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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Connolly, Bryan Armen Graham, Melissa Jacobs and Graham Searles

NFL playoff predictions: who will seize a wide-open Super Bowl race?

Matthew Stafford and the Rams are expected to be a force this postseason.
Matthew Stafford and the Rams are expected to be a force this postseason. Photograph: Mark J Terrill/AP

Team that will be most missed in the playoffs

Melissa is right about the Lions (see below), but how about the Dallas Cowboys? Their defense was nauseating, and nobody wants a playoff weekend spoiled watching that. But their offense was electric. They finished fifth in the league in EPA/play in the regular season. And with Dak Prescott, a solid o-line and George Pickens and CeeDee Lamb, they had the potential to drop 30 points on any playoff group. If they’d snuck in and managed to knock off a top seed, it would have convinced Jerry Jones that he was on the right path. And nothing is funnier than Jones failing to recognize that the reason why Dallas is stuck is the reflection in his mirror. Oliver Connolly

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