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The writers took each remaining playoff team (all division winners) and picked one player from each of their divisional opponents that would improve that team. Cowboys quoted below, but they're all fun to read.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/scramble/2017/scramble-scrambled-playoffs
NFC East: Dallas Cowboys
N.Y. GIants: This isn't to dump on Byron Jones or Barry Church, both of whom have played well this season. However, in his second year, Landon Collins has been one of the best safeties in the NFL. No other player in NFL history has recorded 100 solo tackles, two sacks, five interceptions and 12 passes defended in the same season -- that's a lot of cherry-picking for thresholds, but it's also a heck of a lot of production. He's simply one of the NFL's best.
Philadelphia: Dallas doesn't really have that many weaknesses, but you could make an argument that the defensive line is one of them. They're 25th in the league in allowing opponent's power rushes to succeed, with opponents powering through jammed boxes 69 percent of the time. That's not nice! We'll loan them Fletcher Cox, a Pro Bowler who commands double- and triple-teams even when hobbled by an ankle injury. He's an incredibly disruptive force and would make the rest of his linemates that much better.
Washington: By DVOA, the biggest weakness of any Cowboys unit relative to the rest of the league is their 25th-ranked punt return unit with its minus-2.7 points worth of value. Washington has the second-best punt return unit behind only the Dave Toub and Tyreek Hill combination in Kansas City. Jamison Crowder may not supplant Cole Beasley as the Cowboys' slot receiver for the playoffs, but he sure could supplant Lucky Whitehead as their punt returner.
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/scramble/2017/scramble-scrambled-playoffs
NFC East: Dallas Cowboys
N.Y. GIants: This isn't to dump on Byron Jones or Barry Church, both of whom have played well this season. However, in his second year, Landon Collins has been one of the best safeties in the NFL. No other player in NFL history has recorded 100 solo tackles, two sacks, five interceptions and 12 passes defended in the same season -- that's a lot of cherry-picking for thresholds, but it's also a heck of a lot of production. He's simply one of the NFL's best.
Philadelphia: Dallas doesn't really have that many weaknesses, but you could make an argument that the defensive line is one of them. They're 25th in the league in allowing opponent's power rushes to succeed, with opponents powering through jammed boxes 69 percent of the time. That's not nice! We'll loan them Fletcher Cox, a Pro Bowler who commands double- and triple-teams even when hobbled by an ankle injury. He's an incredibly disruptive force and would make the rest of his linemates that much better.
Washington: By DVOA, the biggest weakness of any Cowboys unit relative to the rest of the league is their 25th-ranked punt return unit with its minus-2.7 points worth of value. Washington has the second-best punt return unit behind only the Dave Toub and Tyreek Hill combination in Kansas City. Jamison Crowder may not supplant Cole Beasley as the Cowboys' slot receiver for the playoffs, but he sure could supplant Lucky Whitehead as their punt returner.