There really is no drivers seat at this point. Eagles could win next 2 games and Cowboys could lose by 100 to the Rams and it’ll still come down to that Week 16 game. I’m really looking forward to that one. Will effectively be a wild card game with tons of pressure on both sides.
If Philly wins on Sunday, they'll be in a virtual tie. For the sake of argument, let's stipulate both teams win next week (a highly doubtful proposition, considering that the Cowboys have essentially quit on the season), the smart money would still be on the Eagles winning in Week 16. That means the division is theirs for the taking, with the only obstacle in their way being a Giants team lead by a lame duck QB and a lame duck coach. If there's such a thing as a driver's seat in the NFC East, that's pretty much it.
In other words, the Cowboys loss last night means Philly now has the ability to control its own destiny as well, since that Week 16 game could shape up to be winner-take-all.
That was the first full Dallas game I've watched besides the NE game played I n terrible conditions. For all the Garrett talk that has to be the worst coached defense in the league. Zero disguise, zero pre-snap motion just nothing to confuse the offense. Must be the easiest team to gameplan for even though they have talent at all three levels. Do they always look that vanilla?
There was a brief blip in time at the beginning of the season when the offense featured more play action, more pre-snap motion, and more deep throws to stretch the defense. That's gone now and they've reverted back to their old vanilla ways of lining up in essentially the same formation and daring the defense to stop them - which worked pretty damn well in years past, thanks to a dominant offensive line. Well, defenses have begun to stop them but nothing has been done about it. The defense is facing the same problem, considering twice in the past year there have been stories that the opposing offense knew exactly what they would be doing (Aikman even harped on their vanilla schemes all night last night).
And that, in a nutshell, is why Garrett needs to go. Belichick can get away with being an automaton because he schemes and his teams produce on the field. Garrett and his "process" can get fucked. I likened this team thusly last night:
The Cowboys in 2019 under Garrett are what an Augie Garrido-led baseball team would be with no pitching, no defense, and hitters who can't bunt.
What I mean is, Garrett's philosophy since coming into that new toy known as an offensive line is to play close games via grind-it-out offense, solid defense, and playing field position with special teams. They have failed spectacularly in all three phases this year. And that's why they're 6-7 with not a single win against a team with a winning record.