2025 Season | Week 1 | Gameday Chatter Thread | Cowboys @ Eagles | 9/4/2025

[Smitty]

So, both first rounders on defense next April?

They need a QB, a WR when Pickens departs, and a RB.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Almost nothing from AJ Brown and Smith

Why risk it if you're the Eagles. Hurts has been stupid conservative other than one deep passes to Dotson. But we haven't exactly forced him to have to do much.

 

[Rev]

They need a QB, a WR when Pickens departs, and a RB.

Free Agency

 

[Tony D]

If Guyton pans out this OL going to be good for a while.

And I don't think the defense is playing that bad. I mean it's pretty bad, but most of the damage is Hurts scrambling. Not even designed runs. And that damn bomb they hit to Dotson pisses me off for some reason.

AJ Brown has done nothing. Barkley is going to get his.

We shot ourselves on both those drives we didn't get a TD. CeeDee drop and Sanders fumble.

 

[Simpleton]

It's Hurts that has killed us. But the last defensive drive we did better. And frankly QBs running killed us last year with Parsons too. So I'm not so sure this is a Parsons thing. It's just a scheme thing.

Parsons wouldn't have helped much of anything here, he might've made a splash play to stop a drive, and maybe in a game this tight that would've been enough, but I don't think he'd have transformed any of this.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Free Agency

I'm hoping we have RBs but just aren't using them yet. QB we will see. And yeah Pickens is a tough one.

 

[fortsbest]

So, both first rounders on defense next April?

Depends. Dak hasn't made it through the entire year yet.

 

[bbgun]

this game was gonna end at a reasonable time for us East Coasters

 

[Chocolate Lab]

If Guyton pans out this OL going to be good for a while.

I was worried about him after missing almost all of camp, but he's been good.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

If Guyton pans out this OL going to be good for a while.

The Eagles pass rushers kind of suck. But he has looked good today.

 

[fortsbest]

I think our traditional run defense (i.e. not QB scrambles) might actually be good. Barkley has 2 carries for like 25ish yards and the TD when our backup DTs were in, 9/36ish otherwise.

Overshown will help tons if he can come back and stay healthy.

 

[Simpleton]

If Guyton pans out this OL going to be good for a while.

And I don't think the defense is playing that bad. I mean it's pretty bad, but most of the damage is Hurts scrambling. Not even designed runs. And that damn bomb they hit to Dotson pisses me off for some reason.

AJ Brown has done nothing. Barkley is going to get his.

We shot ourselves on both those drives we didn't get a TD. CeeDee drop and Sanders fumble.

There have been a few plays where he looked just as shitty as last year, but overall he hasn't been terrible.

I can't tell how much of it is just scheme and us running well though, plus relatively average edge rushers for the Eagles.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Overshown will help tons if he can come back and stay healthy.

Not sure if he can stay healthy. He just sort of has a frame that looks like he will break at any minute.

 

[fortsbest]

Parsons wouldn't have helped much of anything here, he might've made a splash play to stop a drive, and maybe in a game this tight that would've been enough, but I don't think he'd have transformed any of this.

I'm glad they didn't spend $47 M per year on him.

 

[Tony D]

Now if the Giants go up and down the field next week like the Eagles did those first 3 drives that would be a cause for concern. I doubt that happens.

All that being said I think we will be a better team come October and beyond. You'd hope at least.

 

[Tony D]

I was worried about him after missing almost all of camp, but he's been good.

Same. He's got a little nastiness to him I didn't see last year.

 

[fortsbest]

The blond is hot.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

"Sanders" trending on Twitter.

 

[boozeman]

 

[fortsbest]

Goldberg. Top 5 wrestler of my lifetime. Fight me.