First of a three-part series.
In the beginning, meaning the first 27 years of the Eagles’ franchise, there was no rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys because the Dallas Cowboys did not exist. It is difficult now to imagine an NFL without them. The disdain for America’s Team is so deep rooted in this region — and a lot of other regions for that matter — that you wonder if newborns come out of their mother’s womb spewing obscenities about the Cowboys.
Eagles fans, certainly by the age of 10, know that Dallas does something that rhymes with trucks.