The race for the NFC East crown is a punch line to a particularly bad joke this season. The focus is on which one of the potential winners will stagger over the finish line first. The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles have both badly underachieved this season, but should they be written off that easily?
On the past two occasions a team with a losing record won its division, that team also won its ensuing home playoff game. People have used this scenario in the past to push for reseeding the playoffs. But for now, a more relevant point is this: whichever of these two teams makes it into the postseason won't necessarily be an easy out.