We put ourselves in this hole and while its important for Dallas to keep losing, I'm more concerned with Philly at this stage.
We already split with them, but their schedule has WAS, ARI, MIN still to go...we still have 3 h2h games with WSH/DAL so we can to some extent take care of them (with some help on DAL).
But now Philly is entirely out of our hands and +2 W on us. Foles looks like to have re-energized their offense...oh well.
Still have to pull for the Saints tonight...1 game at a time.
That said I do think it's likely that if we are somehow in play in week 17, it will also depend on a specific outcome from the PHI@DAL game, just don't know which one yet.
Doesnt it always seem like that?
I still think it's a longshot to get there, but if they get to that 5-6 mark, which would put them 2-2 in the division (splits with both Philly and Dallas), you could start considering it.
I'm mostly just glad that it looks like we'll get to at least December with meaningful games. It really looked like we'd be getting 8 or 9 totally "play out the string" type games. Now, even worst case scenario, we'd probably only be looking at 4 or 5.
Philly is doing well right now, but they're not clearly better than anyone. They could just as easily hit the skids and flame out over the next 7 weeks.
We got Birds vs Braveharts at 1 and us vs the Pack at 4:25. I'll take it
Actually, the next four games are quite winnable. If they get to 7-6 going into the Seattle game that'll be an amazing turnaround, though only a Dallas win will impress people. (Washington's lousy, Chargers are average at best, Packers are without Rodgers.)
Washington really came off in the second half last season, and they have played better week after week.
Philly's offense is alive, but their defense is still a huge suspect... they allowed over 500 yards last week against the Raiders...
Oh and lets not forget, Dallas just nearly beat the vikings...
All we could do at this point is just continue to win (ugly or bad) and see how this season turns out. Even if we don't make the playoffs, i think it's important for this team to win as many games as we can and carry it on to next season.
I would rather take my chances against Vick than Foles
at this point . He looks like the real deal .
Bottom line we have no margin for error but we still have a solid chance as long as we win.
We beat 3 teams with very little at the most important position..QB
Meanwhile our QB is playing like a 2nd year starter leading the league in INTs and playing sheepish
Unless the entire offense plays 200% better we have nothing to fear but ourselves.
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