Cowboys dominant against Eagles as NFC playoff race heats up - ESPN

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys turned the heat way up in the NFC playoff race on Sunday night with a 33-13 victory over their fiercest division rivals.

Led by quarterback Dak Prescott, the Cowboys never relinquished their lead and stifled the Philadelphia Eagles' offense all night. Both teams moved to 10-3 on the season and are in a virtual tie with the Niners for first place in the NFC. But if the season ended this week, the Eagles would settle for a wild-card spot in the latest playoff standings as the No. 5 seed, while the Cowboys are now in the No. 2 spot. Here's a full breakdown of each team's performance:

Is it time to consider the Cowboys among the best in the NFL? Sunday's win at least temporarily has them in first place in the NFC East with four games to go. However, if the Cowboys and Eagles both win their remaining four games, Philadelphia would claim the division based on a tiebreaker. That story remains to be written, but on Sunday, the Cowboys' defense dominated the Eagles, holding them to just two field goals while forcing three takeaways and coming up with a critical fourth-down stop.

Philadelphia's only touchdown came on a Prescott fumble. Dallas' offense might not have been as finely tuned as it has been over the past month-plus, but Prescott threw two more touchdown passes and the run game was able to wear down the Eagles' front.

Oh, and rookie kicker Brandon Aubrey just kept doing what he has done all year: making field goals. He made four more (60, 59, 45 and 50 yards) and tied the team record for most consecutive makes at 30.

The Cowboys have won five in a row and have reached double-digit wins for the third straight year. It's their longest such streak since they achieved the feat in six