NFL Power Rankings, Week 16: Cowboys find their grove, 49ers stunned by Falcons
By Dan Parzych
11. Dallas Cowboys (17)
The argument can be made that no team has taken as much criticism over the last few months as the Dallas Cowboys, although they did technically deserve it with some of their poor play.
Seeing how it took the Cowboys until Week 15 to defeat their first team with a winning record in the Los Angeles Rams sums up why the team has received so much criticism, but all that matters is they still control their playoff destiny.
Thanks to their win over the Rams, the Cowboys can simply clinch the NFC East title with a win in Philadelphia during Week 16, and they then get to be part of a completely new season in January.
If Dallas can find a way to continue playing on a high level similar to Sunday when they embarrassed Los Angeles, why wouldn’t fans feel confident in their chances of making a deep run in the playoffs?
Most football fans know the talent has always been there for the Cowboys, so now it’s time for the team to prove they are in fact the real deal over this final stretch of the regular season, because if not, Jason Garrett could be out of a job in a matter of weeks.