The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of a monster 33-13 win over the Philadelphia Eagles and have won five games in a row overall to improve to 10-3.
Not only that, but by beating the Eagles this past Sunday, they vaulted themselves into first place in the NFC East division via the tiebreaker.
The Cowboys will now head on the road for a tough matchup with a desperate Buffalo Bills team, and if they continue winning, they will have a chance to secure the No. 1 overall seed in the NFC.
When asked about all of the scenarios involving other teams like the Eagles and San Francisco 49ers, head coach Mike McCarthy didn’t want to hear it. He simply wants his club to keep winning games.
“There’s nothing to juggle,” McCarthy said, via Patrik Walker of the Cowboys’ official team website. “You can’t control what the other aspects of it are. We need to beat Buffalo. When we’re standing at 11 wins, then we’ll look around and things will be a little more clear.”
Dallas has a brutal schedule ahead. Following the matchup with the Bills, the Cowboys will face the Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders to close out the regular season.
McCarthy said the remaining schedule is full of “juggernauts.”
“We’ve been talking about Buffalo all morning,” McCarthy added. “This is gonna be a great environment to play in — outdoors, northern climate, all of those things. I think this is what you need as part of that opportunity to win and grow. And if things go right and you’re able to grab momentum and those chunks of confidence that come with it, a good division win as we had last night, this is an opportunity to learn and grow our football team.”
The Cowboys have not had a whole lot of success since last winning the Super Bowl since the 1995-96 campaign, as they have not made it past the Divisional Round of the playoffs since.
Dallas is finally looking to break that spell this season, but with teams like Philadelphia and San Francisco in the conference, it certainly will not be easy.
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