Mosley: Felix Jones' Status Depends On Giants Game

by JasonB on Dec 24, 2011 1:40 PM EST in Philadelphia Eagles News

Matt Mosley is reporting that the status of Cowboys RB Felix Jones later today could depend on the outcome of the Giants game this afternoon. Mosley says that if the Giants lose, the Cowboys will rest their injured RB and Sammy Morris will carry the load for them. If the Giants win, Jones is "50-50" to play.

For the Cowboys, ~~a Giants loss means that they only need to win one more game to clinch the division. If the Giants win, Dallas needs to beat both the Eagles and Giant~~s. [Note by JasonB, 12/24/11 3:18 PM EST ] Had that backwards. If the Giants win, Dallas needs to beat them next week no matter what happens in their game against the Eagles. So the thinking here would appear to be that if they had the chance, they'd rather Jones rest his hammy for a potential winner take all game against New York next week.

For me, he's either healthy or he isn't. It would be foolish for Jason Garrett to sit a player today unless he absolutely had to.

For the Eagles, this news is great if true. They'd get a Giants loss and face Dallas without their best remaining back.

Update by Route36: John Clayton is reporting that Jones is active today.

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Nobody ever accused Dallas of good tactical planning

I think its as crucial to the Eagles that Demarcus Ware and Laurent Robinson were both listed as “Questionable”, at least this morni they were. An 80% Demarcus Ware is alot easier to handle than a 100% Ware.

"Dig In...Hit Hard"

by TexasLax on Dec 24, 2011 1:48 PM EST reply actions

Is it not enough for the Cowboys to win against Giants next week if Giants win today?

by PierreC on Dec 24, 2011 2:06 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, I think they've got this backward...

If the Giants lose today, the ‘boys can wrap up the division by beating the Eagles. If the Giants win, then the winner of next week’s game will take the division, regardless of what happens this evening.

Would make more sense to rest Jones if the Giants win since the game tonight no longer counts for anything for either team.

by deg0ey on Dec 24, 2011 2:10 PM EST up reply actions