Seven times this season, the Cowboys have ventured out onto the road. All seven times, they've won.
Their latest victory away from home was by far their most important: A 38-27 win over the Eagles, a result that hands Dallas first place in the NFC East with two weeks left. To finish the job and win the division, Jerry Jones' team likely will need to figure out how to be as successful back in Big D. Dallas is 3-4 at home and hosts Indianapolis next week.
A win there and another in Week 17 at Washington and the East belongs to the 'Boys.
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Just five teams in NFL history have posted perfect 8-0 road marks in the regular season: the 2007 Patriots, '01 Rams and three 49ers squads (1984, '89 and '90). Four of those teams made it to the Super Bowl.
Is a historic finish like that in the cards for the 2014 Cowboys? Time will tell, but they moved a lot closer to the possibility with Sunday's performance.
Three thoughts on the game:
1. Dez Bryant does it again
All professional athletes, even the most soft-spoken of them, must carry some measure of bravado to succeed at the highest level. So there are few worse feelings for a player than when he simply gets outmatched by an opponent.
That's the reality Philadelphia cornerback Bradley Fletcher had to deal with on Sunday night, as he watched Dez Bryant run circles around him for three touchdown catches. By the time Bryant hauled down that third score, Fletcher wore a glazed, almost emotionless look on his face. There was nothing he could do to slow down Dez.
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