NFL Week 3 preview
EAGLES (1-1) at DALLAS (1-1)
Monday, 8:15 p.m., ESPN
OPENING LINE: Cowboys by 3½. SERIES: Cowboys, 70-54.
LAST MEETING: Cowboys, 37-17, 2020
EAGLES OFFENSE: OVERALL (15), RUSH (2), PASS (22), SCORING (21).
EAGLES DEFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (T-18), PASS (3), SCORING (T-2).
COWBOYS OFFENSE: OVERALL (4), RUSH (7), PASS (6), SCORING (15).
COWBOYS DEFENSE: OVERALL (27), RUSH (8), PASS (31), SCORING (15).
KEY MATCHUP: Cowboys QB Dak Prescott, in his first home game since the gruesome ankle injury last October at AT&T Stadium, leads the No. 4offense in the NFL against the fourth-ranked defense. Eagles neutralized Prescott the previous time they saw him in 2019, a 17-9victory in Week 16. Before that, Prescott had beaten Eagles four consecutive times, with three straight 100-plus passer ratings.
ETC.: Eagles are 9-3on Monday night since 2013and 13-6in primetime since 2017 . ... Eagles have rushed for more than 150yards in consecutives games for the first time since 2017 . ... QB Jalen Hurts is one of four QBs with 500-plus total yards and zero giveaways . ... Three-time All-Pro C Jason Kelce will start his 108th consecutive
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will be making his first start at home since his season-ending injury last October.
regular-season game, longest by any NFL center since Chris Myers reached 123from 2007-14 . ... Prescott has accounted for 11TDs (10 passing, 1rushing) with two interceptions for a 118.9passer rating in four Monday night starts . ... Ezekiel Elliott had 105yards rushing in most recent meeting vs. Eagles. It’s one of just two 100-yard games for two-time rushing champ since start of 2020season (17games).