Saturday, November 22

10:05 PM: Jalyx Hunt will honor the memory of his late friend, Marshawn Kneeland, who tragically passed away on November 6, through the My Cause My Cleats initiative.

Hunt will wear the custom-designed cleats during Sunday's game in Dallas, the Cowboys' first home game since Kneeland's death.

Hunt trained with Kneeland during the pre-draft process in 2024. The two became close, working out every day.

"Seems like I've known him all my life," Hunt said.

The two connected throughout their rookie season during each other's milestone moments, all the way through Hunt's preparation for Super Bowl LIX.

Hunt, Kneeland, and Bills defensive end Javon Solomon, who also trained with them, are featured on the cleats, along with a suicide awareness prevention ribbon adorned with the number 988 – the suicide and crisis hotline.

"Being able to wear him on my cleats at the game just really means a lot, like a full-circle moment. I hate that it has to be like that because he wanted the Kelly Green jersey and this would have been the perfect week to do it.

"Being strong does not mean you got to be silent. Please talk to somebody so that we don't lose a great soul, another great person." – Chris McPherson

Friday, November 21

5:15 PM: Saquon Barkley is no stranger to playing the Cowboys. He has faced Dallas 13 times in his NFL career and averages 4.8 yards per rush in those games.

Barkley went winless in 10 games against the Cowboys when he was a Giant, but he is 3-0 against the rivals in Philadelphia. Now, he has the chance to extend that winning streak, and he's looking forward to the challenge.

"It never gets old," Barkley said on Friday. "It's always a fun opportunity to go down there to Jerry's World, one of my favorite stadiums to play at. The environment's always going to be great. It's Eagles versus Dallas. We're excited for it. We know they're a different team than what you saw earlier in the season. You got to see a small sample of that on Monday night when they played the Raiders because the game kind of got out of hand, but we're excited for that opportunity and excited for that matchup."

One of the biggest differences from the Week 1 matchup which the Eagles won, 24-20, is the Cowboys' addition of Quinnen Williams. In his first game as a Cowboy after getting traded from the Jets, he had 1.5 sacks and was a monster in the trenches.

"He's a heck of a player," Barkley said. "I don't know why New York traded him to be honest, but I'm not going to get into all of that. Sadly he's in Dallas, but I love our guys, I love our matchup. We know it's going to be a tough matchup, but it's something that we have to keep our eye out for. They have great players on all three levels so we just got to go out there and kind of get back to playing our football and executing and doing the little things right. Doing the things that take no talent as Coach [Nick] Sirianni loves to say, and we should be alright." — Written by Matt Ryan

1:15 PM: Playing in Texas on Sunday is a big deal for rookie safety Andrew Mukuba for a lot of reasons.

He's slated to start his 10th game of a season that improves every week, the Eagles are wearing their Kelly Green jerseys on the road against their NFC East rivals, and the game represents a homecoming for Mukuba, who moved to Austin, Texas from Zimbabwe when he was 9 years old. Mukuba then played his college football at the University of Texas in Austin, and on Sunday, he expects a large gathering of friends and family – at least 20 total in the group, he said – to be in Arlington, Texas cheering him on.

"This means a lot to me, to be honest," he said. "I'm gonna have a bunch of family there in the crowd, friends who I grew up with. It's going to be a family reunion for me. I get to see my people and my people get to see me play, some of them for the first time in the NFL. These are people I grew up with, people I went to high school with, people I played 7-on-7 football with in Dallas. All over the place. People from all parts of my life. So, it's going to be exciting."

Mukuba has come a long way from the first week of the season when he made his NFL debut as a starter in the Eagles' 24-20 victory to open the 2025 campaign. He knows it. Hard work on and off the field have paid off for Mukuba, who has two interceptions, one fumble recovery, three passes defensed, two tackles for loss, a half-quarterback sack, and 43 total tackles in 10 games. He has already logged 602 defensive snaps, 92 percent of the time the Eagles' D has been on the field.

