The 11-5 NFC East champion Dallas Cowboys take on the 11-5 Philadelphia Eagles for the third time this season when the two rivals meet in Saturday’s NFC wild card showdown on NBC. These two teams just met in Week 17 with Dallas cruising 24-0. That win was the second this season and the fourth in the last six meetings for the Cowboys, which hold a 55-43 lead in the all-time series.
While Dallas has had the edge over the Philadelphia this season, it knows that winning in the regular season and winning in the playoffs are two entirely different things. In the 2007 season, the Cowboys defeated the Giants in both regular season games, but they lost to the eventual Super Bowl champs in the playoffs. That loss was the latest postseason defeat for a franchise that hasn’t won a playoff game since 1996. (more…)