The Cowboys can still win the number one seed

I've been talking about it for a while now even in the seasons Dallas didn't make the playoffs. The current four team, four divisions in the conference format has greatly reduced the impact of winning ones division. I'd prefer some reasonable changes. The current system could hurt or help a team. A modified system could hurt or help a team. Dallas may be the one helped and they may also be the one hurt in the current system in any give year or in a modified system. I'm not hoping for changes just to benefit the Cowboys. Just don't want to see mediocrity rewarded. Teams with losing records hosting a playoff game is rewarding mediocrity in my opinion and has only come about since the Texans joined the league and the current division format was introduced.

It is very rare for a losing team to make the playoffs. How many times has it happened? I believe 5 times in history. Washington was 7-9 hosting Tampa in 2020. Now the tables have turned. NFC South is terrible and will host a home game against NFC East.
 
It doesn’t matter what seed they are I’m not convinced they can beat anyone in the playoffs. They’ve had 2 number one seeded teams go one and done since 07. Last season they played one of the lowest seeded teams in the playoffs and went one and done at home. The way the Cowboys played last Sunday I don’t think they care what seed they are.

I think they can beat every team in the league and also lose to every team in the league. Whether those games are on the road or at home. Will they? They are a better team now than they were on opening day and also better than they were in the playoffs last season. Hopefully that is enough to get some playoff wins.
 
I've been talking about it for a while now even in the seasons Dallas didn't make the playoffs. The current four team, four divisions in the conference format has greatly reduced the impact of winning ones division. I'd prefer some reasonable changes. The current system could hurt or help a team. A modified system could hurt or help a team. Dallas may be the one helped and they may also be the one hurt in the current system in any give year or in a modified system. I'm not hoping for changes just to benefit the Cowboys. Just don't want to see mediocrity rewarded. Teams with losing records hosting a playoff game is rewarding mediocrity in my opinion and has only come about since the Texans joined the league and the current division format was introduced.
It’s does suck when this happens, but the schedule is set up a certain way with extra games within a division.

There could also be a scenario where one team is riding a bad division to a high seed, while another is in a four good team situation where they are beating on each other.

What I would find as most unfair is when a 7-10 team wins a division and gets a home game, and an 11-6 team gets eliminated on tie breakers.

So I’ll agree maybe a slight tweak is in order before this actually happens.
 
It is very rare for a losing team to make the playoffs. How many times has it happened? I believe 5 times in history. Washington was 7-9 hosting Tampa in 2020. Now the tables have turned. NFC South is terrible and will host a home game against NFC East.

It is rare. Two teams with losing records made the playoffs in the strike shortened 1982 season. That year was a mess. The rest of the teams with losing records making the playoffs have all occurred since the league went to 32 teams and the current divisional format. Those changes have had an impact.
 
It is rare. Two teams with losing records made the playoffs in the strike shortened 1982 season. That year was a mess. The rest of the teams with losing records making the playoffs have all occurred since the league went to 32 teams and the current divisional format. Those changes have had an impact.

But think about it. I see it has happened 3 times since the current format. Which has been in effect now 21 or 22 years. 4 divisions x 2 means there is 8 opportunities for it to happen each season. 8 x 21/22. 3 times out of that is very rare. No rule changes are going to happen. If you tinker with it in any way, say to give Dallas a higher seed than a division winner, then divisions are worthless and zero point in them.
 
I think they can beat every team in the league and also lose to every team in the league. Whether those games are on the road or at home. Will they? They are a better team now than they were on opening day and also better than they were in the playoffs last season. Hopefully that is enough to get some playoff wins.

I’m not sold they’re a better team than they were entering the playoffs last season. I wasn’t that impressed with how they looked against Indy the first 3 quarters and I was very unimpressed with how they looked last week against the Texans. We’re winning games, but as of late we’re winning ugly similar to what we were doing last season. We’re also getting off to slow starts which is causing us to get behind in games. We saw a lot of that last season. We need to go out this Sunday and play a solid 4 quarters of football. As of this very moment the Cowboys look like a one and done playoff team in my opinion. I do agree that they’re a better team now than they were on opening day. They were awful on opening day. If Dak doesn’t stop throwing INTs this season isn’t going to end well.
 
