The Eagles are saying “see ya!” to the NFL East Division following their 37-9 destruction of the host Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football in front of more than 93,000 spectators and a national TV audience.

What they saw was an Eagles team score on their first possession and not score for the rest of the half. Despite the lackluster offense, they were losing only by two points and the Cowboys went into the locker room probably sensing the other shoe was about to drop. They were playing without offensive bulwark Ezekiel Elliott who was serving the second game of a six-game suspension and were also without tackle Tyron Smith and linebacker Sean Lee.

The shoe dropped alright. Right on top of the Cowboys. Despite missing key players of their own, tackle Jason Peters, linebacker Jordan Hicks and running back Darren Sproles, the Eagles scored 30 unanswered second half points on the way to their eighth straight win and a 9-1 record. They lead second-place Dallas (5-5) by four games with six games left in the regular season and only a collapse by the Eagles would keep them from reaching the post season. For the Cowboys to reach the post season would take a complete turnaround on their part.

Kicker Jake Elliott suffered a concussion on the opening kick off and was replaced by backup linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill. Elliott is expected to play Sunday against the Chicago Bears but is not a sure thing.

Grugier-Hill did an admirable job in place of Elliott as his kickoffs in the second half were kicked high and deep and were covered well by the special teams. Grugier-Hill did not attempt any extra points and the Eagles went for the two-point conversion following their four second half touchdowns and made three of them.

This wasn’t quarterback Carson Wentz in his finest hour.He threw two touchdown passes but was 14-for-27 for 168 yards. The best thing about his performance was he threw no interceptions. He remains not only one of the league’s best young quarterbacks but also a leading MVP candidate. If nothing else, the Eagles got their act together in the second half because Wentz has played so brilliantly this season. Maybe it wasn’t such a bad thing for Wentz to play below his capabilities if the team was able to rise to the occasion in spite of it.

The last time the Eagles won the east was in Chip Kelly’s first season, 2013, and they lost the wild card game to the New Orleans Saints at home. It was supposed to be a sign of good things to come. It wasn’t that at all. Kelly didn’t even coach three years in Philadelphia. He was fired with a game left in the 2015 season by owner Jeffrey Lurie.

This would be the team’s 10th Eastern Division title since 1980. In the 1970’s, Dallas won the east seven times, the St. Louis Cardinals – now the Arizona Cardinals – won it twice and the Washington Redskins once.

Chicago (3-7) visits Lincoln Financial Field for a 1 p.m. Sunday game. The Bears lost to Detroit on Sunday, 27-24. They have scored 174 points on the season but have allowed 221, a point differential of 47. Upsets happen, but don’t expect an upset to take place in this game. Meanwhile, Dallas wants to not play a turkey of a game on Thanksgiving Day. The Cowboys host the L. A. Chargers (4-6) in the second game of the day. A win by the Chargers would bring within a game-and-a-half of Kansas City in the AFC East.