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The bonus benefit of blowing out the Cowboys with a Thursday game looming originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
The first three quarters were a heck of a lot of fun for the Eagles’ starters. They shook off a shaky start to build a big lead over the Cowboys at AT&T Stadium.
The last quarter was even more fun. Because they got to get off the field, rest their bodies and watch the backups finish the game.
And with a short week coming off, that’s huge.
Nearly all the offensive starters left the game after Jake Elliott’s field goal gave the Eagles a 31-6 lead six seconds into the fourth quarter. The first defense played the next series and then they took their place on the bench next to the offense.
“Yeah, that’s always big,” Sirianni said. “Anytime we can do that, it’s been three times in the past four weeks. We were able to do that against the Giants. We were able to do that against Cincinnati. That adds up.
“I mean, that’s three quarters now and we were able to do that tonight. And so that adds up and that’s huge going into this game. We know we’ve got a tough game coming up.”
The Eagles have been able to rest their starters for most of the fourth quarter in their 28-3 win over the Giants three weeks ago, the 37-17 win over the Bengals two weeks ago and their 34-6 win over the Cowboys Sunday – all on the road.
This week was more important than ever since the Eagles are back in action Thursday night in a battle for first place in the NFC East with the Commanders.
Although the Commanders were home and didn’t have to deal with a three-hour flight, their game against the Steelers went down to the wire and wasn’t decided until Zach Ertz was ruled short of a first down on a 4th-and-9 with a minute left and the Steelers up 28-27.
The loss dropped the Commanders to 7-3 while the Eagles’ fifth straight win lifted them to 7-2.
So it might not sound like a lot, but getting Saquon Barkley, Jalen Hurts, A.J. Brown, Dallas Goedert and everybody else off…
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Author : NBC Sports Philadelphia
Publish date : 2024-11-11 06:13:34
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