"I've definitely gotten better. You feel it every week," he said. "It's gone by fast. I was just having this conversation. Last year, playing in the college playoffs (with Texas), it really has helped me prepare for this long season. I'm watching film of that first game and I feel like I look bad in that first game, honestly. Not bad in a way where I was messing up or anything, but little things like holding my disguise a little longer so I don't give a quarterback a tell, or I'm not leaning one way ... small, critical things that maybe people don't see. I've improved in those areas a lot.

"I don't feel like a rookie. I feel like I've seen a lot. I know that Sunday is going to be a great game against an offense that is playing explosive football. Those two receivers (CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens) get the ball in space and make plays. They have great backs, a great tight end. It's going to be a fun challenge and I'm looking forward to it." – Dave Spadaro

Thursday, November 20

5:12 PM: Jalen Carter is playing his best ball of the season right now and has helped free up numerous teammates for sacks in recent weeks. He is a focal point for Philadelphia's defense, which has held prolific offenses to single-digit showings in back-to-back games.

Sunday's game against the Cowboys is a rematch of Week 1, where the Eagles won 24-20, but Jalen Carter was ejected before playing a snap. However, that's not on his mind going into this week's matchup in Dallas.

"We're not worried about that," Carter said on Thursday. "We're here where we are right now, and at the end of the day, everybody's playing, so that's all we're worried about."

Philadelphia has a chance to sweep the season series against Dallas and take full control of the NFC East. The defense pitched a second-half shutout in Week 1, and now it will have Carter in the middle for the rematch.

"It's our rivals, man. It's obviously going to be a tough game, a hard-fought game," he said. "It's up to us to make it down to the wire or blow out. I think we're doing very good at film [study] this week." – Written by Matt Ryan

5:00 AM: This is, says Brandon Graham, the right way to ramp up. He played 10 snaps in the win at Green Bay, and then another eight on defense and two on special teams on Sunday night to help the Eagles defeat Detroit. More snaps are coming. And Graham is ready for the call.

"I feel good. I feel like it's a weekly thing and it's getting better," he said. "I feel like this is my Training Camp going on and I'm starting to feel like, 'Game on, for real.' I feel like this will be a good test for me this week and it's one game at a time."

Dallas is the opponent, of course, and the Eagles have all kinds of respect for what the Cowboys are about on offense. They are loaded and have been among the league's top attacks all season.

"They look good, honestly. The offense, we know, is high powered. I feel like with Dak (Prescott), he's always a competitor, and every time we play them at their house, it's always tough," Graham said. "We've just got to go out there, play our game, get after him and stop the run."

Graham was part of last season's No. 1-ranked defense and this group has been rising the last several weeks. How good can the Eagles' defense become?

"Everybody is working together while there is all this talk outside. We just go to work," Graham said. "The defense is growing, man. That's how I feel with the defense. What did Coach (Nick) Sirianni say? 'It's like perfume. It smells good, but it's poison. Don't drink it.' Don't buy into what is unfinished. We are an unfinished defense and we're building to greatness, trying to do some special stuff." — Dave Spadaro

Wednesday, November 19

3:38 PM: Defensive tackle Moro Ojomo is amidst a breakout 2025 season where he leads the Eagles with four sacks through 10 games. Ojomo came on strong last year in the playoffs, and with the departure of Milton Williams in free agency, he has seen an increased role on defense.

The 2023 seventh-round pick has more than made the most of his opportunities, and Head Coach Nick Sirianni isn't surprised that he's shining.

"I wish you could see the everyday process that he goes through. It's not a surprise to me," Sirianni said."... When I see a guy work the way he works on a daily basis consistently over and over again, and you guys get to see how hard he plays in the game.

"It's like, a guy like that who loves football, who's ultra tough, who gives everything he has every moment, God-willing, those guys are going to reach their ceiling. They have no choice. There's no other choice. You can't put in the work that he puts in with the relentless effort that he puts it in with and not reach your ceiling, God-willing. So, as good and as talented as he is, as you hear it in my answer, it's all about the other stuff that he has with how he kind of goes through about his business." — Matt Ryan