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Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys saved their season with a win in Philadelphia a month ago.Carson Wentz and the Eagles will try to do the same in Texas �? actually for the third straight week since the defending champs found their season on the brink following a blowout loss to New Orleans a week after falling to their NFC East rivals.While Eagles coach Doug Pederson isn’t big on the word “desperation” coming off his team’s first back-to-back wins this season http://www.clevelandbrownsteamonline.com/sione-takitaki-jersey , he isn’t dodging the significance of Sunday at AT&T Stadium, where the division lead will be on the line for the second time in three games.On Thanksgiving Day, Dallas beat Washington to pull even with the Redskins . Now the Cowboys (7-5) have a chance for a fifth straight win that would all but eliminate the Eagles (6-6) and make things difficult for the Redskins as well.“Every game for us is definitely a must win,” Pederson said. “I think every game for them is a must win. Both of us are trying to accomplish the same goal. We’ve just got to get ourselves ready to go.”The Cowboys were in danger of losing touch with the playoff race when they visited the Eagles in early November.The debut of new No. 1 receiver Amari Cooper, acquired in a trade, had been ruined in a loss to Tennessee. The offense had been struggling for the equivalent of a full season going back to 2017.Including that 27-20 win to start a four-game surge , the offensive average is up almost 50 yards per game, Prescott’s efficiency at quarterback is significantly improved and there’s little doubt that Cooper’s impact has influenced both of those developments.While the scoring hasn’t spiked as much because of the surprising defensive struggle against the high-scoring Saints, the 13-10 win that ended New Orleans’ 10-game winning streak was the signature moment for a defense that’s been carrying the Cowboys all season.“Honestly we have been the same team,” Prescott said. “We knew the team that we had in some of the games that we lost. And it was just about making those few plays here and there. I just think sitting here at 7-5 now four games later Sheldrick Redwine Jersey , we have been able to make those plays.”Things to consider with the Cowboys going for a season sweep of the Eagles for the first time since 2012:BALANCED ATTACKThe Eagles are running more effectively and more frequently than they have all season. Running backs have 56 carries for 263 yards the past two games. Undrafted rookie Josh Adams has emerged as the lead back and has 169 yards on 42 rushes. Corey Clement has been productive and Darren Sproles scored on a 14-yard run in his first game since the season opener.“We’ve been persistent with the run game,” offensive coordinator Mike Groh said. “Guys are doing a heck of a job of creating lanes, and if there is not a lane there, there have been enough times where the backs have done a good job creating on their own.”RESTED, RECHARGEDRunning back Ezekiel Elliott had 90 touches (72 carries, 18 catches) for 479 yards in the annual busy stretch of the season for the Cowboys �? three games in 12 days around Thanksgiving. The 2016 NFL rushing champion welcomed four days off. “It’s definitely helped me getting my feet back under me,” said Elliott, who lost his league rushing lead to Todd Gurley last week. “It’s the best I’ve felt on a Wednesday in a while.”GOLDEN’S THREEPEATReceiver Golden Tate will face the Cowboys for the third time this season. He had eight catches for 132 yards and two TDs while with Detroit in Week 4. He caught just two passes for 17 yards in his debut for the Eagles in the Cowboys’ 27-20 win. But now he’s coming off his best performance for his new team: seven catches for 85 yards and a score in a 28-13 win over the Redskins.DAK SACKSWhile the numbers for Prescott and his offense are improving, his sack rate isn’t. The 2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year has been dropped an NFL-high 45 times and has been sack-free just once this season. The Saints sacked him a season-high seven times.“It starts with me, but it’s a collective effort Kaleb McGary Jersey , from receivers getting open, getting separation, to the offensive line maybe holding up just a little bit longer for me, or me just getting the ball out and throwing it away, or getting it to the back or whatever we got to do,” Prescott said.CHECK THE BULLETIN BOARDEagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill was the trash talker of the week , telling a Philadelphia TV outlet, “Look at Dallas’ history. They always choke. So we’ll go down there and make them choke.”Prescott was aware of it but didn’t bite. “When you play a team like this, a game like this that means what it means, what somebody says doesn’t add any motivation Kendall Sheffield Jersey ,” he said. Chris Carson lost two fumbles in his first two seasons, over 18 games. The Seahawks running back has lost one in each of the first three games this season.The Seahawks aren’t ready to bench him, though.Instead, they will try “every way possible” to fix Carson’s fumbling problems. “Because we do believe in him, we’re going to continue to show him that,” coach Pete Carroll said, via Curtis Crabtree of Sports Radio KJR and PFT. “He’s a terrific football player, and we want to make sure and maintain that level of play from him, so we’ll work at it and work with him on it. There’s a lot of technical stuff that’s really important, right down to the last instant of that play that he fumbled on there’s another thing that he could do to ensure taking care of the ball a little bit longer. He thought he was secure and thought he was taking care of it and bang all of a sudden the ball comes out. That’s life you know. That’s real in the league and all that. He’s going to have to be really on because guys are going to continue to come after him just like anybody would.”Carson John Cominsky Jersey , who had 1,151 yards and nine touchdowns last season, has 45 carries for 159 yards and one touchdown so far this season. He also has 10 catches for 59 yards and a touchdown.“I like the way he’s playing,” Carroll said. “I love the style of play. Out of the backfield, he’s added to his game. He’s still running physical and tough and doing all the things that we’re counting on. There’s nobody that we’d rather have have the ball in short-yardage situations and down by the goal line. He’s great at it.”The Seahawks will see the return of running back Rashaad Penny to practice at some point this week, Carroll said, so Penny will give the team another option at the position. Penny injured his hamstring in the Week Two game against Pittsburgh and missed Sunday.“He’ll be able to practice this week too, probably by Thursday to some degree,�? Carroll said. “We need to see if he can tolerate it and what that means. We don’t know that yet.�?

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