of the National Conference in the last week of the regular season.
The Cowboys completed their task, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles 37-17, and the Carolina Panthers helped them with their victory over the Washington football team this Sunday.
Dallas played one of his most complete games of the season, including on the defensive side of the ball, where they stopped again in the moments that mattered the most and snatched the balls from opponents, including two interceptions and a bat. .
More importantly, because it is rarely seen in more recent seasons, the Cowboys have managed to adapt to the defensive game.
“It’s not always about the team with the best record of the regular season, it’s about the one that comes strongest,” Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton said after his team’s third straight win. “We just want a chance to get in. When you make the playoffs, then you have a chance to race.”
The Eagles, who were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs, scored in the first two offensive series, in which defender Jalen Hurts appeared impenetrable, leading his team 75 meters in 11 games first and the second with a pass of 81 meters. newly reactivated recipient Desean Jackson.
From there, the Dallas defense reacted, despite the fact that defender Leighton Vander Esch was absent due to an ankle injury, and the games of his substitute, veteran Sean Lee, are more and more limited.
But defender Randy Gregory organized his best game of the season, with well over six attacks, his 1.5 sacks and the beatings he caused in the fourth quarter, when the game was still on the line …
Beyond the statistics, Gregory was a constant defensive presence on the Hurts and against Philadelphia’s attack.
“We looked completely different from two weeks ago and the credit goes to the players,” said Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy. “As long as we have the opportunity, we will compete. The only thing we can control is our work and we have a lot to do next week.”
On offense, Dalton played as they intended, when before the start of the season he was hired as a reserve for Dak Prescott.
Dalton passed for 377 yards with three touchdown passes and a single interception. He was correct in several passes, especially the two passes scored for Michael Gallup, who gave another recital to the position.
Gallup and Amari Coope had 121 identical meters, including receptions of 55 meters and 69 meters respectively. Cee Dee Lamb added another 65 yards on just three additions; one of 52 meters, in addition to his touchdown.
And all covered by the second game of the season with over 100 meters (105) for Zeke Elliott, who after missing the previous week due to injury, this Sunday had one of his most complete games of the season.
“The easiest thing for us would have been to give up five or six weeks ago,” Elliott said. “We never did, even if a lot of things didn’t go our way. But we’re competitors. The whole team is competitive. Now we have to win next week and get a little help from the guys we just defeated. “.
The Cowboys played their last game of the 2020 regular season in front of 30,141 fans, bringing them an average of 27,378 in the eight games they played, all with an audience in the stands of AT&T Stadium.