The Dallas Cowboys' decision to start the offense may have played a role in the Eagles defense having a good day in Sunday's win.

Jalen Hurts walked along the bench and slapped the hand of every defensive player after the Eagles forced a field goal following his fumble. “You saw that?” Hurts said. It was the second time that the defense had kept the Cowboys out of the end zone after the quarterback turned the ball over in a short span of the second quarter.

These five plays were what made the difference and helped the wheels come off in the third quarter. The Cowboys’ first offensive drive went about how you’d expect given the circumstances. But then the Dallas defense flexed their upper lip and forced a punt from the Eagles,

Sometimes people in the NFL — coaches, players, owners — say interesting things, and when they do, there are generally two standards that are used to evaluate what they said. The first standard is, Did it help or hurt the team?

Coach Dan Quinn knows rookie Jayden Daniels and the rest of the Washington Commanders don't have a lot of time ahead of Thursday’s big NFC East matchup at the Philadelphia Eagles to fix the sorts of things that went wrong during a one-point loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.