We’ve been hearing it all season. “The Cowboys can’t beat a team with a winning record.” Dallas responded by beating the Seahawks. “The Cowboys can’t beat an actual contender.” Dallas answered with a decisive victory over the Eagles. “The Cowboys don’t play well on the road.” Dallas gets their chance to respond here in Week 15.
At 10-3, the Cowboys are tied for the best record in the NFL. But their .500 battling average on the road looms large and threatens to undermine an otherwise extremely successful season. Philadelphia still controls their own destiny and if they win out, they will claim the division crown and bump the Cowboys back down to the fifth seed. Such a playoff seeding would set Dallas up for a life on the road in the postseason, and possibly another disappointing finish.
Current odds give the Cowboys a 55 percent chance of getting the fifth seed, and only a 42 percent chance of a top-two seed. That means the odds are likely Dallas goes on the road for most, if not all, of the postseason.