The word of the day for both Eagles and Cowboys—“urgent”…

Prior to Monday night's debacle in New Orleans, the Eagles were listed as -2.5 point favorites over the visiting Dallas Cowboys (3-5) for this Sunday…but now the Vegas money is pouring in for the Cowboys, making the Birds a 1-point underdog in their own house.

Perfect.

In a game which features two teams struggling to score points on offense, and two quarterbacks who each divide their respective fan bases right now, why not increase the level of urgency for the Eagles by labeling them the underdog?

Ironically, Jerry Jones has blamed the Cowboys' offensive line as a "significant contributor" to Dallas being a "mediocre offensive team" over the past two seasons. So he went out and spent a ton of money on signing bonuses for free agent guards Mackenzy Bernadeau and Nate Livings, switched right tackle Tyron Smith with left tackle Doug Free, and is still getting "mediocre" results from his offense.

So this game could be seen in one way as battle of two offensive lines who are in painful transition right now, although with Todd Herremans now out for the season, the edge goes to the Dallas O-Line.

DeMarco Murray, arguably the Cowboys' best running back, is also unlikely to play, which may put extra pressure on the Dallas offensive line's run-blocking efforts.

Jonathan Bales, who writes for the Cowboys blog Blue Star.com, believes the Eagles pass rush may have an edge over the Cowboys' offensive line and pass-pro this Sunday.