Philadelphia— The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Dallas Cowboys 28-23 on Sunday night after Jalen Hurts threw for 207 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another tusҺ push score despite a direct Һit on his injured left knee.

Only the Eagles are 8-1 in the NFL.

The Eagles tried their hardest on Dallas’ final drive to lose. Dak Prescott needed 86 yards in 46 seconds for the winning score, and he got 56 yards of Eagles penalties to reach the 6-yard line.

Josh Sweat sacked Prescott for an 11-yard loss as the game was about to turn around.

Prescott passed to CeeDee Lamb for 22 yards after a Cowboys (5-3) penalty pushed them to the 27, but Darius Slay tackled him at the 5 to finish the game.

Prescott passed for 374 yards and 3 TDs. Lamb caught 11 for 191 yards.

NFC champion Eagles are playing like a team capable of another deep postseason run, which might be derailed by Hurts’ ιnjury.

Hurts has downplayed his knee ιnjury and dismissed all questions, including when he was hurt. He’s not on the ιnjury report.

He remarked, “For this team, for this city, I’ll do anything,” during the game. “I’m glad we won here.”

In the final minutes of the first half, Hurts was threatened. Linebacker Micah Parsons sacked him after DeMarcus Lawrence Һit him. Hurts rose up awkwardly and staggered off the field in discomfort. Hurts took a break on the sideline when the Eagles called timeout. Hurts, 2022 NFL MVP runner-up, returned for a handoff.

The score and Hurts’ banged-up knee appeared to motivate him on the third drive to prove he could be dangerous on one knee as well as two. Hurts scrambled for four yards and a first down on the third-quarter opener. He passed to DeVonta Smith in the end zone for a 29-yard score and a 21-17 lead after an 11-yard reception.

Hurts connected A.J. Brown for a 4-yard TD to lead 28-17 near the end of the quarter. Brown had six straight games with 125+ yards receiving, an NFL record. He ended the streak with 66 yards.

Philadelphia’s defense took over. Eagles linebacker Zach Cunningham stopped Prescott and flipped him to the 1-yard line. Prescott’s fourth-down ball to Luke Schoonmaker was initially a touchdown. The TD was overturned after a replay review indicated Schoonmaker’s left knee was down approximately an inch.

From a suite, Phillies slugger Bryce Harper heard the Linc cheer, a familiar sound.

Prescott scrambled for a 2-point conversion after hitting Jalen Tolbert for 7 yards to make it 28-23. He thought. Prescott’s scramble was disregarded again after replay overturned a crucial Cowboys ruling. Eagles maintained their five-point lead.

The Eagles would have to collapse for the Cowboys or any NFC East club to pass them for first.

Dallas tried hard. Jerry Jones, team owner, refrained from bulletin board statements this week to prevent “poke the bear.”

Precott said, “Pour honey on me. If you see me figҺting a bear, sprinkle honey on me.”

Might be bears. Birds, no.

First quarter Eagles lead 7-0 after Kenneth Gainwell somersaulted into the end zone for a 12-yard score.

Prescott then threw two TD passes, a 4-yard tying score to Jake Ferguson and a 5-yard score to KaVontae Turpin, to lead 14-7.

Hurts knotted the game with his now-famous and successful tusҺ push. His sixth rushing touchdown of the season was six on the tusҺ push. He set an Eagles QB rushing record with 33 touchdowns.

Injuries: Eagles linebacker Nakobe Dean left with a foot ιnjury. Tight end Dallas Goedert hurt his forearm.

Up next

Dallas returns home Sunday for another NFC East game against the Giants.

The Eagles have a week off before their Suρer Bowl rematch in Kansas City on Nov. 20.