9-7 now wins the division for us no matter what

JayFord

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This division will be won at 8-8

and that better not be enough to re sign Garrett
 

Dre11

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How would dallas win the common opponents?

Philly beat Chicago, GB, Buffalo and the jets.
Dallas lost to GB, Buffalo, The jets.

Both lost to minnesota, new england.

Dallas beat detroit philly lost to detroit so common opponents is in Philly's favor.

Philly lost to Miami, we beat miami
 

MikeB80

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Eagles are going to save Garrett's job.

I knew I hated them.

They're not unless when Jerry said you have to come in first he meant in the east.

Jerry fired Chan Gailey after winning the division at 8-8 and losing to the cardinals in the playoffs.

Of course aikman didnt like Gailey so that had a lot to do with it I Guess.
 

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Bears and Rams are struggling on offense. But we can cure that for them. We are the get right opponents for opposing offenses.

I just want the pain over with. Cant take the clapping anymore. it is soul destroying, heart breaking, will to live ending torture.
 

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They're not unless when Jerry said you have to come in first he meant in the east.

Jerry fired Chan Gailey after winning the division at 8-8 and losing to the cardinals in the playoffs.
Yeah, but Jerry didn't love Gailey like a son.

I'm just saying, Garrett has more lives than a cat. Host a playoff game with that full stadium, maybe even win that game somehow, and fans' attitudes will change. Jerry is looking for any reason possible to keep him around and that might be the opening he needs.
 

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Here are the common opponents, ignoring the division (assume both are 5-1 and split the series)

Falcons (Cowboys)
Lions (Cowboys)
Packers (Eagles)
Jets (Eagles - ug this one kills me)
Vikings (neither)
Bills (Eagles)
Bears (TBD)
Patriots (neither)
Dolphins (Cowboys)

So yes, if the Cowboys beat the Bears then they only need one more game to get in.

we didn't play Falcons
 

MikeB80

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Yeah, but Jerry didn't love Gailey like a son.

I'm just saying, Garrett has more lives than a cat. Host a playoff game with that full stadium, maybe even win that game somehow, and fans' attitudes will change. Jerry is looking for any reason possible to keep him around and that might be the opening he needs.

agree 100%.

Feels like Garrett finally lost the players though and that is new.

The bears game will tell us all we need to know.
 

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With the Eagles loss today, the best they can hope for is to win out and go 9-7. However, even if they do that by beating us, if we also finish 9-7 by winning our other 3 we would win the common opponents tiebreaker. If we beat them and both finish 8-8 we win by virtue of sweeping the season series. There is no scenario where Dallas goes 9-7 and doesn’t win the division now. We MUST finish 8-8 or worse and, even then, would win the division if we beat Philly unless we lose out otherwise.

In other words, the Eagles now have no say at all in who wins the division. Even if they beat us, they have to win out and us lose another game.
Let’s go through this on the fly to make sure.

we beat Detroit , Miami ,
Lost to NE, GB,NYJ,Buff , Min

they beat GB, NYJ, Buff
They lost toNE, Det, Miami, Min

are you sure about this?

it looks like if we both finish 9-7 they win the division.
 

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Eagles are begging us to win the division.... and we can’t take it.

With the eagles loss today we could theoretically lose these next two games an then beat the eagles and we’d have the tiebreak.

best scenario for us is eagles lose one more and we win next two.

I for one don’t want it to come down to week 16

thursdays game should tell us more
 

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How would dallas win the common opponents?

Philly beat Chicago, GB, Buffalo and the jets.
Dallas lost to GB, Buffalo, The jets.

Both lost to minnesota, new england.

Dallas beat detroit philly lost to detroit so common opponents is in Philly's favor.

Dallas, also beat Miami. We'll see what happens when they play Chicago.
 

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The 8th or 9th best team in the conference will win the division.

Just to get slammed by the Seahawks or Vikings or Packers.

Big deal.

We need a new coach.......today

Dallas beat the Seahawks last year, in the playoffs. There's no reason to believe that they couldn't do it again.
 
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