The Dallas Cowboys hopes to upset and get their fifth win in the current National Football League season when they host the high-flying Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.
Despite holding an inferior record of 4-8 compared to the lofty 8-4 record of the Eagles, the Cowboys is still slightly favored to win against the visitor in their game.
The Cowboys is picked to win to win over the Eagles since they have beaten the latter three times the past NFL season.
The struggling Cowboys are also on a roll these days winning three of their last four games under new coach Jason Garrett, who is starting to bring back the winning attitude to the team.
The Sunday night meeting between the Cowboys and Eagles is the first of their two meetings this year.
It can be recalled that the Eagles lost by four at home to the Cowboys in 2009, but was blown out in its first two visits to the new Cowboys Stadium.
A 24-0 rout Jan. 3 ensured that Dallas would host the teams’ NFC wild-card meeting the following week, when the Cowboys ended the Eagles’ season with a 34-14 victory.
Although the Cowboys failed to live up to its billing as the favorite to win the Super Bowl crown this year, the team hopes to end their NFL season with a bang by winning their remaining games in the NFL regular season.
To beat the visiting Eagles, the Cowboys need to have a superb offence and capitalized on its revitalized running game.
Cowboys star quarterback Jon Kitna must also play superb and orchestrate right plays for the home-team so that they can beat the tough Eagles.
Kitna must also do his best no to allow Eagles superstar quarterback Michael Vick to dominate him in their game.
If Kitna can play superb against Vick chances of victory is not remote for the Cowboys.
The visiting Eagles on the other hand can avoid an upset if Vick once again will take the lead role in the game against the struggling Cowboys.
Vick had a break-out year this NFL season as he brought the Eagles to a great record and accomplish personal accolades at the same time.
After heading into this season with a career completion percentage of 53.7, Vick has completed 63.8 percent of his passes in 2010.
His NFC-best 105.7 passer rating is exactly 30 points higher than what he put up in his last full season as a starter in 2006.
If Vick and the rest of the Eagles will not be slowed down by defense or misfortune in their game, the visitor is already assured of their ninth win in the current NFL season.
To defeat the home-team, Vick must lead the attack of the Eagles and at the same time the Eagles need to impose stone-wall defense on the Cowboys who are on a roll these days.
Teams: Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles
