First, Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys lost to Jacksonville. Then, Philadelphia quarterbacking counterpart Jalen Hurts was all but ruled out with a sprained throwing shoulder.
The pizazz is just about gone for a Christmas Eve clash between NFC East rivals that could have been a last-ditch bid by Dallas to take the NFC's top seed from the NFL-leading Eagles .
"You have to do what you have to do to win this game, and that's always our sole focus," he said."You'll never get that out of me where I'm saying, 'Hey, let's think about in three weeks here.'", but stayed in the game. Still, the Cowboys could use a boost to their psyche after blowing a 17-point lead in the second half at Jacksonville. The New York Giants beat Washington last Sunday night to hand Dallas a playoff berth.
"Not to brag, but I'm pretty mentally tough," Prescott said."I'm sure not hesitant or scared to say I'm struggling a little bit. So when something like that is happening, it's about knowing who you are."The Eagles should get a boost with the expected return of tight end Dallas Goedert, and Minshew will be glad to see him.
Without Goedert, Hurts and the Eagles became fully reliant on wideouts A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith. Now, the passing game will go through all three top targets again. "I thought he's picked up the language very well," coach Mike McCarthy said."T.Y. has played a ton of football. It's more just getting on the same page with the quarterbacks."Yes, his 1,110 yards rushing made him the first Eagles running back to hit that milestone since LeSean McCoy in 2014. But every game that seems like a breakout performance has been diminished the next week when he's been almost invisible.
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