The Dallas Cowboys are heading into the regular season finale with a record of 11-5 and made the postseason when they wrapped up the NFC East with three games left to play. After what the Cowboys went through in 2020, that’s remarkable achievement.
However, heading into Week 18, there’s a sense of uneasiness. It could just be the opponent on the schedule, the hated Philadelphia Eagles, but more that, it probably stems from the way the Cowboys performed their last time out.
The loss to the Arizona Cardinals wasn’t Dallas’ best effort, and now they only have one game to try and get things headed in the right direction again. That’s never easy against a division rival, or on the road, yet the Cowboys do have a few things going for them. The Cowboys have won every NFC East game, 5-0 this year, and are 6-2 on the road in 2021, with their only losses coming at last year’s Super Bowl contestants. Sweeping the division and winning 12 games would be a great year for the Cowboys.
Now here’s six things to know about their Week 18 opponents, the Eagles.