Have The Eagles Found Their Heart To Play Again?

The Eagles actually found the Red Zone on Sunday.  They actually looked like a team who wanted to play football and win.  So does that mean their heart is in the game?  Seeing as this past week's game was against their old Offensive Coordinator, one might say yes.  But, some might say it was because they had something to prove.  I'm going to try and lean towards the optimistic side and I get the feeling the guys just might have figured out that they need to play together to win, not just play to collect paychecks.

The playing was actually impressive this past Sunday, blocking, tackling, making the plays all looked solid.  The nonsense of weeks past seemed to be a distant memory as we watched the offense actually score touchdowns in the red zone instead of field goals.  Don't get me wrong, David Akers, I love ya and your very lovely kicking leg, but I'd just rather see those green jersey crossing that touchdown line and scoring 6 points rather than just 3.

The true test of whether the Eagles are playing as a team is always against the Cowboys.  The last couple of years, the Cowboys just sucked.  The last few years the Cowboys managed to stink up the field worse than the Eagles did during the Kotite years.  This year though, it's a different Cowboys' team - totally.  the "other 81" has got something to prove, and so does his QB, Romo, and you can bet they are aiming to make an example of the Eagles.  Emotions are going to be running high as always, so this will definitely be a test of two teams, not just another battle of #81's.

Are the Eagles good enough to beat the Cowboys?  Optimistically?  If they play like a team that wants to win, they can beat them.  If stop with causing stupid penalties, and work together to stop the Cowboy's assuallt both on the ground and in the air, and then the offensive plays as good as they did this past Sunday, there's hope. Boy, do I have a lot of optimism, don't I?