NFL Monday Night Football Week 3 Preview: NFL East battle, Philadelphia visits Dallas tonight at 8:15 PM

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (1-1)
AT DALLAS COWBOYS (1-1)

MONDAY, SEPT. 27, 2021 // 8:15 PM ET // AT&T STADIUM // REFEREE: BRAD ROGERS

REGULAR-SEASON SERIES HISTORY

LEADER: Cowboys lead all-time series, 67-53
STREAKS: Eagles have won 2 of past 3
LAST GAME: 12/27/20: Eagles 17 at Cowboys 37
LAST GAME AT SITE: 12/27/20

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES LEADERS

L 17-11 vs. San Francisco LAST WEEK

Nick Sirianni: 0-0 COACH VS. OPP.

21.5/11.5 PTS. FOR/AGAINST

381.0 OFFENSE

Jalen Hurts: 39-58-454-3-0-108.0 PASSING

Jalen Hurts (QB): 17-144-8.5-1 RUSHING

DeVonta Smith (R): 8-87-10.9-1 RECEIVING

283.0 DEFENSE

Javon Hargrave: 2 SACKS

INTs

0 (0/0) TAKE/GIVE

Arryn Siposs: 49.1 (41.1) PUNTING (NET)

Jake Elliott: 9 (3/3 PAT; 2/3 FG) KICKING

EAGLES NOTES

• QB JALEN HURTS passed for 190 yards & rushed for 82 yards
& TD in Week 2. Has 60+ rush yards in 5 of his 6 career starts.
Passed for career-high 342 yards & rushed for 69 yards
in last meeting. Has 3+ TD passes & 100+ rating in 2 of his 3
career road starts.
• RB MILES SANDERS aims for his 6th in row with 50+ scrimmage
yards. Has 240 scrimmage yards (120 per game) & 2 rush TDs
in his past 2 vs. Dal. Aims for his 3rd in row vs. Dal. with rush TD.
Has 686 scrimmage yards (85.8 per game) in 8 career games
vs. division. Since 2019, ranks 4th among RBs with 4.9 yards per
rush attempt (min. 300 atts.).
• WR QUEZ WATKINS had career-high 117 rec. yards in Week 2,
his 1st-career 100-yard game. Had 57 rec. yards in last meeting.
TE DALLAS GOEDERT has rec. TD in 2 of his 3 career games at
Dal.
• DT FLETCHER COX has sack in 2 of his past 3 on MNF. Has sack
in 2 of his past 3 at Dal. DT JAVON HARGRAVE had 7 tackles &
2 TFL in Week 2. Aims for his 3rd in row with 2+ TFL. LB ALEX
SINGLETON led team with 11 tackles last week. Aims for his 14th
in row with 5+ tackles. LB ERIC WILSON had 10 tackles last week.
Aims for his 3rd in row in 2021 with 9+ tackles. S ANTHONY
HARRIS had 10 tackles in Week 2, his 3rd-career game with
10+ tackles. CB DARIUS SLAY had INT in last meeting. Aims for
his 3rd in row at Dal. with PD. Since entering NFL in 2013, leads
league with 111 PD.

LEADERS DALLAS COWBOYS

LAST WEEK W 20-17 at L.A. Chargers

COACH VS. OPP. Mike McCarthy: 6-3

PTS. FOR/AGAINST 24.5/24.0

OFFENSE 435.0

PASSING Dak Prescott: 65-85-640-3-2-99.1

RUSHING Tony Pollard: 16-123-7.7-1

RECEIVING Amari Cooper: 16 (T1L)-163-10.2-2

DEFENSE 419.5

SACKS Leighton Vander Esch, Micah Parsons (R): 1

INTs Trevon Diggs: 2 (T1L)

TAKE/GIVE +4 (6/2) (1L)

PUNTING (NET) Bryan Anger: 47.8 (41.0)

KICKING Greg Zuerlein: 19 (4/5 PAT; 5/7 FG)

COWBOYS NOTES

• QB DAK PRESCOTT completed 23 of 27 atts. (85.2 pct.) in Week
2, his 4th-career game with 85+ comp. pct. Has 8 TDs (6 pass,
2 rush) vs. 3 INTs for 93.9 rating in his past 5 vs. Phi. Has 100+
rating in 3 of his past 4 vs. Phi. Has 11 TDs (10 pass, 1 rush) vs. 2
INTs for 118.9 rating in 4 career starts on MNF. Aims for his 5th
in row on MNF with 2+ TD passes.
• RB EZEKIEL ELLIOTT had 97 scrimmage yards (71 rush, 26 rec.)
& rush TD in Week 2. Has 1,111 scrimmage yards (138.9 per game)
& 3 TDs (2 rush, 1 rec.) in 8 career games vs. Phi. Aims for his
5th in row at home vs. Phi. with 135+ scrimmage yards. Has 517
scrimmage yards (103.4 per game) & 3 rush TDs in 5 career
games on MNF. RB TONY POLLARD had 140 scrimmage yards
(109 rush, 31 rec.) & rush TD in Week 2, his 3rd-career game
with 100+ rush yards.
• WR AMARI COOPER has 19 receptions for 444 yards (148 per
game) & 3 rec. TDs in 3 career home games vs. Phi. Aims for his
4th in row at home vs. Phi. with 100+ rec. yards. Has rec. TD in
5 of his 6 career games on MNF & aims for his 4th in row on
MNF with TD catch. WR CEEDEE LAMB had 2 TDs (1 rec., 1 rush)
in last meeting.
• LB MICAH PARSONS (rookie) had first career sack last week. LB
JAYLON SMITH led team with 9 tackles in Week 2. Had 11 tackles
& FR in last meeting. LB LEIGHTON VANDER ESCH had 1st sack of
season in Week 2. CB TREVON DIGGS is 1 of 2 (JUSTIN REID) with
INT in each of 1st 2 weeks of season.

ON THE AIRWAVES

TV: ESPN (8:15 PM ET): Steve Levy, Brian Griese, Louis Riddick, Lisa Salters (field reporter)
NATIONAL RADIO: Westwood One: Kevin Harlan, Kurt Warner
SIRIUS: 81 (Phi.), 83 (Dal.) | XM: 226 (Phi.), 225 (Dal.) | SXM App: 825 (Phi.), 808 (Dal.)

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