Call this one the agony & the ecstasy.
Sort of.
Every year the Eagles have at least one - and sometimes more - games that they have no business losing. Sunday's gut-wrenching defeat in the Arizona desert qualifies as this year's contribution to Birds' fans endless misery.
The die-hards were still trying to digest some of the oddities in that brutal loss when they got a gift from a most odd source.
The Dallas Cowboys.
The lowly Redskins went into Jerry Jones' palace Monday night and knocked off the Cowboys in overtime, 2-0-17. And they did it with their third-string quarterback, Colt McCoy.
I think we can hold off on that stampede by the national media to crown the Cowboys. ESPN analyst Jon Gruden must have been torn last night as he talked glowingly of the Cowboys in the buildup to the game, even though they were facing a team coached by his brother.
Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo spent much of the second half in the locker room after taking a knee to his surgically repaired back. He returned late in the 4th quarter but still could not rally the Cowboys to victory.
The Cowboys are now 6-2, a game ahead of the Eagles at 5-2.
Almost makes that loss to the Cardinals bearable.
Almost.
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