Recap Cowboys vs Eagles

This game is one the Cowboys needed badly. It was essential for the Cowboys to stay in the playoff race, and they had a great game. This game will definitely give the Cowboys a boost for the next few games. Here is what went well.

The balanced offense is something the Cowboys haven't been able to accomplish since Murray got hurt. And with him back the Cowboys have seemed to have found it. Murray rushed for 83 yards and a touchdown. While the Cowboys totaled 123 rush yards. And then Romo went 22-27 for 303 yards and 3 touchdowns. The offense was great, they only punted it 3 times while going 9-14 on third downs and 1-1 on fourth downs. With Murray back he is a huge help to this offense and will be very important to help beat some big opponents coming up.

The turnover battle is very important for this game. Both teams have had trouble with them so who ever won that battle would win the game, which is what the Cowboys did. Almost everything was clicking for the offense. The offensive line did not do too bad, they got good blocks for Murray and Romo was only sacked twice. With those blocks Murray could get going, taking the pressure off of Romo to throw the ball a lot, and no turnovers were produced by the Cowboys. Then Claiborne was able to get a touchdown out of the Eagles only turnover. This is how the Cowboys always have to play, a balanced offense so that Romo is not forced to throw too much.

Now yes the defense was not amazing. They allowed a lot of yards on the ground, and even allowed a punt return in the fourth quarter. But they were still able to hang in there in the fourth quarter to help get a huge win for the Cowboys. But this defense still needs to get better, hopefully a lot of key players will be back from injuries in time for when the Cowboys play some great teams.

The one thing the Cowboys really have to work on, is penalties. Every game this year the Cowboys are getting so many penalties. They can give the other team first downs and take away your first downs. They need to stop they are hurting the chances of winning easily.

Next up is the red hot Bengals in Cincinnati. The Cowboys will look to end their 4 game win streak and hopefully get even with the Giants in the race for the playoffs.

Go Cowboys!