Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys 12/24/22 - NFL Picks & Predictions

The Dallas Cowboys (10-4) will try to beat the Philadelphia Eagles (13-1) at AT&T Stadium on Saturday. The Philadelphia Eagles head into this game 13-1 for this season. The last time they stepped on the gridiron, the Eagles played against the Bears and notched a win by a score of 25-20. Jalen Hurts connected on 22/37 with 315 yds passing. He had a QB rate of 64.6 and walked away from the game with 2 picks. A.J. Brown had an average of 20.1 yds per reception by accumulating 181 yards on 9 catches. Jalen Hurts was the leader on the ground for the Eagles with 17 attempts for 61 yards (3.6 yards per carry). When the final whistle blew, they had 71 plays which totaled 421 yards. The Philadelphia Eagles ran the football 33 different times and totaled 112 yds, which is an average of 3.4 yards per attempt. Against the rush, the Eagles conceded 157 yards on 30 tries, which averages out to 5.2 yards per run allowed. Philadelphia relinquished 14 pass completions on 22 tries for 91 yds, and a completion percentage of 63.6%.

The Philadelphia Eagles have an average of 29.4 PPG. As a team they hold an average of 158.6 yards in the run game giving them a rank of 4th in the league. The Eagles have earned 5,517 total yards over the course of this year. Philadelphia has earned 22 touchdowns through the air and 30 touchdowns via the ground. The Eagles have surrendered 2,414 yards which puts them in 1st in the National Football League. They are giving up 172.4 yards per game through the air as well as conceding a completion percentage of 61.3%. For the season, they have yielded 293.5 yards per contest putting them at 2nd in the NFL.

The Cowboys head into this matchup 10-4 for this season. When they last stepped on the football field, the Cowboys took a loss by a score of 40-34 against the Jaguars. The Cowboys finished the contest with a total of 397 yds and they ran 74 plays (5.4 yds per play). Dallas rushed for 3.8 yds per attempt, finishing the contest with 154 yds on 41 carries. Dallas allowed 27 run attempts for 192 yds (7.1 yds per carry). The Cowboys secondary conceded a completion rate of 64.3%, surrendering 311 yards on 27 for 42 passing. 

The Cowboys currently sit 3rd in the league by scoring 28.1 PPG. Over the course of the season to this point, the Cowboys have racked up 3,040 yards through the air as well as an average of 217.1 throwing yards per contest, ranking them 17th in the league. They hold an average of 145.1 run yards per game and have run for 2,032 yards for this season. The Dallas Cowboys average 362.3 yards/game which has them ranked 9th out of all teams in the league.