Kearse and Bland deliver supplies to the Dallas Offense

It was clean, the Philadelphia Eagles entered the matchup against the Dallas Cowboys on Christmas

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Eve having been on the "good" side of Santa's list, or at least that's what it felt like

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as they jumped out to a 10-yard lead. ten-0 at AT&T Stadium. . But it turned out t

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Mr. Claus had other plans, and they largely involved Jayron Kearse, DaRon Bland and Anthony Barr delivering

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harrowing vacation packages to their embittered NFC East opponents. The 3 combined for four takeaways in the afternoon,

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capping off a tough defensive day in which Gardner Minshew stopped for 355 passing yards

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Two touchdowns to catch interceptions and two fumble recoveries from the Eagles offense.

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