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In a pretty surprising outcome, Philadelphia beats Dallas 24 to 20. I would argue that if CD Lamb makes that catch, Dallas wins the football game. CD Lamb was CD lame. He had a really, really bad night. But I thought Philadelphia did a better job with second half adjustments. And that's the ball game. I thought overall I was pretty blown away. Now Jalen Hurts comes into this game. He's got the better offensive line. He's got Saquon Barkley and he has a, at least a head coach that he's very familiar with. They have a new oc. Kellen Moore's gone but and it was kind of an unimpressive kind of second half adjustment for the Eagles offensively. I thought they made great defensive adjustments to get pressure, but there's a big advantage. Jalen Hurts O line, Saquon Barkley at home. And they looked unbelievable in the first half. Three drives, 200 plus yards, three TDs. Eagles were flawless and everybody points to. Well, what about Micah? Well, the Cowboys could not stop the Eagles twice last year with Micah. So. And I'll give you an example. I saw, I saw this last year today, the Cowboys versus the Eagles without Micah. Without Micah. One sack and five quarterback hits. The Cowboys last game with the Eagles with Micah, one sack and one quarterback hit. Micah wasn't the difference. Okay, so in the first half. I mean, Philadelphia did this twice to Dallas last year and they did it to Kansas City in the Super Bowl. That offensive line gets rolling. Saquon Barkley, those receivers, they didn't even use. AJ Brown barely looked at him in the first half and were up and down the field with or without Micah. At one point Chris Collinsworth said this is the Micah effect. Yeah, I mean it, it's Micah's really, really talented. But I didn't think that was the ball game. I think the what blew me away with Dallas, especially in the first half. Dak got excellent protection. They don't have a great running back room. They're not going to be a great run team. But they opened some rush lanes and, and yes, Jalen Carter's absence changes Philadelphia's interior defense. I mean there's just no question he is the dominant interior defensive lineman along with Chris Jones and the NFL, the Chiefs. So but I thought Dallas in the first half got. Dak had time. The wide receivers got excellent separation. George Pickens looks like he's a real asset. Although he had a really, really bad penalty. It ended up the Cowboys fumble, the first turnover of the season. But it pushed Dallas back. And who knows how that drive transpires if they don't get pushed back on the Pickens penalty. But George Pickens is going to be an asset. That length, his ability to keep the ball away, the way he stretches out from defensive backs. Because Philadelphia's got a great secondary. But I thought Dallas's O line held up very well. Dak had a lot of time. I thought Dak played really, really well. They didn't move him much. He sat in the pocket at this point in his career. He's a pocket quarterback. But I thought he was very, very effective. And CD Lamb had three drops and the brutal drop back to back drops on that last drive and that deep ball was a beautiful throw by Dak. So I think if you're Philadelphia, you made excellent second half defensive adjustments to get pressure and you know that ends up being crucial because Dak was way too comfortable in the first half. Meanwhile he threw under duress in the second half. There were a lot of bang bang plays in the secondary. A couple of balls could have been picked, but CD Lamb dropped three balls. A couple of balls could have been caught. So I, I came away impressed with Dallas. Philadelphia 1 back to back tush pushes. I think if you put Saquon Barkley on the Cowboys and took away Saquon Barkley for the Eagles, you'd have a different outcome. I thought Saquon's ability to, you know, that one handed catch on a crucial drive, his just ability to escape. A lot of times Saquon doesn't even get credit just for picking up three yards on a play that should lose a yard. It's not his long runs that make him exceptional. It's the catches out of the backfield. It's taking, you know, these one yard gains and Making it a three to a four yard game. He is just a sensational talent and he got, you know, Philadelphia out of little jams throughout the course of the game. Wiggle here, drop his shoulder here, make a one hand catch there. Saquon was voted the best player in the league by players in a recent poll. He's just a sensational talent and he does all the little things well. He can pick up a blitz, one handed catch. But overall I think if you're Dallas, you have to feel great. I mean they've got one of the best kickers in the league. Their offensive line in the first half held up. I like the game plan. Dak looked comfortable. Their receivers created separation again. They're the road team, they're the team of the new coaching staff. George Pickens is the new player. Micah's not there. Trayvon Diggs didn't practice much and Dallas had a very good performance. CD Lamb catches the ball, they win the game. So listen, it's game one for a variety of reasons is hard to make any sweeping general comment about a Jalen Carter out changes Philadelphia's rush defense. Secondly, you're tired in the second half. I thought Dallas's, I thought Dallas looked a little fatigue. Their defensive front, you know, you got that O line leaning on you. Longer drives by Philadelphia. But overall, I mean Dallas's D line, you know, Mozzie Smith was a, I wrote this down, inactive. So he's a bust. You know, Mike is no longer there. Kenny Clarkman in nice play, he's a nice addition. But you know, considering Mike has gone and Mozzie Smith is a bust, they have a little bit of depth up front. That's encouraging for Dallas. You know, I'm looking at some of the numbers here. Philadelphia's second half offensive game plan kind of uninspiring Again, it's week one, new coordinator. I don't quite know how to feel about it. Philadelphia was, I mean, Jalen Carter spitting. They had four very early penalties, four early penalties in the first half, personal fouls. Philadelphia wasn't, wasn't tight and it almost cost him. Yeah, I mean in the end Philadelphia had 158 yards rushing. You don't lose a lot of games in this league with 158 yards rushing. But Dallas, you know, Dallas has 24 first downs. Dallas averaged five and a half yards of play. You, I mean you got to feel pretty good about that. Dallas had more total yards, more passing, yards themselves, rushed for 119 yards, had more yards per play, more first downs. Were very effective. Seven for 11 on third down. Had only four penalties. I