Despite the Cowboys' Week 1 loss, the season opener wasn't a total disaster.

In our preview of this matchup, we laid out a very narrow path that the Dallas Cowboys needed to follow if they were to upset the defending champs: win the turnover battle, have Dak Prescott go nuclear, and score a touchdown on special teams.

Dallas did none of those things.

And yet... they easily could have won this game.

The Cowboys needed breaks, and they got them—just not in the ways we expected. Jalen Carter, Philadelphia's best defensive player, was ejected before the first offensive snap for spitting on Dak Prescott. There was an hour-plus-long lightning delay in the middle of the third quarter. And the Cowboys were gifted 110 free yards on Eagles penalties.

So how did Dallas lose, even with all that i

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