Sunday afternoon's backup quarterback battle between the Philadelphia Eagles (12-3) and the Dallas Cowboys (7-8) in Philadelphia is a high stakes Week 17 affair. T

Santa Claus decided NFL fans have been good this year, so he's giving football lovers a stacked schedule for Christmas with games on five days in the penultimate week of the regular season. The Week 17 slate kicks off on Christmas Day with the Pittsburgh Steelers hosting the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans playing the Baltimore Ravens in the Netflix-exclusive games.

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There’s also the fact that the Eagles haven’t swept the Cowboys in 13 years that I can’t shake. But despite all that I’m going Eagles. They’re by far the better team and I really believe the fourth quarter in Washington was an anomaly.

And then there were two, Philadelphia Eagles fans. That’s right, after a season of ups and downs and everything in between, the Eagles finally get to hit the proverbial ring with the Cowboys once more,

Maltepes is one of the nation’s hottest sports betting experts who appears weekly on national radio and has his own website, [thephillygodfather.com] The Line: Eagles minus-7/Total: 38 What is the line telling you: The storyline here looks like Jalen Hurts will not be playing,