Oh, this is gonna be fun.
Thanks to our friends at Radio.com sports, we'll be able to get a look at the 2020 Philadelphia Eagles take on the 2020 Dallas Cowboys in a regular season game...sort of. They will be using an EA Sports Madden simulator to play out the game, which will include the newest members of each team like rookie WR's Jalen Reagor of the Eagles and CeeDee Lamb of the Cowboys.
The Eagles have somewhat of a disappointing offseason. Despite adding an elite corner Darius Slay and a solid defensive tackle in Javon Hargrave, the Eagles lost safety Malcolm Jenkins on the defensive side of the ball. They also did not make any big splashes on offense in free-agency.
Dallas had, arguably, the best 2020 draft of any team snagging Lamb in round one, CB Trevon Diggs in round two, and DT Neville Gallimore in the third round.
With new head coach Mike McCarthy, expectations are once again high in Dallas. Like Philly, Dallas is led by a fifth-year starting QB in Dak Prescott. Prescott, however, has a few more elite weapons at his disposal on the offensive side of the ball in RB Ezekiel Elliott and WR Amari Cooper, who signed a five-year, $100 million extension with Dallas this offseason.
This offseason, Dallas added six-time Pro Bowl defensive tackle Gerald McCoy and two-time Pro Bowl nose tackle Dontari Poe, shoring up their d-line.
Expectations are high for both teams entering the 2020 season. Dallas and Philly have alternated division titles in each of the last four seasons from 2016-2019, with Philly winning it at 9-7 last season. No NFC East team has repeated as division champs since the Eagles did it in 2003 and 2004.