shanetaylorThe Dallas Cowboys lost a tough battle with the Eagles 28-23 Sunday afternoon.
After leading 17-14 at the half, the defense struggled with penalties that kept Eagles drives going.
The Dallas offense played as well as they could have in the first half.
Start of the second half
The defense started on the field, and it did not end well; they allowed Philly to drive for a touchdown to take the lead 21-17.
A touchdown pass from Jalen Hurts to DeVonta Smith was the result.
Where is this excellent defense this team is supposed to have?
Cowboys drive ends after that holding penalty
— Todd Archer (@toddarcher) November 5, 2023
The second drive was again filled with questions. They could not find a way to put any pressure on Hurts.
The lack of resulted in another touchdown for the Eagles after two questionable calls, including a pass interference on Stephon Gilmore on a route where A.J Brown STOPPED running.
The refs need to chill with all these flags. This is a hell of a game between two really good teams. Let the men play ball! #Cowboys #Eagles
— Emmanuel Acho (@EmmanuelAcho) November 5, 2023
The offense had a heck of a drive for over 70 yards, but on fourth down, Luke Schoonmaker caught the ball at the half-yard line, which resulted in a turnover on downs.
The Cowboys’ defense was able to force a punt from their goal line.
Dak Prescott found Jalen Tolbert for a 7-yard score. But Prescott steps out on the 2-point play. Indeed a game of inches.
.@Dak to Jalen Tolbert! Cowboys make it a one-possession game
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The Cowboys’ defense was able to force a punt from their goal line.
One last chance
Prescott and the offense had a chance to take the lead, but after crossing midfield, the Eagles defensive line forced two sacks on back-to-back plays to back up the Dallas offense.
On third down, Prescott found CeeDee Lamb for 13 yards. On fourth and 8, Prescott could not find Tolbert on a pass that was just a touch above his head.
Please tell me why Tolbert is the one we are trying to get the ball to with the game on the line.
You have Lamb and Cooks and even Ferguson, and you go to Tolbert?
Make it make sense.
The Eagles tried to give the game away with a fumble, but Micah Parsons could not bounce on it.
After a few calls that went the Cowboys’ way that should or should not have been called went their way.
The pass interference was apparent, but Dallas probably got a gift on the roughing of the passer call.
Either way, they had a chance.
The offense had the ball at the six-yard line, and after two sacks, the offense could not find the end zone, resulting in the loss 28-23.
Takeaways from the game
The offense was good enough to win the football game. Did they win the game with their chance? No, but Terrence Steele is bad. Let’s put that out there.
The defense struggled at times.
The main takeaway from this game is that the Cowboys can play with the best in football, and if you say they can’t, you are a hater.
This is the best Prescott has looked in a road game against an elite football team.
Did he leave two points out there by stepping out of bounds? Yes, but you can’t tell me he was the reason they lost the game.
The Cowboys’ defense had a bunch of random calls that went against them.
This one will sting, but this team showed they can play with the best in the NFC.
Same old Cowboys. Cowboy fans will 100% blame the refs because the players are *never* responsible for losing a game.
Fred Goodwin offensive line lost the game with stupid penalties, sacks and pathetic run blocking
Doug Mackenzie Preaching to the choir.
Why not post your response to Victor Salazar, a fan who did exactly as I predicted?
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Doug Mackenzie Did you happen to notice how mad their coach was at the refs? The bad calls went both ways.
They always do, despite how much my fellow Cowboy fans believe otherwise.
Doug Mackenzie Yep like I said bad calls (and non-calls) go both ways.
Doug Mackenzie But fans only notice the bad calls or non-calls that go against *our* team, not the other guys.
Fred Goodwin true
Fred Goodwin you’re a fool
Eleodoro Gonzalez If I’m a fool for being a Cowboy fan since 1965, then I guess I agree with you.
Fred Goodwin what game was you watching,because what I watched the referees did
Fred Goodwin You mean like when the refs called that pass interference on eagles at thr end of thr superbowl which allowed Chiefs to extend their drive and win it all? You mean like that?
Kenny Shoemaker Thanx for proving my point Kenny.
Steve Preciado The Cowboys weren’t in that game, so I really don’t care how the calls or non-calls went. But thanx for playing.
Fred Goodwin Lol if ur gonna talk shit, be prepared to eat some yourself.
Fred Goodwin and thank YOU for playing
Steve Preciado The only one talking shit here is you — and thanx for proving my point.
Fred Goodwin Deny deflect and downplay. You reading trumps Art of the Deal? Lol moron
Fred Goodwin I’ll come down to what you understand: “I know you are but what am I?”.
Steve Preciado Wow, are you my new sock puppet? Keep dancing you’re doing a great job.
Fred Goodwin Ur the one responding to what you said you don’t care about. Trying to flip the script now huh? Another trump tactic
Fred Goodwin Lets get back to the original subject. You claim all Dallas fans will 100% blame the refs. And my comment was comparing how almost all eagle fans blamed the refs for calling that OBVIOUS holding call on eagles near the end of the superbowl (you know the one. And he held him twice btw).
Steve Preciado Lemme repeat: I don’t care what fans of other teams think. My team is the Cowboys.
And like every other Cowboy fan, you’re whining about the refs, which proves my case. Thank you.
Fred Goodwin I don’t need to prove your point. I’m making a point. I don’t usually blame the referees for losing games but the was horrible non calls and calls
Steve Preciado Keep dancing, little sock puppet . . .
