The Philadelphia Eagles are singlehandedly keeping the Dallas Cowboys in the NFC East race.

That's fine with the Cowboys, who can apply more pressure on the Eagles if they can knock off the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night in Arlington, Texas.

Philadelphia (8-5) has lost three consecutive games. Dallas (6-6-1) won three straight contests before dropping a 44-30 road decision to the Detroit Lions on Dec. 4.

The Cowboys are a long shot in the wild-card race, so the NFC East crown is the club's best route to the postseason.

"At the end of the day, we're focused on beating Minnesota," Dallas coach Brian Schottenheimer said. "We're going to do what we got to do, and if you start looking too far ahead of, 'OK, if this happens, if that happens,' you're going to drive yourself crazy. And I'm

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