I've decided to be positive about the playoffs

[Sydla]

I caught Adam Schefter on the local Philly station and he pointed out that the NFC East has not put the Cowboys out of their misery at this point and given Dallas a small bit of life.

Miami did us a big favor beating Philly.

We have to get to 8-8 which means only one loss the rest of the way. GB has some real issues so that game is no longer a dead loss. If we can beat Miami this weekend and then beat Carolina, we might be in very good shape.

Giants are 5-5. They still have to play:

@ Washington
Jets
@Miami
Panthers
@Vikings
Eagles

Losing at Washington would be a huge help. But the Giants own the Skins. 5 wins in a row. @ Miami could be the swing game here. That Eagles game could also be huge as it's a 1PM game. We play the Skins at 1PM as well. It's quite possible that there could be a myriad of outcomes based on the finishes in those two games so the Eagles coudl still technically be in it thus making them play hard that game.

Eagles are 4-5. They still have to play:

Tampa
@ Detroit
@ NE
Bills
Arizona
Commanders
@ Giants

It would be a great favor here if the Bucs could knock off Philly this weekend. Unlikely but suddenly Detroit isn't a lock. That's a short week road game for Sanchez. NE and Arizona are looking like sure losses. So they have to find another game to lose to end at 8-8.

The Skins are easier to look at here. We play them twice and likely have to beat them twice. That gives them 7 losses and with the rest of their schedule they will easily get their 8th loss.

 

[Sydla]

And yes, I readily admit that the chances of what I laid out is like 2%.

 

[CATCH17]

We need to win and cheer against NYG.


Not worried about what Philly does.

 

[Kevinicus]

The most difficult part of any scenario is the Cowboys going 6-1 or 7-0. If they go 7-0, I'd say it's almost a lock for them to win the division. If they go 6-1, I'd say there is a very good chance. 5-2 would be extremely difficult to make it in with.

 

[robjay04]

If we win the next two games, I will be back on the bandwagon.

We can realistically be 1.5 games out of first place before the Giants play another game by my calculations.

 

[ologan]

If we win the next two games, I will be back on the bandwagon.

We can realistically be 1.5 games out of first place before the Giants play another game by my calculations.

Set your parameters, have you?

 

[DogFace]

I never got off the bandwagon. I'm a known idiot. Nevertheless I'm with you op.

 

[EST_1986]

laid money on the Boys to win the division at +1200 and the Super Bowl at +6600

 

[StarBoyz83]

It's not impossible but dallas needs to win at least 5 of 7. The whole team has to step up In order for it to happen. This team has taken steps back this year.

 

[bigdnlaca]

I think what us fans would hope is for Washington to beat the Giants, Washington continue to lose, then Giants beat Philly.

That way the tie breaker can belong to the Cowboys if the Cowboys can sweep Washington and win at least 4 games outside of their division.

 

[The Natural]

8 wins wont win the division

 

[EST_1986]

8 wins wont win the division

probably not but its not out of the realm of possibility

 

[RonSpringsdaman20]

one at a time.

 

[Sydla]

8 wins wont win the division

I used to think so too but looking at the schedules, it's quite conceivable the Giants and Eagles both finish at 8-8.

Eagles look to have likely losses to NE and Arizona. Their other 5 games are Tampa, Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, Giants. They easily could lose one of those games. That's 8 losses.

Giants have Panthers and Vikings left which could be losses. Then Washington, Jets, Miami and Philly in there. They could lose one of those and get to 8 losses as well.

 

[Jstopper]

8 wins wont win the division

There is definitely a chance 8 wins gets the division

 

[The Natural]

I used to think so too but looking at the schedules, it's quite conceivable the Giants and Eagles both finish at 8-8.

Eagles look to have likely losses to NE and Arizona. Their other 5 games are Tampa, Detroit, Buffalo, Washington, Giants. They easily could lose one of those games. That's 8 losses.

Giants have Panthers and Vikings left which could be losses. Then Washington, Jets, Miami and Philly in there. They could lose one of those and get to 8 losses as well.

There is definitely a chance 8 wins gets the division

This team is going to have to go 6-0 the next 6 weeks for the opportunity at a win and you're in game Jan. 3 at home against Washington. They have no more room for error, not after the last 7 games.

 

[gmoney112]

There is definitely a chance 8 wins gets the division

To be fair, I think he meant *we* won't win the division with 8 wins since I think we lose tiebreakers.

Unless something crazy happens I don't see the rest of the division finishing at 7-9.

It's disappointing we had to lose Tony in a year when the East is just terrible. Even 1 win in the last 7 gives us breathing room , where as of now we have to win out.

We need a miracle.

 

[Jstopper]

To be fair, I think he meant *we* won't win the division with 8 wins since I think we lose tiebreakers.

Unless something crazy happens I don't see the rest of the division finishing at 7-9.

It's disappointing we had to lose Tony in a year when the East is just terrible. Even 1 win in the last 7 gives us breathing room , where as of now we have to win out.

We need a miracle.

It depends on who our 1 loss comes to. It just can't be the Commanders. Right now every team in our division has 2 divisional losses. So we have to sweep the Commanders. We'll finish with a 4-2 divisional record. The eagles and Giants play each other in week 17. That works out perfectly for us because one of them automatically has to lose. The Commanders also play both the giants and eagles. So if they are able to sneak a game from even one of them, that would automatically give us the division in a tiebreaker scenario

 

[VACowboy]

I like it, Syd!

I think our toughest remaining games may be the next two or so simply because of rust.

 

[Wayne02]

It's not impossible but dallas needs to win at least 5 of 7. The whole team has to step up In order for it to happen. This team has taken steps back this year.

They have to go 6-1 at minimum, they've already lost 6 conference games with 4 more to play, so winning a tie breaker is going to be almost impossible. Now that I think about it, as long as the losses don't come against the Commanders, 5-2 may be possible. I don't think anyone is getting past 7 or 8 wins.