Kenny Shoemaker The bad calls and non-calls went both ways. The refs are not the reason the Cowboys couldn’t get a first down on 4th, or were stopped short of the goal line.
Fred Goodwin Lol deflection, nice! Means you lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Lol deflection nice! Means you lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Deflection, nice! Still means you lost lol
Fred Goodwin it’s been the refs for 27 and a half years
Fred Goodwin Still lost while ur typing a snappy comeback
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Still lost
William Slevenski Apparently.
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Still lost
Awww is the game (that u started) over?
Fred Goodwin Thanks for playing?
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Sweet! U still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
I can go all night dude. At some point u need to sleep. I’ll give you an hour buffer time to respond. After that, you lost and I will block u at that time cuz ur not gonna continue this into tomorrow.
Fred Goodwin But for now, you still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Lol u know u can’t keep this going.
Im gonna cut that hour down to 30min. An hour is too much time for u to play with.
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin. Still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin still lost
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Still lost and please apologize to your wife since you’ll be typing thru the night while we’re all in bed together.
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Does she prefer to be in the middle?
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin Make her my puppet too
Steve Preciado Keep dancing little sock puppet, you’re so good at it!
Fred Goodwin I’m not saying they were the whole reason
Fred Goodwin it’s in all games
Doug Mackenzie u sound like a clown we list because of not calling penalties Dallas outplayed eagles plus our offense had a great game
Please tell me that that bad call on a PI on a Cowboys corner on an over thrown pass did not change the game score.
We lost a tough game to the refs
Victor Salazar Dak needs to be benched. He sucks ass
Victor Salazar seriously? The game was handed to Dak at the end. As usual he can’t deliver the win.
Victor Salazar
Cowboys fan here…Cowboys and Eagles got their fair share of penalties…two Eagles penalties on that Cowboys last drive helped the Cowboys get in position to possibly win that game…the Cowboys failed…McCarthy and Dak failed yet again when it mattered most.
Glenn Guillory wrong when Eagles needed defense to make a play to win they did when Dallas needs the defense to make a play against a good team they never do
Jeff Widun eagles last drive that was a touchdown should have never happened to many penalties that didn’t get called
Tyson Farr agreed, but always gonna have bad calls. Missed 2 point conversion, the sack, the delay of game, the false start…destroyed their last chance.
Jeff Widun definitely agree
Doug Mackenzie
And you? I’m LMAO…!!! Don’t cherry pick a couple items…call the entire game like we all saw it.
We need a running game!
Mike Bauer Absolutely.What we have today scares no one
Same Cowboys.Just can’t win the game they need to win.
Steve Stanton no you can’t beat the refers
Certainly some iffy calls and no calls but they had their chances and just didn’t capitalize.Today,Philly was the better team
Next time they meet in Dallas..some calls will go our way
Michael Fernandez even playing at home, COWBOYS GET jobbed by the officials
NFL is for entertainment and we were entertained.
Steel sucks
Went exactly how I thought it would. Pretty evenly matched, no blow outs.
You can’t beat the refers
McCarthy stupid sorry a$$ has got to get WR Brandin Cooks more involved in that offense and stop forcing passes to Gallup…this guy is just not giving them much at all. Cooks should be fuming for lack of targets.
Glenn Guillory agree we should have never paid that much for Gallup especially coming off season ending injury. Cooks is fast they should soften defenses up with him on slants and screens the setup the deep routes.
Tommy Luhn
I keep looking at the goings on up there…to me…something is just not right. You trade for Cooks who’s a better receiver than Gallup…and you refuse to get Cooks targets..instead force feeding passes to Gallup who can’t beat one on one coverage.
Glenn Guillory totally agree hard to tell without watching tape. Maybe he’s not open or there having him run the wrong routes. Some time to throw would help some to. But agree he should be a least 2nd or 3rd read.
No the refs beat the Cowboys
So close and yet…. The cowboys still suck
Dak was awesome and has been for the last few weeks. I have hope!
DAK don’t take a sack. Dak don’t get a delay a game penalty, hike the fucking ball. Stop changing the play five times every play. YOUR NOT PAYTON MANNING!!!!!!!
David Getchell y’all always on dak the man played a heck of a game
David Getchell go buy football for dummies and read it before posting
Jared Francis Its not always about the numbers, its the little things in crunch time he’s has always screwed up.
Jerry sucks! Should have made a deal for a RB because Pollard is not Emmit Smith! Dak can’t win the big games. He played well but should have got the 2 point conversion. Terrance Steele should of been replaced!
Ralph Arcuri ppl always wana blame dak Dallas outplayed eagles period we lost to the refs and u obviously don’t know ur players why would we replace Terrence Steele
Ralph Arcuri when you are 1st and goal on the 6 and then have offensive line commit a false start and allow 2 sacks you aren’t gonna win and NO RN would have helped
Look at the bright side. You gave Stephen A. Smith some Sunday night material.
Go cowboys
Cowboys didn’t fall short!! The no call is all that beat the Cowboys!!
This how every Eagles game is. Multiple flags against their in the second half. Go back and watch the games. Washington had them beat until penalties started . Make you think your in Kansas.
The Cowboys had their chances but didn’t get it done. No excuses. Barring an Eagle breakdown, wild Card is the way to the Playoffs.
From a journalistic standpoint, this is about as poorly written as it can be. Hard to get past that basic fact.