After a victory over the Washington Redskins, the Eagles headed into the bye-week with a key division match-up coming up versus Dallas. Under Andy Reid, Philly has been 12-0 after a bye week. Add win number 13 now, as Philadelphia dominated the Cowboys, 34-7, to improve to 3-4.
LeSean McCoy was unstoppable in the game, rushing for 185 yards with two touchdowns. Things got so good that he and 69-year-old assistant head coach Howard Mudd did a chest bump. The funny part? Mudd was on crutches. That is how much McCoy brought energy into this team last night.
"I feel like every game is a chance for me to prove myself," McCoy said. "At any given time, any one of our guys could go off."
Vick played solid as well, with 279 passing yards along with two touchdowns to finish with a 129.9 rating. He also added 50 yards on the ground. Brent Celek helped lead the team in receiving, with seven catches for 94 yards.
By halftime, Philadelphia was already leading, 24-0.
"We started fast," Vick said. "That was our mindset. We wanted to set the tempo. We didn't want to let up."
Throughout the week before the pivotal Sunday-night match-up, Cowboys' defensive coordinator Rob Ryan started trash-talking about Philly the whole team. After the first half, Philly already had 100 rushing yards against the best rushing defense in the league. The Eagles would total up nearly 500 yards of offense to finish off the night, enough to make Ryan's gut burst.
"I got outcoached by Reid and their staff," Ryan said. "It's ridiculous. I never gave our guys a chance. The whole thing was on me."
The only good thing for DeMarcus Ware was his four sacks, as he reached the double-digit sack mark once again, now having twelve so far on the season. DeMarco Murray, who was coming off an amazing 253-yard performance, only had 74 yards in this game. However, he didn't get many tries to make a difference, only having eight carries.
"We weren't up to the task tonight," Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said. "This game is not coming back. We can learn from it and move on to the next challenge. We didn't execute in any phase of the football game."
It was just a solid victory by Philadelphia. The Eagles went from the bottom of the NFC East to now in second place, behind the 5-2 New York Giants. They will face the Chicago Bears next, as it will be an important match-up.
Philly is improving and I look forward to seeing more of this "Dream Team" developing into what they were supposed to be at the start of the year.
