The Philadelphia Eagles Were Not As Impressive As The Dallas Cowboys

The two most impressive teams in week 1 were likely the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles, but rest assured that the Eagles did not look as strong as the Cowboys did. 

First, the Cowboys played a much stronger team. The Rams are awful and they showed it. A close friend of mine is a big-time Rams fan, and he said he has never seen the team play and look as bad as it did yesterday. That’s 30 years of Rams games knowledge. I watched a few quarters of that game and saw a team with no chemistry and horrible play calling. The Eagles could have had a better challenge from a Division II football team

With that said, they still looked impressive. Donovan McNabb looked great and rookie DeSean Jackson looks to be a factor for opposing teams. But those two are not going to walk all over the Cowboys defense.

Sure, we saw some holes in the secondary; Braylon Edwards was wide open for a deep touchdown that he dropped. There was also an end zone play that was not covered well and should have been a touchdown, but that too was dropped. 

The keys to beating the Eagles though is putting pressure–and a lot of it–on McNabb, and stopping Brian Westbrook, who has had great games over the Cowboys. If the Cowboys can do one of the two, they have a good chance of dominating another team. Obviously, we’ll delve into this match up a lot more this week.

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Oh ya it is so easy to just always pressure the QB. You geniuses should be on an NFL coaching staff.

For almost 80 years people have thought of ways to win football games, and the whole time the answer was right here on TLH. All you gotta do is pressure the QB! BRILLIANT!

Haha, what an abortion of a post. Ian's a retard just like everyone else in Philly.

You had the most dominating performance against one of the worst teams in the league. Congrats. McNabb looked decent because there was no pressure. I agree with TLH: get pressure on McNabb and he's a completely different quarterback. And you're a dirty rat.

Ian, you are a scumbag. I said the Cowboys have to do one of the two, not both. You want me to be more frank? Pressure McNabb and the game is an easy win for the Cowboys, and we should not have problems putting pressure on him with our Pro Bowl defense. You are a dirty rat.

Ian,

You had a nice win over the WORST team in the NFL at HOME.  It was not as impressive as you make it out to be.  Dallas beat a 10 win team from last year at their house.  Dallas held a top five team in offense last year to 10 points.  Obviously you really do not know shit about football.  You should have kicked the shit out of the RAMS they are horrible. 

The Browns are better than the Rams, but the Eagles looked better.

The Eagles played a near flawless game, while the Cowboys didn't as you point out. Pacman played like shit, and the Cowboys lucked out a few times from dumb Cleveland mistakes. The Browns fumbled a snap on 3rd and 1 on the opening drive, and later in the game Braylon Edwards drops a sure TD. Without those boneheaded mistakes the Browns probably score at least ten more points. Possibly even 20 points if you look at other times they shot themselves in the foot.

The Eagles flat out completely dominated the Rams. The defense forced the Rams to punt on 10 of 11 possessions. They held Steven Jackson to a career low 40 rushing yards. They held a hall of fame WR Torry Holt to 1 catch for 9 yards. The offense was near perfect. They protected the QB, and McNabb sliced the Rams defense apart. They had big plays all over the place, and look like a well oiled machine.

The Rams lone 3 points came against the Eagles backups. Then Kevin Kolb, Lorenzo Booker, Brent Celek, and Greg Lewis were able to sustain a great clock killing drive to end the game. If Andy Reid wanted to pull a Bill Bellicheat, he could have kept his foot on the gas and put up 50 points.

You can say they beat a better team, but you can not say they were more impressive, because they were not. The Eagles had the most dominating performance of any team in the NFL in week 1, and that is a fact.

Both the Eagles and Cowboys will get a true test Monday Night.

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I love how you say..
" The keys to beating the Eagles though is putting pressure–and a lot of it–on McNabb, and stopping Brian Westbrook."
Thank you Captain Obvious. Nobody knew that if you pressure the opposing teams QB and shut down their running game you will win. You might as well go John Madden style and say you think the team who scores the most points is gonna win.

He could of shown up, funny that injury flared up after he lost the superbowl. 

TDCowboy Brady had an injury you tard.Remember that whole thing with the boot.

There will be alot more filming going on in NE thats for sure. My game ball goes to Romo this week. Not only did the offence look good but he showed me just how tough he is. The E-gals looked good but the rams are just plain awful and I have a funny feeling the E-gals are just pretenders...

I Dont Feel Sorry for Brady At All. Here’s why!
I lost all respect for Brady last year when he did not show up for the Pro Bowl. I thought this guy was “a team player”He has a legendary season and the NFL and his Fans vote him to play in the Pro Bowl and he doest even have enough decency to represent his team or fans. He’s to busy pouting about how he did’nt win another Super Bowl. He basically said Im to good for the pro-bowl and screw representing the Patriots “I” lost a super bowl.  Tough shit, I know they worked hard(filming teams) I know it was a dissapointment but he has an obligation to his team, fans and himself. And to skip out on a privlege like the Pro-Bowl, which most players dream to attend, tells me he’s all about himself.    I mean how about the Browns who went 10-6 and didnt even make the playoffs, or Cowboys who were upset in the first round or L.T etc.. A lot of teams and players had their dreams shattered. So I guess nobody should have showed up to the Pro-Bowl.    Im not glad he’s in pain but I am glad that he will have to sit on the sidelines and watch his TEAM.

Some funny quotes from NFL Network about the Cowboys:

"On paper, this match up looked even.  Unfortunately for the Browns, this game was played on grass."

And on a suggestion of Romeo Crennel's post game interview:

"THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE !!!! ...... A Superbowl contender."

Monday is to damn far away! Gotta give it to the the eagles they beat the living shit out of the rams which is what your supposed to do to a team like that. 

The key to the Cowboys dominating the Iggles will be our pass rush. Our pass rush was hurting against a good Browns O-line and let Anderson sit back. However the secondary played outstanding, with the exception of Edwards dropping the deep ball. The Philly WR's wont have half the success against the Cowboys secondary which should create more time for Ware to terrorize Mcnabb again. 
With Brady done for the Season the Cowboys Offense cant be matched.