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There is a pretty good chance that Philadelphia will be eliminated from playoff contention when this game kicks off. When Tampa Bay beats Oakland in the early game the Eagles season is over. It was a deflating loss by the Eagles scoring only 3 points against Washington last week and the effects will be felt in this contest. As I said last week the Eagles wide receivers are not top tier and we saw horrid play from that unit. The team paid the price for not acquiring a top-flight wide receiver during the offseason. The Eagles did not run Westbrook much the past 2 weeks and it wouldn’t surprise me if he sits should this game becomes meaningless by kickoff. Westbrook has a bum knee and has been listed as questionable. In the past 2 weeks Westbrook has carried the ball 28 times for only 98 yards. Westbrook is the workhorse for this team and it makes no sense in putting that knee at risk in a meaningless game. Westbrook is too important to this franchise. Philadelphia doesn’t care about Tampa Bay missing the playoffs and should rather protect their star running back from further damage to his is knee. The Cowboys gave up 265 yards to Baltimore last week and 200 to the Giants back on November 2nd. With Westbrook not 100% Philadelphia will not put up these numbers on the Cowboys. The Eagles were just 3 of 14 on third downs last week. With the Tampa Bay scenario playing out in the early game the Cowboys win and they make the playoffs. So we have a live team getting 2 points facing a dead one. The Cowboys are explosive enough to put