In the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Week 7 bout against the Carolina Panthers, quarterback Sam Bradford actually looked fairly comfortable for the first time as a the Birds’ signal-caller, despite only completing 26 of his 46 pass attempts. Had his receivers decided to actually catch the ball, we could be talking about a 300-yard performance with multiple touchdowns. Instead, Bradford finished with only 205 yards and an interception, which probably should have been caught by wideout Jordan Matthews.

Against the Dallas Cowboys Sunday night, however, Bradford’s receivers actually did catch the ball, which helped him perform like a legitimate starting NFL quarterback.

Bradford finished the night going 25 of 36 for 295 yards and a touchdown in the thrilling 33-27 win over the domestic violence-enabling Cowboys. He also had a rush attempt that lost a yard, but, hey, it’s the effort that matters.

After dissecting Bradford’s recent play, it is completely apparent that he has turned the corner. In the early going of the season, it was pretty routine for him to throw weak, inaccurate passes, usually resulting in an interception or just a tremendously embarrassing highlight for us all to hysterically laugh at while weeping in the sorrows of cheering for one of the worst teams in all of sports.

At least that’s what things were looking like to start the year.

But in the last pair of games, Bradford has actually played semi-efficiently. You’re not seeing him throw balls at receiver’s feet or just totally missing open pass-catchers anymore. He’s been patient, allowing the pocket to form around him, and, even when the pressure inevitably starts to bear down on him, remains calm and typically delivers a relatively nice throw, as displayed on the game-winning play to finish off the Cowboys in overtime.

Also, let us not forget about the dime Bradford threw to DeMarco Murray early in the second half that set up a six-yard touchdown from Ryan Mathews to take the lead.

It might say "RB" next to his name but DeMarco Murray flashed WR skills on this 44-yard wheel route #PHIvsDAL https://t.co/cVRTWj7NUl — NFL (@NFL) November 9, 2015

Bradford looks lightyears away from the JV backup that somehow wound up quarterbacking the Eagles early in the season. The Sam Bradford that took the field against the Panthers and Cowboys played like a legitimate starting QB and has officially built up some confidence, which, previously, had been completely absent. He now has a base to build off of.

With the help of his receivers and the continued success of his running backs, the sky is the limit for this offense with a poised Bradford under center. Of course, I say that now and I am likely to be proven wrong by the oscillating nature of this team, but it’s really nice to have the faith to outwardly express that declaration.

The Eagles’ next game is at home against the Miami Dolphins, who are, for lack of a better term, horrendous. There is no better setting to continue to progress as a quarterback than against Miami. We’ll see if that actually ends up happening.