A new NFL season kicks off tonight when the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles host the wayward Dallas Cowboys.

"America's Team" (much like America itself) has the look of a fading empire, bound to the misguided whims of its elderly billionaire leader. Eighty-two-year-old Cowboys owner/GM Jerry Jones committed his latest blunder last week by trading disgruntled star pass rusher Micah Parsons (one of a precious few bright spots on last year's 7-10 team) to Green Bay for an underwhelming return .

The Eagles, who reportedly tried to acquire Parsons, remain among the top championship contenders after their ferocious defence dismantled Patrick Mahomes and company in a 40-22 Super Bowl blowout of Kansas City last February. On offence, Saquon Barkley is coming off an electric 2,000-rush

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