Winning the NFC East title is nice, but the Cowboys have sights set on more

Ralph Vacchiano

NFC East Reporter

The Dallas Cowboys celebrated this one, and they deserved to do it. Nobody thought they’d win the NFC East title as recently as two weeks ago.

But this is the ninth time they’ve won their division in the last 28 seasons, and the fourth time they’ve done it in Dak Prescott’s nine-year career. They know by now that this isn’t the title that matters. They know that in the end, there’s only one thing that does.

“The regular season is cute,” Cowboys linebacker Micah Parson said on Sunday. “But this is (about) legacy. There’s always the term: ‘Be phenomenal or be forgotten.'”

“It’s a huge accomplishment,” Prescott said of winning the division. “But focus is ahead. I want something better.”

What he wants — what they all want — is a trip to Super Bowl LVIII. It’s the only thing the Cowboys have wanted all season. And they know this is shaping up to be the best chance they’ve had to finally win a championship since they last won a Super Bowl, 28 years ago.

The Cowboys (12-5) were feeling good after they finished up the preamble to the playoffs in style on Sunday with a 38-10 pounding of the awful Washington Commanders (4-13). They got four touchdown passes and 279 yards from Prescott, and 13 catches, 98 yards and two touchdowns from his No. 1 receiver CeeDee Lamb. They even got 70 yards and a touchdown from disappointing running back Tony Pollard. And their defense was mostly dominant.

Sure, it was relatively easy against a Commanders team that had long been playing out the string, finishing on an eight-game losing streak for outgoing head coach Ron Rivera. But it still felt cathartic to end things with a blowout in a division game. Don’t underestimate the importance of the Cowboys doing what they should do against a bad team, either — especially on the road, which hasn’t exactly been kind to them this season (they’re 4-5 away from home).

And don’t dismiss the importance of winning…

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Publish date : 2024-01-08 02:09:01

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