Of all the things I was taught as a kid -- white bread is good for you, don't get into cars with strangers, the NFC East games are the most important -- only the third seemed to be hanging on here in our low-carb, Uber-driven 21st century. But we can scratch that one now, too.
As all of us try to determine where this Cowboys team will be in six weeks at the end of EEEE (Ezekiel Elliott's Enforced Exile), it has come to light here that games played within the division will not determine the Cowboys' fate unless you really think they are going to sweep Philadelphia and win the East.