Why The Philadelphia Eagles Want The Cowboys To Be Week 14 Winners

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Published: December 6, 2009

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... you need a little help from your enemies to eventually win in the end. See also Chris Webber’s phantom timeout or Grady Little’s non-pull of Pedro.

For the Philadelphia Eagles, a Dallas Cowboys win this week is exactly the help they need.

With the Birds winning big over Atlanta earlier today, they moved to 8-4…so yes, a Giants win over Dallas would put both the Eagles and Cowboys at the same mark.

But the ‘Boys would still be in first place via the tiebreaker of having beaten Philly weeks ago. And besides, who cares who is in first place on December 7?

That status can come and go, but a playoff berth can’t.

See, if the Cowboys win today, they’ll be 9-3, a game ahead of the Birds. But if that happens, then the Giants and Falcons will both be 6-6, as might the 49ers. And with games against the Giants and Niners in the next two weeks, the Eagles can seize control of their playoff destiny.

Defeating a 6-6 Giants team next week would ...

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