Playing the Dallas Cowboys on Monday night is the kind of game that you really look forward to as an Eagles fan. Big games are just more fun. Watching the Rams get pummeled last week was enjoyable, but...what can you take from that game? We're much better than what is apparently a pretty bad team. Nice result, but not the same as facing a good team.
The reason I love watching football is to see big games. You want to see how good your team is, to see them tested. Big wins are fun, but big games are better. You need to sense that defeat is a real possibility in order to get maximum enjoyment from a victory.
What did you like more, the demolition of the Lions last year or the December win over Dallas when we were fighting for our playoff lives? The loss to Seattle was an intense game. When Westbrook busted off that punt return, I was going through the roof with excitement. We were trying to win a game and save the season. That kind of pressure and drama is what makes sports so much fun.
Going into a game knowing your team is likely to win takes the pressure out of the game. In a game that is even or where you are the underdog there is a certain importance to every part of the game. You really live and die with each 1st down and incompletion. God forbid there is a turnover or the other teams busts off a big play. Every moment seems so crucial.
This Eagles team expects to compete for the Super Bowl. The only way to know how good this team is and how it stacks up is to play good teams. Monday night will give us a hint. It's too early for anything to be definitive, but we'll see where the team is at this point. While I hate waiting for Monday night, seeing Eagles-Cowboys in primetime should be worth it.
As long as we win, of course...
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