Philadelphia Eagles @ Dallas Cowboys: Fight for NFC East live on Sky Sports this Thanksgiving

Our second live game this Thanksgiving Day will go a long way to sorting out the pecking order in the NFC East while also ensuring the victors post a winning season at the very least.

The latter would certainly mean plenty to the Dallas Cowboys, having spun their wheels over the past three seasons on 8-8 and subsequently missed out on the playoffs.

This is the first of two meetings between the pair over the next fortnight, and the first since the win-or-go-home clash that rounded off the 2013 campaign.

The Eagles came out on top on that occasion to leave Jerry Jones and the crowd utterly deflated in Arlington and although this match-up does not have quite the finality of last December, it is a chance for America's Team to gain a measure of revenge.

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One big difference will be at quarterback with Tony Romo taking the snaps again. Kyle Orton was under centre last year, two days after Romo had gone in for surgery, and although the former battled away manfully, it was no real surprise to see him come up just short.

Romo and the offence managed to extricate themselves from a sticky situation last week at the New York Giants and come away with the win and all concerned on that side of the ball are currently playing at a high level.

DeMarco Murray shows no sign of slowing down at running back, he's 34 yards ahead of Eric Dickerson's pace from his record-setting 1984 season, while the offensive line is arguably the best in football and have given their quarterback oodles of time in the pocket - Romo had a mind-boggling nine seconds to find Dez Bryant for the winning score at MetLife Stadium. 

Their showdown with an Eagles defence that has seemingly overcome the loss of DeMeco Ryans a month ago and has the second most sacks in the league with 38 behind Buffalo should make for fascinating viewing.

Super Sanchez

Everyone seems to still be pretty enamoured with Chip Kelly's up-tempo offence, which is currently in the hands of Mark Sanchez. He seems capable of putting up both good passing yardage and plenty of points, but the turnovers have been there as well with four in his last six games since taking over from the injured Nick Foles.

Dallas have 11 defensive interceptions on the season so Sanchez is going to have to be very careful. Some improved form over the last couple of weeks from running back LeSean McCoy will hopefully help set up the passing game, but don't rule out the odd rush of blood from the former Jet.

What's been said...

“I get up for every game. This is my job – this is not given. Every game I go out, I want to be better than I was the last game. We’ve got a chance, and we can’t squander an opportunity,” Cowboys cornerback Orlando Scandrick.

"It's going to be a great game of the matchup between 8-3 teams. I'm really excited, man. I'm looking forward to it. We're ready to roll. We're ready for Thursday," Eagles defensive end Fletcher Cox.

Stat attack

- Comeback King Mark Sanchez had a team record-tying third straight 300-yard passing game for the Eagles in their 43-24 win over Tennessee last weekend.

-  The Cowboys' Tony Romo has been excellent recently and this is certainly his month as he's 26-5 over the years - that's the second-best record by a quarterback in the month of November since 1950!

Watch Philadelphia @ Dallas live on Sky Sports 1 on Thursday from 9pm