‘You can’t win a game with four turnovers. That’s the story’

ARLINGTON, TX – The only time the Eagles have struggled offensively this season is when they’ve turned the football over, and on Saturday at AT&T Stadium against the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia turned it over four times and lost a thriller to the Cowboys, 40-34. The Eagles still need only one win in the final two games of the regular season to clinch the NFC East title and the No. 1 overall seed in the conference postseason and both remaining regular-season games, against New Orleans and the New York Giants, will be played at Lincoln Financial Field.

Two times on Saturday, the Eagles had 10-point leads – early after defensive end Josh Sweat picked off a Dak Prescott pass and returned it 42 yards for a touchdown and then after quarterback Gardner Minshew converted a fourth-and-3 play with a 14-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver DeVonta Smith made it 27-17 late in the third quarter – but giveaways and not enough defensive stops added up to Dallas taking over the game in the fourth quarter.

“You can’t win a game with four turnovers,” running back Miles Sanders said in the locker room, a message repeated over and over throughout the team. “That’s the story. We turned the ball over four times. That’s not going to work if you want to win games.”

The Eagles entered the game leading the NFL in turnover ratio with a plus-12. Dallas now leads with a plus-12, including a league-high 30 takeaways. The turnovers on Saturday, two Minshew interceptions, a botched handoff from Minshew to Boston Scott, and a Sanders fumble, led to 20 Cowboys points.

• Early in the second quarter, leading 10-7, Minshew threw to wide receiver Quez Watkins in the middle of the field and safety Jayron Kearse wrestled the ball away as Dallas took possession at the Philadelphia 47-yard line. Six plays later, Prescott found wide receiver CeeDee Lamb in the end zone and Dallas had the lead.

• Up 27-20 with 4 minutes, 15 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Minshew and Scott couldn’t execute the handoff – Minshew took responsibility after the game – and Kearse picked up the ball in stride. Minshew made a touchdown-saving tackle, but five plays later, Prescott threw a laser along the right sideline that wide receiver Michael Gallup caught despite being blanketed by safety Marcus Epps for a 12-yard touchdown.

• With the score 34-34 with 4 minutes, 24 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Eagles faced a third-and-4 at the Dallas 46-yard line and Minshew threw to the left…