According to the Yahoo playoff generator...

[YNWA]

Originally Posted by jterrell

This team can still make the playoffs and odds are not even long.

While it is hard to believe this wounded dog can hunt; truth is it will be battling 2 or 3 other mangy mutts for the final playoff spot.

People above talking about Seattle? You mean the team about to lose both starting CBs for the rest of the season??

Most of our fans are even experts on this team yet want to analyze the other teams? lol.

Dallas' biggest challenge may well be the Redskins. I fully expect that final regular season game in Washington DC to have meaning.

Glad to see some bodies return to practice. We can use some luck on that front.

not sure how I feel about that... *cough* 44-6 *cough*

[jterrell]

Originally Posted by erod

Understand, the only reason Dallas would be in that 6th spot is because they avoid head to head due to three or more teams being tied.

If it was just Seattle or just Washington, the Cowboys would not be in that spot.

we play washington again. winning that match up is key obviously.
seattle is almost certainly going to fall with their starting CBs out of action.
they have them this week but play chicago on the road.

way too early to write off this season. 2 more losses and then we can drive the steal through its heart. this isnt college football, the 16 game regular season is all about getting into the playoffs. once there all bets are off.
wild card teams and 9/10 win teams are fairing very well of late in the playoffs.

i just want this month to remain relevant football. win enough games to get to week 17 8-7 and have that washington game be the deciding factor.

[demdcowboys#1]

Not to be a debbie downer but the only game I think we win from here on out is against Philly...

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by jterrell

I have played with those scenarios as much as most here.

Really odds arent bad. Dallas needs to win games but so does everyone else. And the games are hardly unwinnable.

Pretty much every scenario where I get Dallas to 9-7 they make it in as the 6th seed. Will they get to 9-7? I don't know but if they do there wont be any big upsets along the way.

If you go based on defensive rank Dallas is in. If you go based on home team and Dallas also beats Wash the last game, they win the division and would be in even if they didn't.

Dallas needs to win this week to get back to .500. From there things are very possible. We are hardly world beaters but we are not playing world beaters either. We pretty much just need to stop sucking to have a chance.

I think winning any single game would not shock me. It's the fact that we have to win 4 of 5...so stacking those odds each week...that's what makes the odds so long.

Beating just one of New Orleans, Pittsburgh, Cincy on the road, or Washington on the road are all doable in a vacuum. But assumin gwe beat Philly we still have to win either every one of those game or at least 3 of them.

Again, not impossible, but highly improbable given our current injury situation paired with that schedule.

[Crown Royal]

Originally Posted by jterrell

we play washington again. winning that match up is key obviously.
seattle is almost certainly going to fall with their starting CBs out of action.
they have them this week but play chicago on the road.

way too early to write off this season. 2 more losses and then we can drive the steal through its heart. this isnt college football, the 16 game regular season is all about getting into the playoffs. once there all bets are off.
wild card teams and 9/10 win teams are fairing very well of late in the playoffs.

i just want this month to remain relevant football. win enough games to get to week 17 8-7 and have that washington game be the deciding factor.

I agree with everything here as a fan. Make the regular season mean something because I don't want to go into next week with the season basically done.

That being said, I do not see how we can get that to happen with our hyper injured defense and the worst offense we have put on the field since 2004.

[PA Cowboy Fan]

Originally Posted by demdcowboys#1

Not to be a debbie downer but the only game I think we win from here on out is against Philly...

I think the same thing. This team had only one two game winning streak. lol at playoffs.

[rocyaice]

Well the good news is that we still have a shot. If we win we are in. If we can't beat those guys than I really don't want to be in anyway. Its going to be a much tougher stretch in the post season.

[rocyaice]

You know its one thing to think this team won't go on a run and get into the post season but its another to simply write it off and say they have no shot. Especially when they are facing very beatable teams. And the Cowboys are a beatable team themselves. But wow. I guess its easier to be a debby downer than a optimistic fan.

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by rocyaice

Well the good news is that we still have a shot. .

We have a shot...it's a looooong shot, but it's still a shot.

[rocyaice]

Originally Posted by DFWJC

We have a shot...it's a looooong shot, but it's still a shot.

Yea it is. This is probably the last chance for this team to get it. They have had 3 or 4 chances and here's there last one. I actually think they have a shot if Garrett just coaches like he has nothing to lose and let Romo basically run the offense. There's no shame in it.

[AdamJT13]

Originally Posted by PA Cowboy Fan

I think the same thing. This team had only one two game winning streak.

And one more could be enough to get us into the playoffs.

[Nirvana]

[DFWJC]

Originally Posted by AdamJT13

And one more could be enough to get us into the playoffs.

I think it would take 2 more two win streaks to get in. If we go 2 wins, a loss, a two wins...we are in at 9-7

[Zordon]

washington's schedule still worries me. they have it pretty easy down the stretch plus homefield in a final game vs us.

vs. NYG
vs. BAL
@ CLE
@ PHI
vs. DAL

two very winnable road games and three even match ups at home. idk if Baltimore's offense can keep up with RG3. hopefully Ray Lewis is back by then and gives them a boost on D. we really need the giants to beat them this week to give us some leeway if we slip up vs. Cincy (which is highly possible).

honestly at this point i'd be ecstatic if we were in a win and get in scenario in week 17. that'd be the most highly rated dal/was game in YEARS.

[dallasdave]

Originally Posted by CowboysFanSince88

But we are not winning in Cincy so it doesn't matter

That's worry about Philly first.