Last Monday night, the Dallas Cowboys' defense played its best game of this 2025 campaign, surrendering a season-low 17 first downs, a season-low 236 total yards, a season-low 27 rushing yards, and a season-low 16 points. But that was against the lowly Las Vegas Raiders.
Facing a far tougher test on Sunday afternoon at AT&T Stadium in the defending Super Bowl champion and NFC East-leading Philadelphia Eagles, Matt Eberflus' unit looked more like the liability it had been for the vast majority of the season, allowing the Birds to embark on touchdown drives of 50, 76, and 66 yards on their first three offensive possessions, thus putting America's Team in a 21-0 hole just three and a half minutes into the second quarter.
But in a stunning turn of events, the Dallas defense buckled down and held Philly scoreless the rest of the way, giving Dak Prescott and the offense the opportunity to wake up and do its part in tying the greatest comeback in franchise history, with the Cowboys scoring 24 unanswered points to [secure an improbable three-point victory](https://thelandryhat.com/terry-bradshaw-echoed-every-cowboys-fans-thoughts-after-comeback-win-over).
As he does after every game, Jerry Jones spoke with the media following the historic comeback and went out of his way to praise the defensive effort.
Jerry Jones went out of his way to praise Cowboys' defense after win over Eagles
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_**"When we got into this game tonight, and I saw us making the kinds of mistakes we were making, then certainly that was a down time,"**_ [_**Jones said**_](https://x.com/jonmachota/status/1992760585260327201)_**. "The players on the field didn't let it be a down time, I'll tell you that. And that defense; I can't say enough about it. They rose to the occasion. They're playing with each other. They're doing for each other, which is what you have to do on defense."**_
The Cowboys' run defense undoubtedly stood out (you know Jones has to love that), as they held Saquon Barkley to a season-low 22 yards and also forced his first fumble of the season. Overall, Dallas surrendered just 63 yards on the ground, marking the second-lowest total of the year behind only the 27 mentioned above in last week's win over the Raiders.
The Cowboys only sacked Jalen Hurts one time, but that sack couldn't have come at a better time. With the game tied at 21-21, the Eagles faced a 3rd-and-2 at their own 37-yard line on the first play coming out of the two-minute warning, but Osa Odighizuwa broke through and took Hurts down for a 13-yard loss, thus forcing a punt. Dallas then proceeded to run the clock down to four seconds, at which point Brandon Aubrey came on to kick a 42-yard game-winning field goal as time expired.
With the 24-21 win, the Cowboys got back to .500 for the first time since Week 7, improving to 5-5-1 to keep their playoff dreams alive. Now, they just have to hope the defense can keep the momentum going on a short week, as America's Team has a quick turnaround before hosting the Kansas City Chiefs on Thanksgiving Day.