The Eagles played the Cowboys on Monday Night Football without quarterback Jalen Hurts. CBS Sports' Jared Dubin framed the game as Dallas visiting an "injury-ravaged" Philadelphia team. Blogging The Boys confirmed that Hurts would not play. Neither outlet's summary says what the injury is or how long he might be out.
Our box score for Cowboys at Eagles shows Tanner McKee starting in his place. The game was still marked live with 0:55 left in the fourth quarter, so this is not a final result. Dallas led 38-21. McKee was 21 of 33 for 197 yards with one touchdown and one interception, and he was sacked twice. Philadelphia averaged 5.2 yards per play to Dallas's 6.4. The Cowboys outgained the Eagles 416 yards to 294 and ran for 204 yards. Javonte Williams had 155 of those on 25 carries. Dak Prescott threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns without an interception, and CeeDee Lamb caught two of the scores.
The preview coverage treated this as a team already in trouble. Per CBS, Dallas came in having lost two straight. Blogging The Boys put both clubs at 2-4 in Week 6 and described each as "scrambling to save their season." Our data matches that. The Cowboys had lost 23-13 at Green Bay on Oct. 18 and 24-16 to Tampa Bay on Oct. 8. Before those two losses they won 34-30 at Houston on Oct. 4. Dallas was second in the NFC East going in.
Philadelphia's slide is longer, and it began before Hurts was out. The Eagles had lost four in a row, to the Rams 24-20, at Jacksonville 19-17 and to Carolina 25-14. The Monday night game would be the fourth straight loss if the score holds. The archive shows Hurts with 5 games played this year and his last appearance on Oct. 11 at Jacksonville, so he was not in the Carolina game either. The Eagles started the season with a win over Washington. In that game Hurts threw for 203 yards and three touchdowns, with a 122.2 passer rating.
His season since then has been uneven. He has 933 passing yards, 8 touchdowns and 3 interceptions on 57.8 percent completions, at 6.1 yards per attempt. He has been sacked 13 times, and four of those came against the Rams. He also has 107 rushing yards and a touchdown on 23 carries. The Eagles scored 17 or fewer in two of his last three starts, and that is the offense McKee took over.
Both teams play next on Sunday, Nov. 1. Philadelphia is at Washington and Dallas is home against Arizona. Neither outlet we have gave a return timeline for Hurts, so his status for the Washington game is the open question. Dallas goes into its game with a win over a division rival, if the score holds.
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