BOISE, Idaho — This Day In Sports…November 11, 2018:

Dallas first-round draft pick Leighton Vander Esch makes his first NFL interception, part of his best performance yet on the league’s biggest weekly stage as the Cowboys win 27-20 at Philadelphia. The former Boise State star picked off Carson Wentz in the first quarter and returned it 28 yards, and Dallas cashed in with a field goal. Vander Esch also recorded 13 tackles, highlighted by one for a five-yard loss on a third-and-two with less than two minutes remaining with the Eagles driving.

It was Vander Esch’s fourth double-digit tackle game of his rookie year, and NBC named him its Player of the Game on Sunday Night Football. He’d add NFC Defensive Player of the Week honors two days later. LVE followed the interception against the

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