{"id":7298,"date":"2023-11-06T16:53:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/7298\/cowboys-not-discouraged-by-loss\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T16:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:53:16","slug":"cowboys-not-discouraged-by-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=7298","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys not discouraged by loss to Eagles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys not discouraged by loss to Eagles\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Todd Archer, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">November 6, 2023, 11:00 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN covering the Dallas Cowboys.  Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2013 The end result was a 28-23 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, but the Dallas Cowboys left Lincoln Financial Field thinking it was much closer than five points.<\/p>\n<p>It was a matter of centimeters.  A tipped touchdown pass (via replay) to tight end Luke Schoonmaker, whose knee was on the ground before the ball crossed the goal line.  Quarterback Dak Prescott&#8217;s foot lands out of bounds on a 2-point play.  A fumble that passer Micah Parsons almost recovered in Philadelphia territory.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, each of these moves worked in Philadelphia&#8217;s favor, but the outcome did not deter the Cowboys.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline float-r inline-track\">\n<h2 class=\"img-title\">The best of NFL Nation<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-lazyload=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Chiefs-or-Dolphins-Picking-the-better-Tyreek-Hill.jpg\" class=\"round lazyload\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 CHOOSE the best Tyreek Hill<br \/>\u2022 Can Hill or Brown catch Megatron?<br \/>\u2022 5 questions ahead of Eagles-Cowboys<br \/>\u2022 Vikings focus on preparing Hall<br \/>\u2022 Did Seattle hit HR with Williams?<br \/>\u2022 OBJ still looking for Ravens&#8217; first TD<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>&#8220;If [this game was a test], we didn&#8217;t make it and it sucks,&#8221; Prescott said. &#8220;Everybody in that locker room believed it.  And we still do.  Do not mistake yourself.  We were inches away from a different game, a different result at the end of the game with the way it was played.  But we are improving.  I can promise you that.  We will continue to improve.  We are improving and everything is going well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Parsons said: &#8220;I feel like we have even more confidence now. I feel like everyone has written us off and [was] praising this Eagles team.  Obviously, we gave them the best possible solution.  You know, I&#8217;m not even going to add fuel to the fire.  We will see them again in four weeks.  \u00bb<\/p>\n<p>At 5-3, the Cowboys are 2.5 games behind the Eagles (8-1) in the NFC East.  If the Cowboys had won on Sunday and won next <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/week\/\"   title=\"week\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">week<\/a> against the New York Giants, they would have been in first place in the division and potentially hold the best record in the conference.<\/p>\n<p>As it <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/stands\/\"   title=\"stands\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">stands<\/a>, only the Eagles and Detroit Lions (6-2) have more NFC wins than Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s the matter, November?\u201d  Coach Mike McCarthy said.  \u201cThere\u2019s still a lot of <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">football<\/a> left in my opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in the locker room was very different from that of the 42-10 against the San Francisco 49ers on October 8.  The Cowboys were helpless in a loss to a team that knocked them out of the playoffs in each of the last two seasons.  .<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s all about racing,\u201d Parsons said.  \u201cWe just have to click at the right time and run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dec. 10 rematch with the Eagles will take place at the end of a three-game homestand for the Cowboys.  They will play four of their next five games at AT&#038;T Stadium, where they have won 11 in a row.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline inline-photo full\">\n<figure><picture><source data- media=\"(min-width: 376px)\"><source data- media=\"(max-width: 375px)\"><img class=\" lazyload lazyload\" data-image-container=\".inline-photo\" height=\"320\" width=\"570\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"photoCaption\">Tight end Jake Ferguson and the Cowboys led at halftime.  After falling behind, they nearly scored a come-from-behind victory in the final seconds. <cite>Tim Nwachukwu\/Getty Images<\/cite><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Cowboys were able to overcome a 14-0 third-quarter loss by the Eagles, turning a 17-14 halftime lead into a 28-17 fourth-quarter deficit.  The game ended with receiver CeeDee Lamb being stopped at the Eagles&#8217; 4-yard line.  Maybe not inches from a touchdown, but close enough to make the final seconds tense.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe lost, so it\u2019s not necessarily an \u2018A,\u2019 but we definitely fought,\u201d Lamb said.  I would have liked to <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/win\/\"   title=\"win\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">win<\/a>, but there were different elements to this game, different momentum shifts, and for us to keep fighting back and still be in the game with a minute to go, fighting back, giving ourselves a chance, that says a lot about us and the type of team we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prescott was clear that the Cowboys weren&#8217;t happy with the loss, but they felt more like they could contend a month after that disheartening loss to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You have to believe it. It&#8217;s the National Football League,&#8221; Prescott said.  &#8220;You just played against the team that played in the Super Bowl last year. You have to understand who they are. Give them all the credit in the world on both sides of the ball, the coaches, the staff, their players, this atmosphere. You I have to give them all the credit and there is no moral victory in that. I can promise you that. Not at all, but being inches away we know we are doing the right things .<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just have to keep working at it, getting better and finding a way, the same way we work to get better. It&#8217;s as simple as that. You either get better or you get worse. No one stays the same .So we will continue to improve.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cowboys not discouraged by loss to Eagles\u060c Todd Archer, ESPN editorNovember 6, 2023, 11:00 a.m. Close Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN covering the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher. 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