mean, Mike McCarthy's teams were penalty plagued. Only one turnover in a game. Now Philadelphia again, more rushing yards total. And in the second half, they pulled away in time of possession. They were flawless in the first half offensively, but overall, I would give the Eagles a B plus because they won. I would give Dallas a solid B to B plus. New coaching staff on the road. First game. I mean, last year, I just didn't like Dallas's offensive line. I thought there was real growth. If you're a Cowboy fan, I thought you had to be encouraged with the protection Dak Prescott got, especially in the first half. And Dak hung in there in the second half. I mean, he was under duress in that second half. After the adjustments. I know I'm going on and on about Dallas. Maybe, you know, if I'd have come into this game with a clean slate mentally and not feeling like Dallas is just going to be a mess, I'm going to have to revisit the Dallas schedule tomorrow on FS1. I was really impressed. You know, it's not like CD Lamb didn't have a bunch of catches. I mean, he had great separation all night. And those are excellent corners for the Eagles. So Philadelphia sloppy, maintained a lead at home, won a game. But I feel. I feel differently about the Cowboys now than I did four hours ago. Let's address, before we go, the Jalen Carter spitting moment. First of all, it's idiotic. Dak did spit first, but was further away and spit to the ground. Don't get either. But Jalen Carter has to know better, and that's the way it always works. It's always the second guy that gets caught. I mean, NBC didn't catch Dax spitting until later in the game, and they didn't even address it until later in the game. And they saw it. So, you know, Dak spit more down. Jalen Carter gets closer, spits at Dak, and you're going to get ejected. I just thought, overall, Philadelphia was loose. But we talked about this today on the Herd. It's such an emotional team. I mean, they've got their bodyguard and Sirianni. There were some personal fouls. That's Philadelphia, their talk radio, their fans. The intensity opening the season in Philadelphia, it's just. And here's Jalen hurts, that reservoir of stoicism, calm, mature. I'll tell you, Jalen hurts. On that final drive to seal the game, I didn't love Dallas not having, like, a spy on him. He just, he's such an effective runner overall. I thought the Eagles second half coaching adjustments were better than Dallas, and that falls on Brian Schottenheimer. But my, I came into this game with such a low sense of what the Schottenheimer staff could pull off. I was just almost blown away that they played a really strong first half. But it just, there was a lot, it was Philadelphia. It was a lot of emotions. They're super bowl champs. They're feeling themselves. They're spitting. There's ejections, there's a ton of penalties. They had nine in the game, four very quickly. It was an unpolished, unrefined effort. But this is why Philadelphia, this is what the Eagles do. I talked about it today. They do things that bad teams do. I mean, they literally, you have to restrain the coach. You know, they're firing a Super bowl winning coach. You know, they, they spent money on a running back who had a history, Saquon Barkley of injuries. They signed Carson Wentz. They get rid of him. I mean, they do things bad teams do, but they're so obsessed with winning and they're so willing to put it out there and take big swings. And they draft so extraordinarily well. They just overcompensate for it. But again tonight, in a very emotional Philadelphia team, here is the highest EQ in the league. Jalen hurts, head down, Stoic, mature, wraps it up in the end. The final drive, the first down, the win. And that's what, that's what Hertz and the Eagles do. The Volume. Well, I'm fired up to announce Hard Rock Bet as the Volume's new presenting sponsor. Everybody knows Hard Rock hotels and casinos are iconic for entertainment. Well, now the Hard Rock Bet app brings more energy and excitement than ever to the world of sports betting. 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Hey, this is Matt Jones and I'm Drew Franklin and this is NFL Cover Zero. We're just here to try to give you an NFL perspect perspective a little bit different. Did you see the Colts pretzel? That was my other big takeaway from that game. What was that? Oh my. We think NFL coverage should be informative and entertaining and twice a week that is exactly what you're gonna get. Listen NFL Cover Zero with Matt Jones and Drew Franklin on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcast.
Dan and Ty (The Solid Verbal Podcast Hosts)
Who cares about truth when the lies More entertaining.
Angela Rye
Welcome home. I'm Angela Rye, co host of the Native Lamp with Andrew Gillum and Tiffany Cross, and we want y to survive and thrive in this political moment.
Dan and Ty (The Solid Verbal Podcast Hosts)
We're having the same debates that American households are having all over the country.
Angela Rye
I'm terrified that in our rest, we're going to miss the moment. You want me to stop resting? What specifically are you asking me to do? Stay informed and take action.
Dan and Ty (The Solid Verbal Podcast Hosts)
Listen to Native Land Pod on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. I'm Dan. He's Ty. Hello. And we're the Solid Verbal College Football Podcast. Tune in for previews, recaps, bits you won't hear anywhere else, and all the emotional support you need as a college football fan. Join us all season long as we ride the rollercoaster of this ridiculous sport. Listen to the solid verbal college football podcasts on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. We don't just love college football, Ty. We live it.
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Episode: Eagles Beat Cowboys, CeeDee Dropped The Game, Dallas Impressive, Jalen Carter Ejected
Date: September 5, 2025
Host: Colin Cowherd
Podcast Description: Colin Cowherd delivers his trademark opinionated, topic-driven perspective on the biggest stories in sports.
This episode is a deep-dive breakdown of the Philadelphia Eagles’ 24-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL’s opening week. Colin Cowherd explores key plays, standout performers, crucial drops, and controversial moments—particularly focusing on CeeDee Lamb’s performance, Jalen Carter’s ejection, and what the game revealed about both teams’ prospects.
Colin closes out with a forward-looking note: he sees more upside for the Cowboys than he expected before kickoff, but highlights that fine margins—and mistakes—determined the night’s outcome.
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