It might take 14-3

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After keeping track of football for decades I know teams usually drop an unexpected game or two at the end of the season except for the greats.

and this year there are no dominantly great teams.

But there are five good division teams and a lot of dogs. Three of those teams have already made it to 8-2. And the one 3 loss team has the easiest remaining schedule of all 5,

To avoid tiebreakers Dallas may need to finish 14-3 to get the #1 seed out right.

That is a tall task. I figure it much more likely they finish 13-4 (or worse).

14-3 is probably the magic #.
 
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windjc said:
After keeping track of football for decades I know teams usually drop an unexpected game or two at the end of the season except for the greats.

and this year there are no dominantly great teams.

But there are five good division teams and a lot of dogs. Three of those teams have already made it to 8-2. And the one 3 loss team has the easiest remaining schedule of all 5,

To avoid tiebreakers Dallas may need to finish 14-3 to get the #1 seed out right.

That is a tall task. I figure it much more likely they finish 13-4 (or worse).

14-3 is probably the magic #.
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Huh? There's two teams at 8-2 in the NFC and the 3 loss team that has the easiest remaining schedule lost to a backup QB in consecutive weeks. And there still might be a tiebreaker at 14-3. At this point I don't really care that much about a bye. There's only one team that gets it. It's nice to have but it's not the end all be all.
 
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Bucs are trash away from Tampa. It’s down to Us, GB, Ari or LA.

Cards are also trash w/o Murray, any word on his injury severity? I heard someone say the Cardinals still don’t know how long he’ll be out for because it’s the ankle.
 
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I'm not bothered about the bye or homefield. This team is built to win anywhere in any weather. Don't care if we have to go to Green Bay. They havent exactly been dominant at home in the playoffs under Rodgers. Arizona or LA would practically be a home game. And we have already shown we can play well enough to beat the Bucs in Tampa. And we are better now than we were Week 1.
 
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mldardy said:
Huh? There's two teams at 8-2 in the NFC and the 3 loss team that has the easiest remaining schedule lost to a backup QB in consecutive weeks. And there still might be a tiebreaker at 14-3. At this point I don't really care that much about a bye. There's only one team that gets it. It's nice to have but it's not the end all be all.
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Absolutely. This 1st seed thing seems to be an obsession on these boards.

Yes you'll get a bye week, but other than that you'll have to be able to beat anyone anywhere anyway if you want that SB.

It's cool for the home town fans to have two more games at home, but you can't build your SB dreams on 1st seed.
 
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I'm not really concerned about the 1 seed. The 2 or 3 seed will be fine. We should be able to host a couple of playoff games and be the road team in the NFCC game and still be victorious.
 
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13-4 might do it if the tiebreaks fall right. That means most of our losses have to be to AFC teams.

That is why losses to Denver and possibly Kansas City are not devastating.

But yeah, if you want the #1 seed the Cowboys cant lose more than 1 or 2 more games the rest of the season.
 
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windjc said:
After keeping track of football for decades I know teams usually drop an unexpected game or two at the end of the season except for the greats.

and this year there are no dominantly great teams.

But there are five good division teams and a lot of dogs. Three of those teams have already made it to 8-2. And the one 3 loss team has the easiest remaining schedule of all 5,

To avoid tiebreakers Dallas may need to finish 14-3 to get the #1 seed out right.

That is a tall task. I figure it much more likely they finish 13-4 (or worse).

14-3 is probably the magic #.
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I think your right. We need to beat the Cardinals when we play them. If we can split the games we have with the AFC and win out the NFC then we'll get #1 seed, lol, hopefully.
 
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mldardy said:
Huh? There's two teams at 8-2 in the NFC and the 3 loss team that has the easiest remaining schedule lost to a backup QB in consecutive weeks. And there still might be a tiebreaker at 14-3. At this point I don't really care that much about a bye. There's only one team that gets it. It's nice to have but it's not the end all be all.
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I agree....I just want a top 2 seed....get there and at least we can play at home until the nfcc
 

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Streifenkarl said:
Absolutely. This 1st seed thing seems to be an obsession on these boards.

Yes you'll get a bye week, but other than that you'll have to be able to beat anyone anywhere anyway if you want that SB.

It's cool for the home town fans to have two more games at home, but you can't build your SB dreams on 1st seed.
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The key is the Cowboys need to be healthy going into the playoffs and avoid a first round matchup with the Rams/Cardinals. If healthy I don’t see Seattle, Carolina, Vikings, ect beating us on Wild Card weekend. I am more worried about playing well at the end of the year and getting Gregory/Tank back.
 
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lqmac1 said:
Bucs are trash away from Tampa. It’s down to Us, GB, Ari or LA.

Cards are also trash w/o Murray, any word on his injury severity? I heard someone say the Cardinals still don’t know how long he’ll be out for because it’s the ankle.
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last year bucs won all their games on the road before going back to Tampa for SB.
 
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Adiba1977 said:
We ain’t going 14-3. Kc will be loss. Raiders/saints gonna be tough. I’m happy 12 wins
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12-5 would be very humbling with this group, and leave me pretty pessimistic about their playoff chances. If they cant beat a good team now, how will they do it in the post season?
 
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i got us 12-5 at worse, maybe 13-4 at best, so thats a pipe dream..nice to dream..
 
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