The Cowboys have reached the former midpoint of the season. At 5-3, there’s a bit of disappointment in their performance so far. The loss to the Arizona Cardinals was one of those inexcusable defeats that will be looked back on if the club fails to secure the top seed in the NFC playoffs. That became increasingly more likely when Dallas fell to the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9, which stacked on to their loss to the San Francisco 49ers in Week 5.
More likely, but not impossible. The 49ers have lost three games in a row and Dallas simply needs to win one more game down the stretch than San Francisco and they will avoid the head-to-head tiebreaker. Dallas also has another game against the Eagles to close the gap, but now will need some help from Philly’s other opponents. The first order of business though, is to handle their own business.
Dallas has nine games remaining and in order to earn home-field advantage and play all playoff games at AT&T Stadium where they’ve won 11 straight games, the club has to get on a rampage. Can they do that? Here’s one set of predictions as to how the remaining nine games in the regular season will go.