Dak Prescott throws it on the money to CeeDee Lamb for a Cowboys TD (0:30)

Todd Archer Oct 27, 2026, 01:47 AM ET

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Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010.

PHILADELPHIA -- Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott has been around long enough to know there was added importance to Monday night's game against the Philadelphia Eagles .

Having lost two straight to fall to 2-4, Prescott helped make sure the streak ended, throwing three touchdown passes in the Cowboys' 38-21 win.

The Cowboys averted a three-game losing streak, kept pace with the 4-2-1 New York Giants in the NFC East and at least temporarily interrupted the unease that was developing around the team.

"We say the division's right in front of us. It is as long as we win," Prescott said. "And if you lose another game, then you're probably checking to see what New York's doing.…