Every team has the same #1 goal, even NE that's done it 10 times in a row, win the division. There are others for certain teams like if NE doesn't make the AFCC game, the season is not realized. It is not lost, it is just that goal is not reached.
No East team has won back to back now in 14 years and you can bet that was Pederson's #1 goal when the season started, even though he's the defending SB HC.
I've never understood this SB or Bust mentality for a team that hasn't even sniffed the NFCC game in 23 years.
The Cowboys were 3-5 with forks sticking out their butts by most here and they ended up winning a very tough division race this season. They did it with more grit than grace and this is not a team of style. I do not think they have the offense to take them to the SB but I've been wrong before.
Who cares if they're one and done? That's one more game in the season than 10 other NFC teams, including the other 3 East teams. What the hell happened to the euphoria of watching our team play on that first playoff weekend and the Eagles, Giants and Skins fans not watching their teams play? They're DONE and I'll take one and done over that.
I am not one that believes anything can happen in the playoffs, that is exception not rule but I sure as hell enjoy thinking what could be, what might be, the possibilities of what might happen with a good defense and if we were DONE, that would not happen. Playoffs = possibilities.