I agree Dallas is the second best team in the NFC, but the Rams and Detroit are the hottest teams in the NFC
Without CeeDee's fumble through the end zone, and the phantom tripping call, Detroit would have been beaten 27 - 13. It wasn't as close as the score made it appear. The Cowboys were the better team.
Go back a week, and without the Luepke fumble, the Cowboys would have beaten the Dolphins also. A couple of bad bounces made the Cowboys look more vulnerable than they are. If the Cowboys didn't lose that game to the Dolphins, the Niners would have had to truly suit up today to avoid losing the #1 seed.
Seriously, the Cowboys record is 12-5, but they are just a couple of bad bounces or missed calls away from being 14-3. The Cowboys were only beaten in 3 games this season - Cardinals, Niners, and Bills. The other two were losses, but due to Cowboys mistakes, not because the other team earned the victory. Of course, that happens over the course of a season. But let's not pretend that the Cowboys aren't a very good team. They deserve to be ranked just behind the Ravens and Niners as the 3rd ranked team in the NFL, and are tied for the 2nd best record in the NFL with the Niners and Lions.
Which is all to say that the Rams and Lions are
NOT hotter than the Cowboys right now.