The 2025 NFL season begins on Thursday night when the Super Bowl defender champion Eagles receives the Dallas Cowboys in Lincoln Financial Field.
It is the first time that these NFC East rivals opened a season among them since 2000, when the Eagles went beyond the 41-14 cowboys. According to ESPN BET, Philadelphia enters as a favorite of 8.5 points, the greatest propagation for a defending champion in a launch game from Tampa Bay in 2021, with Jalen Hurts leading an offensive that seems to resume where he left it.
However, the most recent story is inclined in favor of Dallas.
While Philadelphia swept the series last season, Dak Prescott, who lost both games, is 4-1 against the Eagles since 2021, with 16 TouchDown passes and only an interception in that period.
Can the cowboys spoil the first game of the Champions' house, or the Eagles will begin their repeated offer with another statement?
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