Week 6 didn’t turn out to be a statement game for the Dallas Cowboys. The national media would have rightfully put them on a pedestal if they somehow found a way to win against the Philadelphia Eagles. Instead, the Cowboys lost 26-17, and everyone was waiting for the old shoe to drop, where everyone starts to doubt how good this Dallas team really is.
However, there was none of that this week. Even across the “Power Ranking” landscape, most sites had the Cowboys either moving up in the polls or dropping slightly. At the end of the game, my dad mentioned, “The Eagles beat up on Dallas’ backup quarterback.