Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams has only been in Dallas a few weeks , but he already sounds like a man who walked into the right storm. The trade-deadline arrival keeps deflecting credit for the Cowboys’ defensive surge to the talent around him, even as his presence inside has helped fuel a three-game winning streak that suddenly has the Eagles looking over their shoulders in the NFC East.

As one ESPN insider put it, the idea that “the Cowboys are going to make the playoffs” is no longer some wild overreaction . Just a month ago, that sounded laughable with Dallas heading into its bye at 3-5-1 after a Monday night loss to Arizona.

Since then, the Cowboys have ripped off three straight wins, including a brutal five-day stretch in which they took down both the Eagles and the Chiefs,

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