‘Do anything to win:’ Despite broken ribs, Kenny Pickett leads Eagles past Cowboys originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia
At first glance, it looked like a terrific, tough, gutsy performance.
We didn’t even realize till after the game just how terrific, tough and gutsy it was.
In his first start in more than a year, Kenny Pickett led the Eagles to a huge win over the Cowboys that clinched the NFC East title and No. 2 seed in the playoffs and gave the Eagles their first sweep of their fiercest rival since 2011.
And a while after the game, we learned that Pickett wasn’t just playing with sore ribs. He was playing with broken ribs.
With Jalen Hurts sidelined with a concussion, Pickett made his first start since Week 13 last year with the Steelers and he did everything you’d want your backup quarterback to do in the Eagles’ 41-7 win at the Linc.
“Yeah, of course you want to finish it out,” Pickett said. “ I left it all out there. I did everything I could to play today, stay in there as long as I could. I have no regrets or anything, leaving the stadium, we got the win. That’s all that matters. So, it was a special day for everyone in there.”
It was hard to watch Pickett run the tush push three snaps in a row just getting clobbered by a host of Cowboys on each one.
The third try finally paid off.
“The sneaks were a little tough,” he said. “All the bodies lying on top of you, and then those couple hits afterwards. Tough.
“But it’s part of the game. We love the game. Do anything to win.”
Guys love playing for someone who puts it all out on the line like Pickett did, putting the team ahead of himself.
“Oh man, it don’t go unnoticed,” DeVonta Smith said. “For him to fight through the things he was fighting through, he’s a very tough guy.”
Pickett completed 10 of 15 passes for 143 yards with no turnovers before leaving the game in the middle of the third quarter after a vicious hit from Micah Parsons. He threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to…
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