News: BTB: Do The Cowboys Have A Realistic Shot At Making The Playoffs?

[NewsBot]

With the recent victory over the Miami Dolphins, it’s time to put the red-hot Cowboys back into the playoff discussion. Okay, maybe that’s a little premature, but it’s not going to hurt anything to have a quick little looksee, right?

"The only thing that matters right now is Carolina." Sure.

"Let's win a few games first before we start talking about the playoffs." Yeah, I get that.

The focus for the Dallas Cowboys is clearly centered on Thursday's big game against the undefeated Carolina Panthers. And winning one game over the last eight tries is certainly no cause for booking any post-season plans. But as fans, we are afforded the luxury of sitting back and looking at things from all perspectives and today's perspective is the playoff picture. You can't blame fans for being a little curious. If you want to blame someone, blame the other NFC East teams for lollygagging and leaving the door open. With the Cowboys franchise quarterback back in action, it is very imaginable that the team could go on a little heater. And with their divisional foes having a tough time winning games, the race for the East is still very much up for grabs.

But is that just wishful thinking or do the Cowboys have a realistic shot to win the division?

Let's take a look at each team in the divisional and see what they're up against.
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[jobberone]

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NY has two div games, Philly two and the Skins four.

NY plays the Skins Sunday. Hopefully the Skins win and we sweep them. The rest of their games they are capable of losing and Car and Minn should be favored. If we both end up 8-8 we win our tiebreaker with them.

Philly plays the Skins and NY as well. They will be underdogs against NE and Ari. Their games against Det and Buf are at best tossups.

Was needs to beat NY for us. We need to sweep them. Their games against Chi and Buf are at best toss ups. They should be underdogs against us although they often doesn't matter for either team.

Our next three games will say a lot about our chances to win the division. Car is not a must win if the Skins beat the Giants technically but in reality it is with five games to go after tomorrow and three back. A loss to Car and a win by the Giants will put us four back with five to go which is a very long shot; too long IMO. A win by Dal and loss by NY makes the race interesting. We will still need to beat the Skins and GB on the road.

It is possible to win the division at 7-9 such is the state of the division.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

No, but that's what's going to make it so special if it happens

 

[cowboys1981]

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NY has two div games, Philly two and the Skins four.

NY plays the Skins Sunday. Hopefully the Skins win and we sweep them. The rest of their games they are capable of losing and Car and Minn should be favored. If we both end up 8-8 we win our tiebreaker with them.

Philly plays the Skins and NY as well. They will be underdogs against NE and Ari. Their games against Det and Buf are at best tossups.

Was needs to beat NY for us. We need to sweep them. Their games against Chi and Buf are at best toss ups. They should be underdogs against us although they often doesn't matter for either team.

Our next three games will say a lot about our chances to win the division. Car is not a must win if the Skins beat the Giants technically but in reality it is with five games to go after tomorrow and three back. A loss to Car and a win by the Giants will put us four back with five to go which is a very long shot; too long IMO. A win by Dal and loss by NY makes the race interesting. We will still need to beat the Skins and GB on the road.

It is possible to win the division at 7-9 such is the state of the division.

Win tomorrow and NY loss on Sunday it becomes a heated race at the end. They won't have Cruz and Donnell will miss rest of the season as well. NY is a .500 because they tend to be sloppy at times. CARand MIN should hand them losses. I know they will lose to either WSH or PHI. PHI just owns them. NY's Oline is no match for that front seven.


Here's to a win tomorrow and a NYG loss on Sunday. Oh yeah and here's to a PHI loss so I can have a good laugh before our game

 

[Bullflop]

The odds have been calculated at 2.4% for the Cowboys to make the playoffs. Not exactly a mandate candidate -- which is likely why they'd surely be the toast of the town if they make it.

 

[AzCowboysFan]

The odds have been calculated at 2.4% for the Cowboys to make the playoffs. Not exactly a mandate candidate -- probably why they'd surely be the toast of the town if they make it.

 

[Bullflop]

Umm, well . . . sorta, kinda. -- lol.

