The Cowboys jumped from fifth to second in the NFC playoff picture with last week’s win over the Eagles. But the new NFC East leaders can’t afford any letdowns; any shot at winning the division and getting the number-one seed still depends on Philadelphia and the San Francisco 49ers losing at least one more game.
As has been broken down several times on this site, Dallas could win all of their remaining games but still lose the division to Philly. If they do take the East, the Cowboys also need to be at least one game better than the 49ers to avoid the head-to-head tiebreaker and claim the number-one seed.