The Cowboys can still win the number one seed. Or they can win 2,3,5,6,7.

But they mathematically cannot win the number 4 seed.

This is the first year I think they should throw away the division winner gets automatic home game format.

Best they can do is the #5 if they do not win the division. Win the division then they will be the 1st seed.
now if the Vikings win out, but we somehow win our division, but we and Eagles basically lose a few more game each, then we would be the #2 seed.

Most likely Dallas or Philly will be 1 or 5 either way and Vikings #2.
 
The Cowboys can still win the number one seed. Or they can win 2,3,5,6,7.

But they mathematically cannot win the number 4 seed.

This is the first year I think they should throw away the division winner gets automatic home game format.

the press only makes the automatic home game format an issue when it benefits us, this year it will "that is the rule"
 
If we lose to the NFC South champ who could possibly have a losing record does McCarthy keep his job?
 
The Cowboys can still win the number one seed. Or they can win 2,3,5,6,7.

But they mathematically cannot win the number 4 seed.

This is the first year I think they should throw away the division winner gets automatic home game format.

Yes, and I can still win the lottery.
 
This is particularly criticized because it negatively affects the team right now. Bring this up in 2018 when Dallas won the East at 10-6 and wildcard Seattle was 10-6 with a head-to-win win against Dallas, and suddenly Dallas is now the away team visiting Seattle in the first round

Consider a 24-22 Dallas victory potentially flips around with the 3 point home field advantage Vegas betting line, and the response here would be “Why didn’t we get a home playoff game, we won our division and they did not. This is criminal!”

3 point home field advantage is outdated and false. Don’t throw around things that are inaccurate
 
Dallas is going to be 1 or 5 with the latter most likely. Run the table, beat Philly and hope they get upset by someone and you get to #1, but that's uphill.

I'm not convinced that homefield is that much of an advantage. Being healthy as possible is the real advantage.
 
The Cowboys can still win the number one seed. Or they can win 2,3,5,6,7.

But they mathematically cannot win the number 4 seed.

This is the first year I think they should throw away the division winner gets automatic home game format.
Dude, give it a rest not with a less than mediocre QB leading this team........................
 
You can't just change it because it doesn't benefit us. This isn't the first year where a division has been stacked and a much lesser division out there who gets a very mediocre at best team as the 4 seed. The NFC South is the worst division in football but they will host a playoff game, probably against us. If you want to do away with this, then scrap divisions all together and have a round robin vs your conference. This is the only way that works. What is the point of divisions if winning it means nothing?

The NFC East just a few years ago was so pathetic, a terrible Dallas team had a shot to win the division the very last week. And Washington got to host a much better Tampa team. The NFC South that year was very good with NO and Tampa both being Super Bowl contenders. Tampa won 3 straight to get to the Super Bowl in their own stadium. Hopefully we can do that.

This is all Dallas' fault anyways. Don't meltdown and lose a Green Baby game where you are up 14 with 8min left. Win that, and we still control our own destiny. I give them credit for winning out since then and not letting that loss completely derail the season. But that loss was inexcusable and terrible and will be our undoing in the end from getting that 1 seed.
So........ you're down on Dallas for losing a game to Green Bay but you're ok with another team hosting them in a playoff game despite 9-10 losses. Okayyyyy
 
That should have been gone a long time ago. Someone from the NFC South will probably make the playoffs with a losing record. Its ridiculous.
It has happened before , why not change the format and give the HA to the team with better record? (in total or conference) which might incentivize teams to fight for it.
 
3 point home field advantage is outdated and false. Don’t throw around things that are inaccurate

2018 cowboys were 7-1 at home and 3-5 on the road. They scored 200 points at home and 135 on the road, that’s an 8 ppg difference. Opponents, meanwhile, scored 22 at their home and 18 in Jerry world.

Dallas was substantially better at home that season than on the road.
 
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