PHILADELPHIA -- If DeMarco Murray's hand was seriously injured, the Dallas Cowboys' running back did a good job of hiding it after the 38-27 win against the Philadelphia Eagles.
He did not have it bandaged or covered in ice and one hand had a travel bag and another a gym bag as he walked to the team buses.
Murray did not reach 100 yards against the Eagles, but he was able to grind out 81 yards on 31 carries while scoring two touchdowns, picking up the dirty yards as coach Jason Garrett calls them.
“It was a damn good D-line, a damn good defense,” Murray said. “These kind of games, you’ve just got to fight and claw. They won a couple of times but we were able to get a couple wins as well.”
The Eagles limited Murray to 73 yards on 23 carries on Thanksgiving, a season-low. Philadelphia was not going to let him do to it what he did to the Chicago Bears last week -- 179 yards on 32 carries. They stacked the front to slow him down, which also played a part in Dez Bryant's big day in the passing game.
“Sometimes you’ve got to try a little harder. Sometimes you got to get what you can and move on,” Murray said. “But they’re a good defense. I thought we ran it well at times.”
Murray has 1,687 yards through 14 games, the most in team history and the 13th most in NFL history. His chances of a 2,000-yard season took a hit, but he is 87 yards away from breaking Emmitt Smith’s single-season team mark of 1,773 yards, set in 1995.
If his hand checks out OK, he could surpass that mark in Week 16 against the Indianapolis Colts. In his first three seasons Murray missed 11 games with ankle, foot and knee injuries. So far this season he has proven to be durable.
“I’m good,” Murray said. “I’m good.”
