My Best playoff pic in years Cowboys/Philly

Philly + 4  5 units

They were a no show last week and are the better team.

Final score Philly 31 Cowboys 17

Don't think at this point you can say the Eagles are a better team, having not beaten a playoff team and losing 2 BIG games with Dallas. BUT.... these are normally the games that the Eagles step up and win (not normally on the road-though) so I give them a chance. I think they definitely cover but  see them losing...

27-24

Philly will start fast in 1Q and I expect DeShawn Jackson to finally make a big play TD (he's due) but the Cowboys are just too balanced right now.   Another very easy win.

Dallas 31-13.

I had written this in a bengal/jets thread but thought it would be more appropriate to repost it in an cowboys/eagles thread for discussion- just sums up some of my thoughts on the cowboys...

At this point I still characterize Dallas as "frontrunners."   I think they fold if they go down by one single point.  This weekend is the first time since the San Diego game that they've had the full weight of expectations and pressure squarely on their shoulders, and I see them reverting back to their usual m.o., ie. choking.  Phillips and Romo have never delivered under expectations and pressure, and I suspect that they probably never will.  And before someone brings up the Saints game, let me say that was different because they had finally been written off by EVERYONE after years of disappointment and thus had no expectations to meet going into the game.  Now they are at home and in the playoffs and carrying a full bandwagon of fans, admirers, and expectations, and that will, as usual, foreshadow their doom.

yeah they looked great in the biggest game of the yr

dallas will blow them out again you dont just recover from a butt whoppin like they took in one week.

If Philly was gonna make a statement, they would have done it last week......but they couldn't do it.  Dallas was too hot and the Eagles were just another victim.  Dallas has figured out how to play them.  That game meant alot for both teams but only one showed up.  What's gonna happen now that Dallas knows they've got Phillys ass figured out?  It's either gonna be a big letdown becuz of complacency, or the Boys are gonna come out with the exact same mindset they had on Sunday.  My money says Dallas will be even more focused on this game than the last.  The Eagles are better than what they showed, and should play better no doubt, but they're not gonna suddenly go and outplay the Boys on the road.  With the way Dallas has been playing, this is gonna be another cover job. 

Pied_piper you make some great points.Failure has become the norm for Romo.