3The Schedule Potentially Favors The Cowboys
Dallas will play the New York Giants and the Oakland Raiders away, and they’ll host the Seattle Seahawks, and after that, they will visit the Philadelphia Eagles. At first, it seems like the Cowboys don’t actually stand a chance to run the table but let’s see just how realistic of an expectation that would be.
The New York Giants recently revealed that Geno Smith will start instead of Eli Manning and Janoris Jenkins was shut down for the rest of the year. After 10 days of rest, the Cowboys should go into the Meadowlands with the aim of winning.
After their game against the Giants, the Cowboys are visiting Oakland for the clash against the Raiders. There is a possibility that the Raiders won’t have their top wide receiver Amari Cooper since he got injured. Oakland team is currently 5-6 and sit in the bottom third of most defensive statistical categories. Their performance throughout the season so far wasn’t satisfactory. Considering all of this, the America’s Team should do everything to win.
Seattle, probably the hardest remaining game. Even though the Seahawks have injuries both on the defensive and offensive sides, they will come to Dallas to fight for their playoff lives. The Seahawks are 7-4, and they are a decent team, but they are far from unbeatable. Considering that Richard Sherman and Kam Chancellor are sitting out the rest of the season and Russell Wilson is currently serving as a one-man-show on offense the chances are good that the Cowboys could actually win it. Especially when we take into consideration the fact that Ezekiel Elliott should be eligible to play for the first time after his six-game suspension. Expect a hard game, it could go both sides, but the Cowboys surely have a better chance of winning.
The final match of the season – the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles just kicked their butts. However, the Cowboys might be relieved since the squad from Philadelphia have nothing to play for actually. Just like in the previous season when the Cowboys went to Philly with nothing to play for. If the Eagles lower their guard that means they will be resting Carson Wentz and the majority of his star teammates on both defensive and offensive sides. If the Cowboys succeed at running the table before entering the final match, we are sure that they could also beat the Eagles who have locked up the NFC East.
