Christmas game balls: Bland, Kearse, and Lamb all shine against the Eagles

Merry Christmas, everyone!

As you all sit around opening presents, drinking coffee, and spending Christmas morning with your loved ones, I thought I would be jolly and give you all a Dallas Cowboys Holiday Piece to read.

Now, I don’t want you reading this piece and ignoring the Christmas morning spirit because that’s the time you need to spend with the family. But of course, when you have downtime, or if you are Hispanic and already had your “Christmas” on Christmas Eve — then it’s okay to stay reading.

As we all saw, our Dallas Cowboys beat the Philadelphia Eagles in a nail-biter, 40-34. Following the game, there were numerous takes from both fanbases — but the most popular I saw from fans was, “The Boys barely beat us (Eagles), and we had a backup QB.”

I admit I instantly engaged with those fans in a debate and brought up the Eagles barely beat the Boys with a backup QB as well — and you can make the debate that if Cooper Rush and the team don’t make those mistakes in their first matchup — we could be talking about the Boys 2-0 against the Eagles right now.

But that’s the past, and debating with opposing fans is endless. So, to shift away from that talk and to look at the game — I wanted to hand out game balls to players who played critical roles in helping the Boys come out victorious.

Two guys were on the defensive side, and one was on the offense. Other players were in contention for game balls, but these three shined the most when the lights got bright.

So to ease your curiosity, check them out below.

DaRon Bland

If you told me that rookie cornerback DaRon Bland would be one of the team’s best defenders this season — I wouldn’t believe you. Although I was a massive Bland fan coming into this year, I figured he would only get a handful of snaps.

However, after the team lost CBs Jourdan Lewis and Anthony Brown, Bland was thrown into the fire — and he has risen to the occasion. Yesterday, with the score tied 34-34, Bland made a massive play as he intercepted a Gardner Minshew pass to Quez Watkins and helped grab momentum for the Cowboys.