Week 8 Primer: Cowboys @ Eagles

Photo by Andy Lewis/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesThe NFC East was supposed to be a two-way race between the Cowboys and Eagles, as it has been for the last few yeas. In fact, you have to go back to the 2015 season - before the Cowboys had Dak Prescott and the Eagles had Carson Wentz - to find a year where the NFC East was won by either of the other two teams. Since then, the Cowboys have gone 40-24 with two division titles, while the Eagles are 38-26 with two division titles and, of course, a Super Bowl ring.

So yes, this week in Philadelphia was supposed to be the first of two marquee matchups between these titans of the division. But instead, Philly enters with a pitiful 2-4-1 record -…