NFL: Dallas Cowboys 29 Philadelphia Eagles 23 OT recap and analysis

Eighth Sunday night the stage season at the AT & T Stadium in Dallas Trai hosts the Dallas Cowboys and bitter rivals divisional of the Philadelphia Eagles, with giving away the lead in the AFC East the match was immediately very intense from a physical point of view by showing both sides a great desire to fight for every yard. The Eagles were the first to put the point on the scoreboard thanks to a good drive consists of short tosses both running backs that the wide receivers and ran out of the tackle by exploiting the agility and the ability to turn the corner of Sproles, everything this along with a silly penalty Cowboys on fourth down that extended the drive of the guests gave a chance to Sturgis to kick a field goal from 30 yards, well exploited by chance the Eagles kicker. The reaction of Dallas was not long in coming, in fact to drive next quarterback Dak Prescott found Dez Bryant along the sideline while he was driving along a vertical track Seem for a gain able to bring them close to the opponent's end zone, where he scored just Prescott a touchdown rushing through a read option feinting delivered to the running back Elliott holding the ball entering without being touched in the end zone. The following drives the hosts continued to put points on the scoreboard thanks to an explosive drive the rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott who has dragged his team in the middle of the Eagles' territory thanks to explosive races taking advantage of the great blocks of the line of attack and even at a reception on a screen pass that resulted in a gain of 18 yards, once the defense of Eagles in rival territory has been able to stop the attack of Cowboys and grant only three points to kickers Bailey who made a field goals from 38 yards. Thanks to a great starting field position of Philadelphia was able to tie the game with a touchdown on Ryan Mathews rush that raced from one yard from The formation following his fullback on the left side going into the end zone easily. The Last of the Cowboys drive has been transformed from a possible winning drive in a complete failure when trying Prescott Terrence Williams on a slant route in the end zone was intercepted by middle linebacker Hicks to help in coverage, from the Eagles by throwing them closer to the sideline to save time managed to give the opportunity to Sturgis for a field goal from 55 yards, the kicker has well exploited scoring with a perfect kick giving an advantage of three points to his team. The second half of the match began with a domain of both defenses lasted nearly nine minutes until the Eagles were able to move the ball effectively through short passes using short routes as slants and crossing routes until you get close to 'endzone where the opposing quarterback Carson Wentz found Jordan Matthews on a route stick left well executed him free to receive his first touchdown of the game. The Dallas answer came in the following drive in the most unusual possible, thanks to the punter Jones feinting a punt 40 yards gained by opening the doors to the field goal Bailey who reported the deficit to seven points. Unfortunately for the hosts the Eagles immediately reported their lead to ten points thanks to another field goal of Sturgis, the latter from 33 yards. To put in a position to score points the attack of the hosts we thought their defense forcing a fumble at the running back Smallwood with a great tackle McClain who gave his attack an excellent starting position in the middle field of Philadelphia that unfortunately for them has produced only three points with field goal by Bailey. The equalizer came three minutes from the end of the game when Prescott was able to find Dez Bryant on a vertical Seem in the endzone, taking advantage of the physical and athletic missmatch in one on one on McKelvin. None of both teams managed to break the parity before the end of regular time so the game went overtime, where the Cowboys winning the toss decided to get the first possession of the ball of the period, a choice that has proved successful because thanks to an excellent racing game with Ezekiel Elliott were brought close to the endzone of the Eagles where thanks to a touchdown received by Witten gave the victory to his team.

Final Result: Cowboys 29, Eagles 23 OT

MVP: Dez Bryant