Based on the miraculous rookie campaigns of Dak Prescott and Ezekiel Elliott, the hope that Dez Bryant can remain injury-free and once again be one of the best receivers in the game, and the best offensive line in football, the Dallas Cowboys are a popular pick to win the NFC.
But talking to scouts and coaches around the league, most of what we’re hearing here at Pro Football Weekly is they can’t win every week in a shootout as we saw in the divisional round of last year’s playoffs versus the Packers, and other than the oft-injured Sean Lee, who exactly is going to make a difference for them on defense?