The Eagles took the field to a wild crowd and started fast. They scored on a Donovan McNabb QB sneak, then a Buckhalter 4-yard TD catch, and a Celek 1-yard reception. A Buckhalter 59-yard catch-and-run set up the sneak and got the offense started.

Buckhalter – "I kind of was not really an option on that play. I was in protection. But there was no threat, so I was able to just leak out and Donovan found me, and I was able to just get a big gain on that. I think that really got our team pumped up. I know it got me pumped up. It just felt like I was in a zone from then on and I'm sure every one of my teammates felt the same way."

Thomas – "Protection, man. I'm going to always put it on us. We gave up one sack in that game. So, we went out there and did what we needed to do in protection and McNabb went out there and handled his business. And Ware was having one of his best seasons getting to the quarterback. He came into the game with 20 sacks and needed like 2.5 sacks or something to tie the single-season sack record and he came out of that game still needing those 2.5 sacks."

Herremans – "There were a lot of great plays. But as an offensive lineman, I always love to score with a QB sneak."

Celek – "I just ran a corner route, I was wide open, easy throw, nothing crazy. But it was definitely great to score a touchdown in that game."

Westbrook – "At that point, the way that we dominated, it didn't even matter who was out there on the field. It could have been the '85 Bears. It didn't matter to us. It was whoever that was in the other jersey, they were going to get it that day. And for us, they got it."

Mikell – "It was like a feeding frenzy. Every time we went on the field, something good happened. It was like almost too perfect. You know like in the movies when everything is going right and then disaster strikes? It was almost like one of those things, but disaster never came. The atmosphere on the sideline was crazy."

Cole – "It was a lot of excitement. We knew we had to go get it, so when you're in that kind of intensity as a player, playing and being a pass rusher, it gives you fuel to go out there and it gives you a boost. It gives you a big boost."

Westbrook – "It was actually one of my favorite games because as a player, since our defense played so well, I kind of felt like I watched the entire game. And that's a weird feeling as an offensive guy to watch a game, but I watched our defense dismantle a Cowboys team and it was fun to see. It's almost like you're watching a dream."

Mikell – "I remember the first interception we got was by Sheldon. We got pressure on (Tony) Romo and we knew if we got pressure on him early, he would start chucking them up. I think that's when we kind of knew like, 'Listen, let's go. He's scared back there. He's scared.'"

Brown – "We were sending a blitz and there's only two routes you can beat with our blitz, a slant or a fade, and (Cowboys wide receiver Roy Williams) I think was just running off, maybe he didn't get the check or something, and Tony didn't want to get hit so he just threw it up to me. Roy never looked for the ball. It was just a lack of communication. It was probably one of the easier ones I had in my career."