Since the start of November, the Philadelphia Eagles have played the Dallas Cowboys, Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills and San Francisco 49ers. The four teams were on the short list of Super Bowl contenders when the 2023 season opened and currently have a combined record of 32-16.

“I think it’s a challenge,” Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts said. “It’s definitely a challenge, for sure. That’s nothing foreign or nothing new, it’s just a matter of how you respond to it all.”

The Eagles aren’t through the gauntlet yet. Philadelphia plays the Cowboys again on Sunday night at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where Dallas has won 14 games in a row.

“You know you’re going to get everybody’s best every time you play someone, especially when you’re a good football team and being able to do the things you’ve done,” Hurts said of the schedule. “We’ve definitely been challenged and stretched out in a ton of different ways. But it’s about remaining resilient through it and always respond in the right way whether it’s a win or a loss. And so whether it’s playing in whatever type of conditions or whatever traveling circumstances we have, being able to overcome that. And that’s about how you prepare throughout the week, how you recover, how you do the small things and the little things to put yourself in the best position to do your job and help the team. That’s what it comes down to.”

In the four-game stretch, Philadelphia won three times. But the Eagles lost the last time out 42-19 to San Francisco – a defeat Hurts pinned on “not good execution.”

Philadelphia hasn’t lost back-to-back games with Hurts at quarterback in more than two years.

“I think the reality is a team changes from year to year, so we’ll see how this team responds,” the former Alabama QB said. “We’ll see. …

“It’s the same message every day we come in here: just getting better. Focus on the things we can control and getting better.”

The Eagles have the best record in the NFL at 10-2. But at 9-3, the Cowboys could pull into a tie for the top spot in the NFC East. Philadelphia is in front because of a 28-23 victory over Dallas on Nov. 5. Hurts threw for two touchdowns and ran for another in that game.

After playing Dallas, the Eagles will have four games left on their regular-season schedule – against the Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals and New York Giants, who Philadelphia will play twice. Those teams have a combined record of 13-24.

Dallas will play three of its final four games on the road as it faces the Bills, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders. Those teams have a combined 28-21 record.

The Eagles and Cowboys square off at 7:20 p.m. CST Sunday. NBC will televise the game.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.