Philadelphia Eagles HC Doug Pederson guarantees a win versus Dallas
Hold on for a second. Did Doug Pederson just guarantee a Philadelphia Eagles victory over the Dallas Cowboys?
As is customary, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Doug Pederson appeared on 94 WIP-FM’s highly-popular Morning Show with Angelo Cataldi. Following a loss 38-20 loss to the Minnesota Vikings where Philly again made Kirk Cousins look like Joe Montana, there was much to talk about.
As usual, Coach had much to say as he and Philly’s legend of morning sports talk radio talked for about 15 minutes.
The Eagles won’t have much time to stew over another embarrassing loss. Another week brings another opponent, and in the NFL‘s seventh week, Philly continues a difficult stretch of road games when they travel to Arlington to meet the rival Dallas Cowboys.
It’s a divisional game for both teams. Often, in this clash, there are surprises, but Dallas swept the season series last year. Still, despite a three-game losing streak, the question is this. Can Philly expect to take the measure of a team with a lot of talent at wide receiver and the fifth-best running back in professional football?
According to Philly’s head coach, that shouldn’t even be a question. Here’s a quote.
"Anytime Dallas loses it helps, because here’s the thing. I know the sky is falling outside. It’s falling, and I get that…. We’re going down to Dallas. Our guys are gonna be ready to play, and we’re gonna win that football game… When we do, we’re in first place in the NFC East, we control our own destiny, (and) we’re right where we need to be. Has it been perfect or beautiful or all of that? No. But all we need to do is try to be 1-0 this week, beat the Dallas Cowboys, (and) we’re in first place. Listen, they’re reeling too. They’re struggling too. They dropped their last three games, so this will be an exciting football game."
Wait. Did Coach just guarantee a victory? Somewhere, Joe Namath is smiling.
Despite everything that we’ve seen to this point, almost every team in the NFC is still mathematically alive for postseason contention, though that won’t be the case much longer if the San Francisco 49ers extend this winning streak that they’re on. The Eagles and Cowboys have both dug themselves holes, but a win on Sunday will change everything.
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A win gives its owner sole possession of first place in the NFC East, a division that will probably only send one representative to the postseason. Can Philly get it done? We won’t have to wait much longer to find out. You see how these weeks are flying by. Sunday night will be here before you know it.