Cowboys have one week to rebound from Philly failures

IRVING, Texas (AP) After most games, Bill Parcells defers to the old coaching line about "needing to see the tape" before knowing exactly what his team did wrong.<br/> <br/>That wasn't the case after

Tuesday, December 26th 2006, 4:08 pm

By: News On 6

IRVING, Texas (AP) After most games, Bill Parcells defers to the old coaching line about "needing to see the tape" before knowing exactly what his team did wrong.

That wasn't the case after the Dallas Cowboys 23-7 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles Monday.

During his postgame news conference, Parcells said quote "I know what happened. But I'm not going to enumerate because you guys would have to send out for Chinese food by the time I finish."

Among the problems that could fit on a fortune cookie: Bad defense, worse offense, no sense of what was at stake.

The Cowboys could've wrapped up the NFC East by beating the Eagles.

But by scoring their fewest points and gaining their fewest yards of the season now need some luck to win the division for the first time since the days of Aikman, Irvin and Emmitt.

Dallas needs Atlanta to stop a 2-6 skid and win on the road at Philadelphia. The Cowboys also need to take care of their end by beating Detroit at home.

Should both things happen, Dallas would be the Number 3 seed in the NFC. The Cowboys also would have a first-round home game, the first playoff game at Texas Stadium since 1998.