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Cowboys line stuffed on Thanksgiving

ARLINGTON, Texas -- Philadelphia Eagles offensive linemen Bennie Logan offered up some bulletin-board material for the Dallas Cowboys' offensive line last week when he said the group was, "nothing special."

The Cowboys' response was muted, preferring to see what happened on Thursday.

What happened Thursday was not good for the Cowboys' offensive line.

Murray was limited to a season-low 73 yards on 20 carries, averaging fewer than 4 yards per carry for the first time in a game this season. Tony Romo threw for only 199 yards and was sacked four times, the most since Oct. 27 when the Washington Redskins sacked him five times and knocked him out of the game temporarily with two fractures in his back.

The Eagles' first sack came after Travis Frederick snapped the ball too quickly. In the second half, left guard Ronald Leary gave up two sacks on one drive. Romo was flustered at times by the Eagles' pass rush.

"We saw most of the stuff that we've seen on the film before," Frederick said. "We'll have to go back and look at the film to specifically see where the breakdowns occurred."

The Eagles followed their game plan.

"To stop DeMarco Murray and get them into third downs and then make Tony Romo move around in the pocket," outside linebacker Connor Barwin said. "We felt that if he had all day to throw he would make some plays. The key is not letting DeMarco get those big runs, which we did a good job of."