Recap Cowboys vs Eagles

This week by far is one of the best for the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys dealt with the Eagles in Philly while the Giants got destroyed by the Bengals. This now puts the Cowboys 1.5 games back in the race for the NFC East champions. This is exactly what the Cowboys needed, a good win to get them back on track. Before this the Cowboys had lost 4 of the last 5, and a coaching change was coming into to question. But the Cowboys prevailed, and scored on offense, special teams, and defense in the game Sunday. The whole game seemed to go the Cowboys game, it started off with a 11 yard pass to Jones when he plowed through 6 defenders. And then a great throw and catch from Romo to Bryant. Next came Dwayne Harris, simply running to the edge and returning a punt straight to the end zone. Then Brandon Carr had a interception returned for a touchdown. Finally to seal the deal, Hatcher recovered a fumble by Foles in the end zone to end the game. Here is what the Cowboys did great on to win this game.

Turnovers
Coming into this game I said who ever won the turn over battle would win the game, and I was right. The Cowboys defense got 2 touchdowns from turnovers which really helped the team. Then Romo didn't turn the ball over once in the entire game.

Balanced offense
The run game has been pathetic since the Ravens game, but this game they seemed to step it up a little. Jones had 71 yards then Vickers and Dunbar combined for 30 to finally get the Cowboys over 100 yards rushing in a game were able to help out Romo quite a bit.

Special Teams/Defense
I really only have to say 3 touchdowns and that sums it up. The Cowboys defense only allowed 1 third down conversion on 10 attempts by the Eagles. The defense and Harris also really helped win the game thanks to their touchdowns they got in the fourth.

Here is what the Cowboys need to work on

Penalties
This was the biggest problem for the Cowboys. They had 13 penalties, 5 alone from Morris Claiborne and 6 that got the Eagles first downs. Plus Claiborne had a hold when the Dallas defense got a touchdown on the play, although Harris returned his punt soon after, those are things that shouldn't be happening. Claiborne is just a rookie though, he needs to learn more along with his team in order to stop these penalties.

Offensive line
Romo was sacked 3 times and had 5 hits, it is not a terrible stat but the Cowboys still need to keep improving that line to give Romo time.

Third down conversions
The Cowboys were only 5-13 on conversions on Sunday, these definitely need to be improved in order for the Cowboys to keep drives alive and win games.

Next week the Cowboys play the Browns, where they look to become 5-5.
Go Cowboys!