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Philadelphia Eagles: Top 10 storylines for Week 16 battle with Cowboys

By Dan Parzych

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 20: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys runs against Malcolm Jenkins #27 of the Philadelphia Eagles in the second half at AT&T Stadium on October 20, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - OCTOBER 20: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys runs against Malcolm Jenkins #27 of the Philadelphia Eagles in the second half at AT&T Stadium on October 20, 2019 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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8. Expect another heavy workload for Sanders

Playing the last five games without Jordan Howard due to a shoulder injury has been frustrating for obvious reasons since the running back has been a key factor in the ground game, but at least this has resulted in Miles Sanders stepping up in a big way.

During the draft in April, Philadelphia selected Sanders with the intention of the youngster complimenting Howard in the backfield, which has worked pretty well for the most part over the last few months.

But with Sanders seeing his workload increase over the last month or so, the Eagles are beginning to see even more just how valuable of a pick this turned out to be.

This past weekend in the win over the Redskins, Sanders displayed a career day after finishing with 172 yards from scrimmage to go along with two trips into the end zone.

In fact, this also happened to mark the first time in his young NFL career that Sanders managed to rush for more than 100 yards in a single game.

With the fire power the defense of the Cowboys is going to bring to the table, the Eagles are going to need Sanders to continue his impressive play, or a loss could seem more likely for Philadelphia.

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