Overview
- Dallas beat Las Vegas 33-16 to move to 4-5-1, rising to No. 10 in the NFC and sitting 2.5 games behind the No. 7 49ers for the final wild-card spot.
- The NFC East is effectively out of reach with the Cowboys 3.5 games back of the 8-2 Eagles.
- Dak Prescott went 25-of-33 for 268 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, then said the team has to go on a run and beat playoff-caliber opponents.
- The next six opponents all made last season’s playoffs, starting with the Eagles and Chiefs before the Lions, Vikings and Chargers, with road finales at Washington and the Giants.
- Dallas averages 29.6 points per game but allows 29.3, and local projections say a nine-win finish likely is required, with tiebreak factors like a loss to Carolina and a tie with Green Bay shaping the path.