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The Cowboys ended the first quarter knocking on the door. As the second one started, they opened it as Javonte Williams scored another touchdown.
The battle kept going, though. The Eagles offense kept their form and put together an incredible drive the featured some spectacular rushing efforts from Hurts. It may have featured some non-called holding penalties with Lane Johnson and Marshawn Kneeland as well.
Ultimately the Eagles cashed in and even things up at 14-14.
Back on offense the Cowboys went and it was going to be interesting to see if the touchdown sequence continued.
The Eagles defense began to show a little teeth and did so by almost taking Prescott down for a huge loss… but he miraculously avoided it and scrambled for positive yardage.
Things ultimately stalled for the Cowboys as they got near the redzone and they were forced to settle for a Brandon Aubrey field goal which gave them a 17-14 lead.
Obviously Philadelphia is a great team and they proved it by getting into rhythm with a chance to score before halftime, and with the chance to double up in the second half who could blame them.
They made sure to not squander it. Saquon Barkley scored his first touchdown of the season with just under a minute left in the first half.
KaVontae Turpin mishandled the kickoff though which put Dallas at the 12-yard line and in a bit of a riskier situation. That did not stop them from trying, though.
Some more Eagles mistakes (obviously the Jalen Carter thing plus extra flags they kept getting drawn for like roughing the passer) helped Dallas get into field goal range with a few seconds remaining.
It was a 53-yard attempt. Brandon Aubrey, of course, was good.
The Philadelphia Eagles won the opening coin toss and deferred to the second half. Officially speaking, the Dallas Cowboys offense was the first group in the NFL to touch a football in 2025.
But chaos broke out before the offense even took a snap. Eagles defensive tackle Jalen Carter appeared to spit on Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott and was ejected. For real.
Needless to say this got things off on quite the foot for all involved. Ultimately things stabilized and the Cowboys offense went to work.
But went to work they really did. Dak Prescott, Javonte Williams, CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens all looked great. It was Williams who finished things off though with the first touchdown of the NFL season.
That lead was short-lived, though. Philadelphia began to move and did so with relative ease against the Cowboys defense.
They capped it off with a Jalen Hurts rushing touchdown on third and goal to tie it up at 7-7.
The Cowboys began marching down the field and looked to be on the verge of repeating their first drive.
Unfortunately a bit before the quarter ended Tyelr Smith got called for a holding penalty which looked like it was going to derail...