 

[Tabascocat]

Impossible to fall back four games this week BTB...........

 

[jobberone]

The odds have been calculated at 2.4% for the Cowboys to make the playoffs. Not exactly a mandate candidate -- which is likely why they'd surely be the toast of the town if they make it.

And that will change drastically if the Giants lose and we beat Car.

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

Looks like Bradford will play tomorrow. Lions could do us a favor and get us out of last place if we pull the upset. Crazy that if that falls along a realisticish path,


Lions beat the Eagles
Cowboys beat the Panthers
Skins beat the Giants
Pats beat the Eagles
Jets beat the Giants in a pseudo home game.

Dallas would be playing Monday for 1st in the division. Biggest reach in that scenario is probably Dallas beating the Panthers.

 

[rpntex]

I can't believe we're even having this conversation. Not that I'm being critical of it… I just can't believe we're having it.

All that being said, it's entirely realistic. In fact, I would dare to say that if the Cowboys win tomorrow and the Giants flu Sunday, the Cowboys miraculously become the favorite in the division again.

 

[Junglist]

2014 - #finishthefight
2015 - #if

 

[ActualCowboysFan]

2014 - #finishthefight
2015 - #ir

FTFY

 

[alohawg]

All the Cowboys can control is their business. Win out and I like their chances.

 

[Tusan_Homichi]

Looks like Bradford will play tomorrow. Lions could do us a favor and get us out of last place if we pull the upset. Crazy that if that falls along a realisticish path,


Lions beat the Eagles
Cowboys beat the Panthers
Skins beat the Giants
Pats beat the Eagles
Jets beat the Giants in a pseudo home game.

Dallas would be playing Monday for 1st in the division. Biggest reach in that scenario is probably Dallas beating the Panthers.

That blows my mind.

There's an actual possibility that we could be playing for 1st place in the division as early as next Monday.

 

[noshame]

giants will win the division at 8-8, wash second at 7-9, philly and us will fight it out for third at 6-10, and 5-11

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

our remaining opponents have a 58% win percentage, Gints = 57%, Egils = 58% and Skins 40%. Yes, Skins are skewed because of our record and play us twice. The top row of each of our opponents remaining games is based of CBS Sports, the higher the number, the better for that team. Egils look to have the most difficult remaining sched while Skins the easiest but again skewed because of us. Gints in the middle. Haven't thrown in the towel but being we're 2 games back, I say it's a long shot
Boys
PR 2 24 6 18 14 24 88
panthers skins packers jets bills Commanders Win &
W 10 4 7 5 5 4 35 58%
L 0 6 3 5 5 6 25
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Gints
PR 24 18 22 2 7 23 96
Commanders jets dolphins panthers vikings eagles
W 4 5 4 10 7 4 34 57%
L 6 5 6 0 3 6 26
_____
Egils
PR 28 1 14 3 24 12 82
lions pats bills cardnals Commanders giants
W 3 10 5 8 4 5 35 58%
L 7 0 5 2 6 5 25
_____
Skins
PR 12 17 21 14 23 17 104
giants cowboys bears bills eagles cowboys
W 5 3 4 5 4 3 24 40%
L 5 7 6 5 6 7 36

 

[Proximo]

Looks like Bradford will play tomorrow. Lions could do us a favor and get us out of last place if we pull the upset. Crazy that if that falls along a realisticish path,


Lions beat the Eagles
Cowboys beat the Panthers
Skins beat the Giants
Pats beat the Eagles
Jets beat the Giants in a pseudo home game.

Dallas would be playing Monday for 1st in the division. Biggest reach in that scenario is probably Dallas beating the Panthers.

It's really unbelievable that we have any chance at this point, but the scenario outlined above really isn't that far-fetched.

Our rivals are going to be kicking themselves so hard if it gets to that point.

 

[Rockport]

FTFY

I hate these FTFY posts.

 

[cowboyblue22]

I think in order to go to the playoffs and be competitive in them is they have to win out what is so sad is that injuries and coaching and other decisions made kept a team that could of been in the top of the league out of the playoffs