As it turns out, the Cowboys are in better shape to win the NFC East today than they were three days ago. That’s purely from a mathematical standpoint. From a football standpoint, well, we will have that discussion in just a bit.
Give credit to Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy for one thing. When I asked him late Sunday how damaging his team’s loss in Green Bay was for a club chasing an undefeated team, he laughed. Said not at all. Said there was a lot of football, almost half a season, left. And about 28 hours later, the Washington Commanders had removed the Eagles from that unbeaten perch, and everything in the division was rearranged.
Yes, the Cowboys are still two games behind the Eagles just like they were going into the weekend. And with one week removed from the schedule, that’s not so good. But where Dallas has lost to teams from the NFC North and South, the Eagles suffered a division loss Monday night. That means Dallas will own the tiebreaker if it catches the Eagles and doesn’t lose to New York on Thanksgiving Day or at Washington in the final regular season game.
