On a night that was bookmarked for a celebration by the Philadelphia Eagles as last year’s Super Bowl champions, the Dallas Cowboys showed up to Lincoln Financial Field and pushed their division rival to the limit in a dramatic regular-season opener, but fell just short 24-20. The Brian Schottenheimer era begins with a loss that left a lot of encouraging things on the field, but nonetheless still a loss that sets the Cowboys back not only at 0-1 overall, but already tagged with a division loss. They will have a chance to level out both records in their home opener against the Giants next Sunday.

Schottenheimer wasn’t the only new play-caller in this game for the Cowboys, as defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus also becomes the third coordinator in three years. The former Cowboys linebacker

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