Game Preview - Week 9: Dallas Cowboys at Philadelphia Eagles

Dallas: Tony Romo will take his fat new contract extension and NFC-leading 16 touchdown passes into Philadelphia this week, the first stop on a pivotal three game trip through the NFC East. Romo has cooled a little from his hot start but still remains one of the best fantasy QB options week to week. Owens and Jason Witten are mismatches against their defenders and are amongst the league leaders at their positions. Marion Barber is coming off busiest workload of the season rushing 19 times against the Vikings for 96 yards and 1 touchdown. Perhaps Wade Philips is succumbing to the fact that Barber is a better back than Julius Jones and deserves the bulk of the carries but for now Jones will continue to start, frustrating Barber owners in the process.

Start: QB Tony Romo, WR Terrell Owens, TE Jason Witten
Consider: RB Marion Barber, Cowboys D/ST
Sit: RB Julius Jones, WR Patrick Crayton, WR Terry Glenn (inj)

Philadelphia: With all the off-field problems surrounding Andy Ried's sons, its difficult to imagine his focus is solely on his football team and the Dallas Cowboys. The game will go on and the Eagles must find a way to stop the Cowboys offensive weapons. Getting S Brian Dawkins back would be a nice start. He's been out since Week 2 with a neck stinger but did return to practice this week in an effort to play. On offense the Eagles will need to find a way to score some points. Their averaging 19.9 points per game but that won't cut it here. Brian Westbrook will have to be all-world rushing and receiving as the Eagles wideouts are failing to get separation from DBs and the tight seems to be a forgotten option in the offense.

Start: RB Brian Westbrook
Consider: QB Donovan McNabb
Sit: WR Reggie Brown, WR Kevin Curtis, TE L.J. Smith (inj), TE Matt Schobel, Eagles D/ST

Krueger's Rankings/Projections

Dallas Cowboys
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 5	Tony Romo	Pass: 265, 2 Rush: 0, 0
RB 16	Marion Barber	Rush: 60, 1 Rec: 2-15, 0
RB 29	Julius Jones	Rush: 40, 0 Rec: 3-20, 0
WR 4	Terrell Owens	Rec: 8-110, 1
WR 40	Patrick Crayton	Rec: 4-45, 0
TE 3	Jason Witten	Rec: 6-65, 1

Philadelphia Eagles
Rank	Player	Projections
QB 10	Donovan McNabb	Pass: 235, 1 Rush: 10, 0
RB 5	Brian Westbrook	Rush: 70, 1 Rec: 4-40, 0
RB 45	Correll Buckhalter	Rush: 10, 0 Rec: 1-10, 0
WR 20	Kevin Curtis	Rec: 6-85, 1
WR 43	Reggie Brown	Rec: 4-45, 0
TE 28	L.J. Smith	Rec: 1-10, 0

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Past Results and Remaining Schedule

Dallas Cowboys
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	NYG	H	W 45-35	+10
2	2007-09-16	MIA	A	W 37-20	+17
3	2007-09-23	CHI	A	W 34-10	+24
4	2007-09-30	STL	H	W 35-7	+28
5	2007-10-08	BUF	A	W 25-24	+1
6	2007-10-14	NE	H	L 27-48	-21
7	2007-10-21	MIN	H	W 24-14	+10
8		Bye
9	2007-11-04	PHI	A	W 38-17	+21
10	2007-11-11	NYG	A
11	2007-11-18	WAS	H
12	2007-11-22	NYJ	H
13	2007-11-29	GB	H
14	2007-12-09	DET	A
15	2007-12-16	PHI	H
16	2007-12-22	CAR	A
17	2007-12-30	WAS	A

Philadelphia Eagles
Week	Date	Opp	H/A	Score	Dif
1	2007-09-09	GB	A	L 13-16	-3
2	2007-09-17	WAS	H	L 12-20	-8
3	2007-09-23	DET	H	W 56-21	+35
4	2007-09-30	NYG	A	L 3-16	-13
5		Bye
6	2007-10-14	NYJ	A	W 16-9	+7
7	2007-10-21	CHI	H	L 16-19	-3
8	2007-10-28	MIN	A	W 23-16	+7
9	2007-11-04	DAL	H	L 17-38	-21
10	2007-11-11	WAS	A
11	2007-11-18	MIA	H
12	2007-11-25	NE	A
13	2007-12-02	SEA	H
14	2007-12-09	NYG	H
15	2007-12-16	DAL	A
16	2007-12-23	NO	A
17	2007-12-30	BUF	H

Offense Stats Comparison

	DAL Offense	PHI Offense	NFL Average
Points for	28.7	18.3	21.3
Rushing yards	118.7	129.3	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	4.86	4.58	4.09
Completion %	65.0%	63.0%	62.0%
Passing yards	287.3	265.3	215.6
Passing yards per completion	11.40	12.11	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	7.41	7.62	6.55
Interceptions	1.0	0.0	1.0
Fumbles lost	0.3	0.3	0.7
Sacked	2.0	3.0	2.1

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 3 to 8 of the 2007 season after deducting the best and worst value from the data set. The exception is yards per rush attempt, completion %, yards per pass completion, yards per pass attempt and the NFL averages, which are each calculated based on totals through Weeks 3 to 8 with no adjustment.

Defense Stats Comparison

	DAL Defense	PHI Defense	NFL Average
Points against	16.0	17.0	21.3
Rushing yards	77.0	86.7	111.1
Rushing yards per attempt	3.42	3.72	4.09
Completion %	56.0%	59.4%	62.0%
Passing yards	145.7	198.0	215.6
Passing yards per completion	9.83	11.54	10.57
Passing yards per attempt	5.50	6.85	6.55
INT return	0.7	0.7	1.0
Fumble recoveries	0.7	0.0	0.7
Sacks	3.0	2.7	2.1

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Team vs. Team History

Dallas Cowboys vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Season	Week	Date	Vis	Home	Score	Winner
2000	1	2000-09-03	PHI	DAL	41-14	PHI
2000	10	2000-11-05	DAL	PHI	13-16	PHI
2001	3	2001-09-30	DAL	PHI	18-40	PHI
2001	10	2001-11-18	PHI	DAL	36-3	PHI
2002	3	2002-09-22	DAL	PHI	13-44	PHI
2002	16	2002-12-21	PHI	DAL	27-3	PHI
2003	6	2003-10-12	PHI	DAL	21-23	DAL
2003	14	2003-12-07	DAL	PHI	10-36	PHI
2004	10	2004-11-15	PHI	DAL	49-21	PHI
2004	15	2004-12-18	DAL	PHI	7-12	PHI
2005	5	2005-10-09	PHI	DAL	10-33	DAL
2005	10	2005-11-14	DAL	PHI	21-20	DAL
2006	5	2006-10-08	DAL	PHI	24-38	PHI
2006	16	2006-12-25	PHI	DAL	23-7	PHI

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2006 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.

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