As we get closer to the end of the 2025 season, the surging Cowboys have suddenly moved into the NFC playoff conversation. One big wrinkle for Dallas, and the also-contending Green Bay Packers, is their tie result from Week 4. What does this standings anomaly mean for Dallas and the rest of the conference in the ever-developing playoff picture?

Cowboys fans can be forgiven if they’re not sure how to feel about or understand the impact of a tie. They don’t happen often: Dallas and Green Bay’s is the only one so far this year and the first since 2022. From 2002 to 2014, there were only 12 total ties over 13 seasons. And for Dallas, amazingly, this was the first tie for the franchise since 1969.

What’s funny about ties is that, for as rare as they are and as inexperienced as we may be with

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