Cowboys BREAKING: Dallas Wins NFC East During Pregame Warmups

The Cowboys don’t play until Sunday night, against visiting Washington, and that outing will help define things as well. But today? The opening of gifts is about to commence.

ARLINGTON- The playoff-bound Dallas Cowboys just won the NFC East ... while barely working up a sweat.

A combination of things - two of six games going a certain way, actually - was set up to clinch the division for Dallas today, even before tonight's kickoff against Washington here at AT&T Stadium.

And the dominoes fell.

Thanks to victories by Atlanta (vs. Detroit) and Las Vegas (vs. Denver), Dallas gets the strength-of-victory tiebreaker over the Philadelphia Eagles in the division.

And thus, the Cowboys have secured their first NFC East title since 2018.

The Cowboys had already locked up a playoff spot thanks to the Thursday night result, the Tennessee Titans’ 20-17 win over the San Francisco 49ers.

But now, with the division clinched, a step up, as the Cowboys are guaranteed at least a No. 4 seed, and the locked-in opportunity to host a home playoff game.

At this moment, due to other moving and shaking on Sunday, the Cowboys (10-4) are only the fourth seed in the NFC.

But that's where the Washington Football Team comes in.

Dallas can move back up to the No. 2 seed while continuing to chase the Green Bay Packers, who are 12-3 and currently hold that top spot in the NFC - and the first-round bye that goes with it.

The Cowboys entered the weekend with a wish list. Two of those Christmas gifts have already been handed to them. Now come three more chances to keep climbing and to keep winning. The Cowboys' next step comes tonight against visiting Washington.

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