How about them Cowboys? Dallas now has a 1 percent chance to make the playoffs after loss to the Vikings on Sunday Night Football

The NFC East Runs Through Philly. Always Has. After Sunday night’s loss to the Vikings, the Cowboys are technically still alive in the NFC East race.

Technically. In reality, it’s hanging on by a thread so thin it barely exists.

Here’s what the Dallas Cowboys would need for the division:

• The Eagles would have to lose their final three games.
• The Cowboys would have to win their final three games.

That’s the path for the Cowboys and it lives firmly in fantasy land.

After Sunday night’s loss to Minnesota, the Cowboys are not officially eliminated from postseason contention, but it is a near impossibility. This what they now would need to win the division:

🏈Eagles would need to lose their final three games.
🏈Cowboys would need to win their… pic.twitter.com/07bcx0j2ef

— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 15, 2025

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With that loss, the Eagles’ magic number to clinch the NFC East is now down to one. Which makes things very simple heading into Week 16.

If the Eagles beat the Washington Commanders on Saturday night in Maryland, the division is officially theirs. No scoreboard watching. No drama. No math.

If the Eagles lose to Washington, they can still clinch the NFC East on Sunday if the Cowboys lose at home to the Los Angeles Chargers.

If neither of those things happens, the door technically stays open for one more week, but let’s be serious. The math is already overwhelmingly stacked in Philly’s favor.

The only remaining scenario where Dallas wins the division requires a complete Eagles collapse and a perfect Cowboys finish. On paper, it exists. In reality, it does not.

Honestly, this is something I’ve been saying for weeks while the national media worked themselves into a frenzy over Dallas winning a couple of meaningless games in November.

The NFC East runs through Philadelphia. It always has. And it will continue to run through Philly until someone actually proves otherwise.

Saturday night is a chance to put a bow on it.

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