Thursday Night Football was billed as a “must win” for the Cowboys and Lions, which wasn’t entirely accurate. Both teams had a chance of making the playoffs, even with a loss — but it was going to be much, much more difficult to find a way into the postseason.
That’s especially true of the Cowboys, who really needed to beat the Lions to reasonably keep their playoff hopes alive, but stunningly there is still one path that remains for Dallas to make the playoffs despite their mediocre 6-6-1 record so far. Everything hinges on the Philadelphia Eagles.
As it stands the Cowboys have just a 7% chance of making the playoffs
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