Eagles-Cowboys scouting report

Cowboys: 365.9 yards per game (8th)

Quarterback

Eagles: Michael Vick notched his sixth 250-yard passing game and his fifth 100-plus passer rating last week vs. Houston. His ability to extend plays with his legs puts extraordinary pressure on secondaries. He's second in the league in yards per attempt (8.37) and also is averaging 6.3 yards per carry.

Cowboys: Jon Kitna has benefited greatly from the Cowboys' re-emphasis on the run game. He's thrown more than 30 passes just once in the last five games, but has completed 68 percent of his attempts and has averaged 7.89 yards per attempt in those games. Likes to utilize tight ends and running backs.

Pick: Eagles

Running back

Eagles: LeSean McCoy is sixth in the NFC in rushing and leads NFL backs in receptions with 67. He's been extremely effective on screens, helping keep opposing pass rushes off-balance. He's been most effective out of one-back sets. In the last six games, he's averaged 5.3 yards per carry out of one-back sets.

Cowboys: The Cowboys have recommitted themselves to running the ball in the last month. They've averaged 34 carries per game the last four games after averaging just 21 in the first eight. Felix Jones and Tashard Choice combined for 183 rushing yards in last week's win over the Colts.

Pick: Eagles

Receiving

Eagles: TE Brent Celek has re-emerged in the passing game. After catching just 23 passes in the first 10 games, he has been targeted 15 times the last 2 weeks and had 50 or more receiving yards in each game. DeSean Jackson and Jeremy Maclin both are on pace for 1,000-yard receiving seasons.

Cowboys: TE Jason Witten has become Jon Kitna's go-to guy of late. He's been targeted 20 times in the last three games and caught 19 of those balls. Loss of WR Dez Bryant was a big blow. Miles Austin has just 13 receptions in the last five games, and Roy Williams hasn't had a TD catch since Week 5.

Pick: Eagles

Offensive line

Eagles: Michael Vick's mobility has covered up a lot of blocking sins. But for the most part, this unit is generally playing better now than 2 months ago. C Mike McGlynn continues to improve and should be a better matchup vs. NT Jay Ratliff than Nick Cole was last January in those two ugly defeats.

Cowboys: Cowboys have averaged almost 150 rushing yards in the last four games. They've also only allowed five sacks in those games. Sixty of the Cowboys' 84 rushing first downs have been on runs to the left or middle behind LT Doug Free, LG Kyle Kosier and C Andre Gurode. Eleven of their 19 negative runs have been to the right.

Pick: Cowboys

DEFENSE

Eagles: 326.1 yards per game (12th)

Cowboys: 361.9 yards per game (23rd)

Defensive line

Eagles: Rookie DE Brandon Graham looked like a guy who might be hitting the rookie wall last week as Texans RT Eric Winston easily handled him. He and the pass rush will benefit from the return of Juqua Parker. Cowboys have been most successful running left, so RE Trent Cole and RDT Antonio Dixon need to be productive.