Daily News | Eagles-Cowboys predictions: Our beat writers make their picks for Week 16
The Eagles will visit the Dallas Cowboys on Saturday. Here are the game predictions from our Eagles beat writers for Week 16.Gardner Minshew gets his first start since last season’s finale against the Cowboys, but the quarterback will have a much better cast surrounding him than he did in that 51-26 drubbing. While the Eagles offense has been built around Jalen Hurts’ duality, the system is versatile enough to be tweaked to Minshew’s skill set.
The Cowboys are a talented bunch, but they’re mistake-prone and tied for fifth in penalties. Coach Mike McCarthy has also been known to lose a game or several more with his game management. While the Hurts absence obviously hurts, ahem, Minshew is more than capable and brings an element of surprise coaches, with smart game planning, can exploit. Dallas has a lot more on the line than the Eagles, who are virtually assured the No. 1 seed in the playoffs, and that can be a motivating factor.
Gamesmanship aside, there’s reason to believe Minshew can be productive in the Eagles offense. Hurts is essential to what the group does, but there are plenty of offensive staples that are quarterback-agnostic: The screens to Goedert, slant routes to Brown, the run-pass-options that require opposing edge defenders to cover the flat, etc.
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