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lupica mitch album and bob ryan i am bob ryan of the boston globe and also espn i'm mitch album of the Boston Globe and also ESPN.

I'm Mitch Album of the Detroit Free Press.

I'm Mike Lupig of the New York Daily News and MLB.com.

And welcome to our one podcast of the week, our pre-Christmas, pre-Semifinals of football.

One more week to go in the NFL season edition of the Sports Report's podcast, which is obviously the continuation of our long-running series on ESPN

on Sunday morning. By now you know, we put the band back together. A lot happened in the NFL

yesterday. Nothing completely memorable, but a whole bunch of things happen that are going to influence the rest of the season going forward.

And we have to start with, and Mitch, you weren't here the other day.

Bob and I were talking about, despite the records, this was a fascinating game between the Eagles and the Cowboys.

In a division that has fallen on hard times it

they still Bob said this other day they still have more rivalries than any other division

in professional football and it is it was the kind of rock fight that we have seen from the

Eagles all year they are They are vastly depleted.

They remain an incredibly tough out.

And I'll start with this, guys.

In the Dak Prescott versus Carson Wentz game yesterday,

it was Wentz who made the big plays and Dak who did not.

It was.

And we don't know to what extent Dak was hampered by the shoulder.

You know, we have to give him that benefit of doubt, but he showed up. He had to play and he did it.

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