Remainder of season probably doesn't matter

[nalam]

Philly's escape at Indy was just as painful as our loss at GB.....both killers.

We had no business to lose GB game leading with 14 points in 4th qtr. it was pathetic,

 

[Havic]

I think we play the starters all the way through, especially if we beat Philly.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

We had our shot to control it all but a epic collapse against GB did us in. Haven't lost since but doesn't look like it will matter. We'd be first in every other division in the NFL (or at least tied) except ours. We might play a team with a losing record in the wild card at home. Also sucks that Indy blew their game to Philly a few weeks ago.

Eagles have Washington, Bears, Saints left aside from us. Not sure where a loss comes from with those teams. Yes, I know they lost to Washington already but do we expect that to happen again?

Eagles actually have the Giants again and not Washington, they split the series with them. Dallas is really the only team left on their schedule that can beat them, but you never know.

 

[mmohican29]

We need to win and beat Philly @ home. It's then in God's hands.

You are right that we are 99% unlikely to fall from the 5th seed. But we need to stay hungry.

 

[plasticman]

This is wishful thinking. Other than us, they play the Bears who are terrible, the Giants again who they just embarrassed on the road and the Saints.

Of that group, only the Bears can pull an upset and that's only if Fields plays the game of his life. If he doesn't, they'll get blown out. Or maybe a blizzard will hit during the game.

Frankly, after yesterday, I am not sure we can even beat Philly in our own building. The defense looks stagnant, Parsons looks beat up, Prescott has been mediocre and the offense looks disjointed the last couple weeks other than that 4th Q against the Colts.

I doubt anyone thought the 1-13 Jets could beat the 9-4 Rams in 2020. That same season the 3-10-1 Bengals defeating the 11-2 Steelers.

The same goes for last season when the 2-11-1 Lions beat the 10-4 Cardinals.

It happens.

 

[Beast_from_East]

It happens every year. A better team has to travel the road for a playoff game. I really wish the NFL would just seed the top 7 teams, give #1 the bye and award better records with home games.

I agree, I hate this format of the division winners getting the better seeds even though they have a worse record. I know they want the division titles to still mean something but seeding off the overall record is better for the playoffs.

And no, I am not saying this because it looks like the Cowboys are going to get the short end of the stick this season, even if we won the East, it would be unfair to Philly to make them a wildcard team. A 14-3 team should never be a wildcard team, be it us, Philly, or anybody else.