"Dallas Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer is trying to avoid something that happened in his predecessor's first season of 2020. At the start of the Mike McCarthy era, it took until Weeks 14 at the Bengals and the next week versus the 49ers to win consecutive games for the first time in that 6-10 season that fell short of the playoffs."
"Schottenheimer's head coaching debut was against the Eagles in this season's kickoff game, a loss that felt like an early moral victory at the time of the year where such a thing still exists. As September turned to October, and now November into the dawn of December though, the Cowboys have yet to break the pattern that week one game started which is to lose a disappointing game, follow it with a win or tie, and rinse and repeat."
"The Cowboys have won six of their last seven at home against the Eagles, and seven of the last nine. They had more first downs, yards, a better third-down conversion rate, didn't allow a sack, and averaged more yards per carry than the Eagles in their four point loss in week one. A Miles Sanders red zone fumble that saw the Cowboys come up empty trailing by four,"
Philly week presents a high-stakes Week 12 rematch between the Dallas Cowboys and the Eagles. Coach Brian Schottenheimer is trying to avoid a repeat of the 2020 pattern when consecutive wins did not occur until late in the season. The Cowboys enter the game coming off an emotional Monday night victory at the Raiders and face an opportunity to win back-to-back games after the bye. The team has alternated disappointing losses with wins or ties and only had two straight losses before the bye, leaving playoff hopes tenuous. Week 1 metrics favored Dallas, but turnovers and drops swung the result.
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