FRISCO, Texas – Let's make this real simple since we get this question all the time:

How can the 6-6-1 Cowboys make the playoffs, since that record has them among those on the outside "hovering" behind the top seven seeds in the NFC with four games to play.

Easy. But hard. Got to win out. Got to get to 10 wins. That is the hole they have dug for themselves.

That's the prerequisite.

Then there is more, and this part is out of their hands, because from a mathematical standpoint and a percentage standpoint, they will need help from other teams, always a tenuous situation to be in, at the mercy of someone else's success or another team's failure.

So, from a practical standpoint, wining the NFC East seems the most viable path into postseason play, meaning they have to overtake the Philade

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