Dak Prescott, Ezekiel Elliott, Trevon Diggs lead Dallas Cowboys to defeat of Philadelphia Eagles on MNF
Nick Sirianni’s game week attire imploring his team to “Beat Dallas,” the message splashed across his chest didn’t translate when Philadelphia took the field.
The Eagles not only didn’t beat the Dallas Cowboys in the 41-21 contest, Philadelphia also never even found a lead as the Cowboys improved to 2-1 and took an early lead in the NFC East.
The Cowboys’ game plan was balanced.
An offense coordinated by Kellen Moore, whom the Eagles interviewed in January for their head coaching vacancy, scored three times by air and twice by ground as Dak Prescott utilized a variety of weapons.
Prescott was an efficient 21-of-26 for 238 yards and three touchdowns in his first contest back. Running back Ezekiel Elliott led all rushers in the game, demolishing the center of the field to the tune of 95 yards and two touchdowns in his most dominant rushing performance so far this season.
Elliott’s pounding wasn’t the Eagles’ only problem, as Dallas running back Tony Pollard also burst for 60 yards on 11 carries. And it was tight end Dalton Schultz, whose shifty schematics yielded yards after carry aplenty, who caught two of Prescott’s touchdowns on the night.
And yet, in a change of pace from recent seasons, the Cowboys defense contributed just as substantially if not more to the momentum and tenor of a key division contest. Nabbing takeaways, they demonstrated to a crowd of 93,267 it is not a fluke or beginner’s luck in coordinator Dan Quinn’s first season in Dallas.