WEEK 7 · FINAL
THE READ
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
Eagles edge Cowboys by 3
The Eagles won 27-24 in a game where Dallas dominated the ground game—144 rushing yards to Philadelphia's 58—yet couldn't convert it into points. Jalen Hurts went 15 of 22 for 213 yards and 3 touchdowns against 1 interception, and that efficient passing was the difference in a 3-point margin. Jaydon Blue ran 16 times for 144 yards and 2 touchdowns, but Dallas needed more than that; both defenses recorded 3 sacks apiece, and both teams coughed it up once. Philadelphia's willingness to stay aggressive in the passing game—58 percent pass plays, which matches their season rate—won out over Dallas trying to establish the run, even though the run game was their only real advantage.
Zoe Bell
The contrarian
THE WIDER PICTURE
| Team | SRS | SOS | MARGIN | TO +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cowboys | +15.6 | +0.0 | +15.6 | +34 |
| Eagles | +7.4 | +0.2 | +7.1 | +9 |
SRS is how many points a side beats an
average team by once you account for who they played — beat a good
team by 3 and it counts for more than beating a bad one by 20.
SOS is how hard that schedule has been.
Full table.
In the MVP race
#1
Jaydon Blue
HB · Cowboys · 17.0% of the field
#3
Saquon Barkley
HB · Eagles · 3.9% of the field
The whole board →
IN THE BOOTH
Ava Collins
Beat reporter
Dallas had the ball and the ground game — Jaydon Blue ran for 144 yards and 2 touchdowns — but Jalen Hurts' 3 touchdown passes proved the difference in a 3-point game that came down to execution. The Cowboys' defense kept them in it, matching Philadelphia's 3 sacks, yet couldn't quite finish.
Drew Larkin
The superfan
· replying
Makai Lemon showed up when it mattered most—that's the performance that's going to stick with Philadelphia after this one, because a defense that held Saquon Barkley to 52 yards when he averages 146 did the job where it counted most.
They only ever read the box score and this league's own numbers —
none of them has a source, and none of them can report anything that
did not happen.
Jalen Hurts
Eagles
15/22, 213 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Jaydon Blue
Cowboys
16 carries, 144 yards, 2 TD
Quinnen Williams
Cowboys
2 sacks
THE STORY SO FAR
WHAT DECIDED IT
On the ground
Cowboys 144, Eagles 58
Cowboys
Through the air
Eagles 213, Cowboys 133
Eagles
Total yards
Cowboys 277, Eagles 271
Cowboys
Giveaways
Eagles 1, Cowboys 1
Cowboys
THE ROOM
Final. The recap is below.
THE MATCHUP SCOUT
every number below is counted from the export or read off the roster — nothing is inferred about playcalling
LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 51% · Rush 49% · 37.9 scored, 22.3 allowed
10.0 yds/att
67.3% completions
6.8 yds/carry
345.4 yds/game
1.0 giveaways/game
8.8% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 75 · Efficient
Balance 99
Ball security 72
Back usage 44%
QB runs 2.2/game
Most exposed: pressure -- sacked on 8.8% of dropbacks
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 90
WR 87
TE 84
RB 88
OL 78
DL 86
LB 80
DB 85
Best: CeeDee Lamb WR 93
Fastest: KaVontae Turpin WR 95 SPD
8 at star dev or better
Out:
CeeDee Lamb WR 93 · 4wk
YOUR NOTEBOOK
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LEAGUE DATA
counted by Madden, and arithmetic on top of it
Balanced
Pass 57% · Rush 43% · 31.3 scored, 24.2 allowed
8.5 yds/att
59.7% completions
8.1 yds/carry
357.4 yds/game
2.3 giveaways/game
5.5% sack rate
last 5: 5-0
SAPPHIRE METRICS
QB efficiency 61 · Aggressive
Balance 93
Ball security 35
Back usage 37%
QB runs 2.6/game
Most exposed: ball security -- 2.3 giveaways a game
PERSONNEL
off the roster — unit averages, best starters only
QB 86
WR 86
TE 88
RB 84
OL 82
DL 87
LB 83
DB 87
Best: DeVonta Smith WR 93
Fastest: Saquon Barkley HB 94 SPD
11 at star dev or better
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HOW THEY PLAY
the man, not the franchise — only weeks the record attributes to him, this season
Go Birds💍💍💍
Eagles · his last 8 games
Balanced
Gives it away
One back
Pass / run57% / 43%
Points for / against30.0 — 27.4
Margin+2.6
Giveaways a game2.8
Sacks taken5.5% of dropbacks
Lead backSaquon Barkley · 14.5/g
Top targetMakai Lemon · 30%
QB carries2.8 a game
Billyw0928
Cowboys · his last 8 games
Runs it
Pass / run49% / 51%
Points for / against37.1 — 16.8
Margin+20.4
Giveaways a game0.9
Sacks taken7.1% of dropbacks
Lead backJaydon Blue · 13.1/g
Top targetCeeDee Lamb · 24%
QB carries2.5 a game
Counted from the weeks each man actually held his team — so a franchise that changed hands is not credited to whoever has it now. Nothing above is a playcall: the export does not carry those, and neither does this.
