Coming into Sunday’s matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles, the Dallas Cowboys sit in a good spot. With a 7-5 record and a win over Philadelphia already this season, a victory on Sunday would all but secure Dallas a spot in this postseason this year.
According to FiveThirtyEight, an NFL playoff simulator in the Cowboys beat Philly this weekend their odds to win the NFC East rise to 97 percent and their odds to make the playoffs all together rise to 98 percent.
Beating the Eagles would give Dallas essentially a three-game lead over Philadelphia as they would hold the tiebreaker with two head-to-head wins.