During the dark days of the early 1990s, when the NFL and NFC East in particular, were dominated by Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Michael Irvin and the last great Dallas Cowboys dynasty, the Eagles were always the little brother, trying desperately to land a body shot or two on big bro.
Those Buddy Ryan-Rich Kotite-Ray Rhodes teams managed to get their swings in from time to time, but every year, when the dust settled, the Cowboys always emerged on top, the perennial division champion and Super Bowl contender with their collective feet on the necks of the scrappy, talented, yet not-talented-enough Birds, year-in and year-out.