THE SERIES
Billyw0928 against Go Birds💍💍💍 — the men, not the teams
All square at 1-1.
Billyw0928 won the last one.
2 meetings
avg 34.5 — 13.5
biggest: 45 pts to Billyw0928
S1 · week 12
Billyw0928 45 — 0 Go Birds💍💍💍
BILLYW0928
S1 · week 7
Billyw0928 24 — 27 Go Birds💍💍💍
GO BIRDS💍💍💍
Only meetings Sapphire can attribute to both men are counted — a Madden export never says who owned a team last season, so the series starts where the record does.
MATCHUP ADVANTAGES
unit averages against each other — inside three points is a push
Cowboys receivers vs Eagles secondary
87 v 87
EVEN
Eagles receivers vs Cowboys secondary
86 v 85
EVEN
Cowboys line vs Eagles front
78 v 87
EAGLES
Eagles line vs Cowboys front
82 v 86
COWBOYS
Cowboys backs vs Eagles run defence
88 v 86
EVEN
Eagles backs vs Cowboys run defence
84 v 84
EVEN
Cowboys passer vs Eagles secondary
90 v 87
COWBOYS
Eagles passer vs Cowboys secondary
86 v 85
EVEN
TOP PERFORMERS
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BOX SCORE
COWBOYS
EAGLES
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EAGLES
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EAGLES
COWBOYS
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COWBOYS
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dak Prescott QB | 11/15 | 133 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33 | 94.5 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | C/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SCK | LNG | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Hurts QB | 15/22 | 213 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 63 | 119.8 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jaydon Blue HB | 16 | 144 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 72 | 0 |
| Israel Abanikanda HB | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Ferguson TE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CeeDee Lamb WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | BTK | YAC | LNG | FUM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saquon Barkley HB | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 11 | 0 |
| Jalen Hurts QB | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Makai Lemon WR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Ferguson TE | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 25 |
| KaVontae Turpin WR | 1 | 33 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 33 |
| CeeDee Lamb WR | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 14 |
| Jaydon Blue HB | 3 | 24 | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | REC | YDS | AVG | TD | YAC | DRP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makai Lemon WR | 4 | 77 | 19.2 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 63 |
| Saquon Barkley HB | 4 | 71 | 17.8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 34 |
| Eli Stowers TE | 3 | 54 | 18 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 26 |
| Dallas Goedert TE | 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| DeVonta Smith WR | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Marquise Brown WR | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jalen Thompson FS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaishawn Barham MIKE | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Downs SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinnen Williams DT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LT Overton DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeMarvion Overshown WILL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rashan Gary LEDG | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dee Winters WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Markquese Bell SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shemar James MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shavon Revel Jr CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cobie Durant CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DaRon Bland CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | TKL | SCK | INT | PD | FF | CMP ALW | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Greenard REDG | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Davis DT | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riq Woolen CB | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cooper DeJean CB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Carter II SS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinyon Mitchell CB | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Carter DT | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Baun WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Smael Mondon Jr WILL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jihaad Campbell MIKE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremiah Trotter Jr SAM | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nolan Smith Jr LEDG | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
COWBOYS
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Aubrey K | 1/1 | 3/3 | 60 |
EAGLES
| PLAYER | FG | XP | LNG |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jake Elliott K | 2/2 | 3/3 | 59 |
RECENT FORM
Cowboys
W
42–35 vs Packers
WK 6
W
45–27 vs Buccaneers
WK 5
W
44–26 vs Texans
WK 4
Eagles
W
35–21 vs Panthers
WK 6
W
40–16 vs Jaguars
WK 5
W
24–21 vs Rams
WK 4
TEAM STATS
| Cowboys | Eagles | |
|---|---|---|
| 277 | TOTAL YARDS | 271 |
| 133 | PASSING YARDS | 213 |
| 144 | RUSHING YARDS | 58 |
| 3 | SACKS ALLOWED | 3 |
| 3 | SACKS MADE | 3 |
| 1 | GIVEAWAYS | 1 |
| 1 | TAKEAWAYS | 1 |
Bold is the side that won that line. Giveaways come off a team's own offensive rows and takeaways off its own defensive rows — two separate payloads, so they need not tie out against each other.
ALL-TIME HEAD-TO-HEAD
1
COWBOYS
—
1
EAGLES