Cowboys and Giants Playoff Scenarios

Since the Cowboys have the lead of the division by one game to the Giants heading into these last few weeks, they have the most playoff scenarios. So let's get started.

1. Cowboys win and the Giants win: The winner of Week 17's matchup (Cowboys vs. Giants) will win the division.
2. Eagles beat the Cowboys and the Giants win: Again, the winner of week 17's matchup will win the division.
3. Cowboys win and the Jets beat the Giants: Giants are out of the playoff race, and the Cowboys clinch the division.
4. Eagles beat the Cowboys, the Jets beat the Giants, the Eagles beat the Redskins and the Giants beat the Cowboys Week 17: Eagles win the division because of their tiebreaker between all three teams.
5. Eagles beat the Cowboys, Jets beat the Giants, Redskins beat the Eagles, and the Giants beat the Cowboys: The Giants clinch the division with their 2-0 tiebreaker over the Cowboys.
6. Eagles beat the Cowboys, Jets beat the Giants, Redskins beat the Eagles, and the Cowboys beat the Giants: Cowboys are division champs.
7. Eagles beat the Cowboys, Jets beat the Giants, Eagles beat the Redskins, and the Cowboys beat the Giants: Cowboys are division champs.

Important things to note:

1. If the Cowboys beat the Eagles OR the Giants beat the Jets in Week 16, the Eagles are eliminated.


2. If the Eagles lose either one of their final two games -- Week 16 in Dallas or Week 17 against the Redskins -- they are eliminated.

3. If the Cowboys and Giants both win in Week 16, the winner of the Week 17 Cowboys-Giants game will be division champ.

4. The Cowboys are the only one of the three teams that can clinch the division in Week 16. The Giants and Eagles could both be eliminated by Week 16 results. The Cowboys cannot.


So as you can see, there are a lot of different ways each team can win the division. We'll see how these change after this week! Have a good day, and stay tuned in to my blog for some more posts. Make sure to enter your email above to be notified when I post some more stuff!