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Cowboys facing potential dubious playoff distinction in Week 12

A look at the playoff elimination scenarios facing the Cowboys in Week 12.

The goal of almost every NFL team is to win the Super Bowl each year. Sure, there are a handful of teams that enter a season on a rebuild trajectory, but by and large every team wants to end of representing their conference in The Big Game. For years, the easiest path to the Super Bowl is to host the NFC Championship Game, and the easiest way to do that is to finish the regular season with your respective conference’s best record.

Things have gone woefully awry for the 2024 Dallas Cowboys as they sit with a 3-7 record through 11 weeks. And with the Washington Commanders sitting at 7-4 entering their Week 12 battle, Dallas is in danger of being eliminated from that top regular season objective. Everyone knows they aren’t going anywhere this year, but an officially elimination scenario is now on the table.

There are five scenarios where the Cowboys can be eliminated from contention for the No. 1 seed in the NFC.

  1. Dallas loses to Washington
  2. Dallas and Washington tie, while the Detroit Lions win
  3. Dallas and Washington tie, Detroit and Indianapolis tie, Minnesota wins
  4. DAL/WAS tie, Minnesota wins, Green Bay wins
  5. DAL/WAS tie, Minnesota wins, Green Bay ties

Any of the above five scenarios means that Dallas starts losing paths to the playoffs as early as Week 12.

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Dolphins beat writer throws serious shade at Steelers and the playoffs

Are the Steelers in the playoffs an automatic win?

The NFL regular season is still two months away but people are already starting to talk trash. First up we have Miami Dolphins beat writer Travis Wingfield. Wingfield decided to disrespect the Steelers by saying if the Dolphins get them at home in the divisional round of the 2024 playoffs, it’s an automatic win for Miami.

“Can we get the Steelers, at home, in the divisional round this year,” Wingfield asked. “That would be a guaranteed trip to the conference championship game this year.”

At first, my thought was, ‘he’s not wrong considering the Steelers haven’t won a playoff game since 2016. But then after reading it again, and he mentioned the divisional round, which means taking on the Dolphins means the Steelers have probably won a playoff game to get there. If the streak is broken, all bets are off.

The Steelers last won a playoff game in the 2016 playoffs. They beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the division round. Ironically, the Steelers beat the Dolphins that year in the wild-card round.

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