Eagles Blow It In Big D

Posted November 23rd, 2025

Everything is gonna be alright. But don’t take my word for it. I got into the car to go grab a burger after the Eagles lost 24-21 to Dallas. I was in a foul mood and I had a sore hand from punching a keyboard. I turned on the radio and the first thing I heard was Bob Marley say…

Everything is gonna be alright 
Everything is gonna be alright

If you can’t trust Bob, who can you trust?

Certainly not the Eagles. They got out to a 21-0 lead in Dallas and life was good. The Eagles weren’t playing great, but were able to take advantage of Cowboys mistakes. Then the Eagles started making mistakes of their own. Dallas took advantage and did enough to win the game on a last second FG.

The first instinct for many is to figure out who to blame. Is this more on Nick Sirianni or Kevin Patullo? Offense or defense? This was a team collapse, not just one person or side of the ball. The Eagles were called for 14 penalties. They had 2 turnovers. That’s a group effort. The offense had some nice gains wiped out by dumb mistakes. The defense gave up 7 explosive plays, with three of them going for more than 43 yards. STs made some critical errors, including a missed FG.

That truly is a group effort.

Losing the game sucks, but the bigger concern for me is how banged up the team is. Adoree Jackson was in concussion protocol. Reed Blankenship left with a thigh injury and didn’t return. Drew Mukuba got hurt late. I couldn’t tell if that was knee or ankle. That’s not ideal on a short week. The Eagles play the Bears on Friday.

The biggest concern within the Dallas game is that the Eagles lost the line of scrimmage. The Cowboys out-rushed the Eagles 125-63. They got regular pressure on Jalen Hurts. Dak more often than not had time to throw. He was able to burn the Eagles with multiple deep balls. The Eagles pass rush which was so good against Detroit didn’t show up. Jaelan Phillips had 1 QB hit. He didn’t make any tackles or plays. The Eagles OL was sloppy all game long. They got no push in the run game. Saquon Barkley finished 10-22.

Barkley needed to do more himself. He fumbled after a catch and run. He slipped on a play when he had a chance for a first down. There were a couple of runs when he seemed to choose the wrong gap/hole. His blocking could have been better on some pass plays. He wasn’t the only star to make a mistake. Zack Baun dropped an INT that came right to him. Dallas drove down and scored a TD after that. Stars have to make plays.

This is a brutal loss and there isn’t any disputing that. You go up 21-0 and then fail to score after that…yikes. Not good. But anyone who says this is going to kill the Eagles needs to step back. Last year the Eagles were up 21-7 on WAS early. They were up 30-28 late. The Eagles picked off a pass and went up 33-28 with 1:58 left. WAS won that game in the final seconds. The Eagles won the next week with Kenny Pickett as the starting QB.

The WAS loss was truly crushing. You just knew the Eagles were going to win. This game was more like a slow burn. Once the Eagles stalled you started to think they were going to lose. It wasn’t shocking at all.

There is more drama this season and that is always an X-factor. But this team has played a tough schedule and beaten a lot of good teams. They should have the mental and emotional toughness to overcome a bad game. They lost consecutive games in October and came back to win the next four.

Nick Sirianni and his staff have a lot of issues to sort through in the next 24 hours. They need to fix mistakes and figure out the injury situation. Chicago is going to be a challenging opponent on Friday. Hopefully that challenge will bring out the best in the Eagles.

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