FRISCO, Texas – How about my quick Cowboys-Eagles historical primer, having witnessed this NFC East matchup twice a year over the past 40-some seasons, reinforcing you just never know when these two teams come together.

How 'bout we start with the 1987 strike year when the Cowboys, in the second of three "replacement player" games with Cowboys head coach Tom Landry irritating Eagles head coach Buddy Ryan to no end by calling a surprising first-quarter trick play, a Kelvin Edwards wide receiver reverse that went for a 62-yard touchdown. Then Ryan getting his revenge two weeks later in the first game back after the players strike concluded with the Eagles leading the Cowboys 30-20 in the final minute and taking over after a Cowboys failed fourth-down attempt at the Dallas 36, the Cowboys ou

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