On Christmas Eve 2022, the Philadelphia Eagles lost on the road 40-34 to their archrival Dallas Cowboys. The Eagles had a chance to clinch the NFC East and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, but that will have to wait another week. Not to make excuses, but the Eagles were without MVP candidate Jalen Hurts, who sprained his shoulder in the Eagles' win in Chicago. This was the Eagles' second loss of the year, and first and only on the road.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni talked to reporters following the loss. "I thought [Eagles backup QB] Gardner [Minshew] played a good game. On the first interception, I thought it was a good play by 27 [Jayron Kearse], hats off to him, he's a good player. And the second one was kind of a-the ball was in both of their hands and the guy came away with it. So, Gardner played a really good game."
Sirianni said that he was unsure who would be the starting quarterback in next week's game against the New Orleans Saints, but he said if Hurts was ready to go, he'd go.
The Eagles suffered two big injuries in this game, losing cornerback Avonte Maddox for an unknown period of time and guard Lane Johnson for the rest of the regular season. However, both could return in time for the playoffs.
This was a very tough loss, but if I was a Cowboys fan, I wouldn't be impressed. Yes, Eagles fans celebrated beating your backup QB in Week 6, but you don't have to return the favor. You needed to put up 40 points to win this game. Your defense is really bad outside of Micah Parsons. As much as the loss stung, it didn't feel like a loss to me, and this game was kind of irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. There's no need to panic. We'll be fine.
The Eagles will try to clinch the division and home-field advantage at home against the New Orleans Saints on New Year's Day. Will they do it? We shall see.
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