As we enter the final week of the regular season the Dallas Cowboys sit in second place in the NFC East. 

Their spot in the playoffs is secure, but their hopes for a higher seeding are still alive. 

To win the NFC East the Cowboys will need some help from their arch rivals in the Philadelphia Eagles.

That help will be hard to find as the Eagles have the Cardinals and the Giants remaining on their schedule, but perhaps one of those teams can surprise the Eagles as the Cardinals surprised the Cowboys earlier in the year. At the time of publishing the articles, the Eagles led their Week 17 game versus Arizona 21-13. 

The Cowboys need to do everything they can to get at least one home playoff game for an obvious reason: Their home and away splits. 

The Cowboys are 3-5 on the road this season. The points differential isn't all that bad as opponents have only scored 178 points on them while away. But the Cowboys' offense struggles to get going only having 172 points scored.

At home, it is a different story. Despite an uncharacteristic showing against the Lions, the Cowboys won (in a very dramatic fashion). At home, the Cowboys are on a 16-game win streak dating back to last year. In six of their eight home games this year they have won by 20 or more points, as well as averaging nearly 40 points at home (37.7). 

To avoid further playoff disappointment the Cowboys must win the division so they can at least get one home playoff game. Otherwise, it'll be up to them to show us consistency on the road they have yet to show us. Penalties and self-inflicted woes have been their undoing when on the road.

There will be no room for that in the postseason if they're to join the rarefied air of the 2020 Bucs, 2010 Packers, and 2007 Giants: Road playoff warriors who won the Super Bowl as Wild Card t

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