That will teach me to drift off to sleep at halftime.
Have I mentioned recently how much I hate these night, prime time games?
When you work my schedule, they are a killer.
Which kind of describes what the Eagles did to the Cowboys in the second half last night, literally imposing their will on Jerry Jones' 'Boys and pulling away to a 37-9 victory.
Remember, this one was 9-7 at halftime, when I slipped off to La-La land.
That means the Eagles ran off 30 points in the second half while holding Dallas scoreless. The Cowboys did not score a touchdown.
The first half was nothing to write home about.
The Eagles looked like they were still on their bye week. Doug Pederson's play calling seemed off. After a dazzling first drive that saw Carson Wentz march the Birds down the field to erase a Dallas 3-0 lead, the Birds spun their wheels the rest of the half.
Passes were dropped. Wentz missed receivers. The ground game was stalled.
And adding to the mix was an injury to kicker Jake Elliott, suffered on a big Cowboys return on the opening kickoff. Elliott suffered a head injury and missed the entire second half.
That jolting news must have woke up the Eagles.
At halftime, Pederson informed his troops that the Eagles would not be doing a lot of kicking in the second half. They would go for it on every fourth down when they were not punting and would got for two after every score.
Then they went out and rammed the ball down the Cowboys' throats in the second half.
The offense simply imposed their will on Dallas, while the defense harassed Dak Prescott into a slew of turnovers.
Three field goals is all the Cowboys mustered - and nothing in the second half.
Too bad I didn't see any of it.
9-1. Best team in the NFL.
Unreal.
All the game details are here.
Check out beat writer Bob Grotz's observations on the game here.
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