Dallas BREAKING: Cowboys CLINCH Playoff Spot Before Buffalo Bills Game

One of the 14 scenarios played out in Week 15, and the Dallas Cowboys - who play at the Buffalo Bills - have already punched their ticket to the NFC playoffs.

Yes, the Dallas Cowboys will need some help over the final month of the regular season to win the NFC East and edge out the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles for the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs.

But coach Mike McCarthy's squad had a chance to clinch a postseason spot in Week 15 even before playing on Sunday afternoon at Buffalo.

And indeed, a scenario has unfolded ... and Dallas - before the late-afternoon kick - has already clinched.

How did it happen? Simple ...

Receiver CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys can clinch a playoff spot this weekend.  / USA Today

With Green Bay and Atlanta losing and Detroit winning, the Cowboys have clinched a playoff spot. There is more to be done ...

But that is a good start to the day.

The Cowboys, winners of five consecutive games, will travel to Buffalo to battle with a 7-6 Bills team that's in the midst of a crowded AFC playoff picture in Week 15. Quarterback Dak Prescott, receiver CeeDee Lamb and do-it-all-defender Micah Parsons needed just one of these 14 scenarios to play out to join the 49ers as teams who have clinched a playoff spot in the NFC. 

Scenario 1: Cowboys defeat or tie Bills

Scenario 2: Los Angeles Rams lose or tie and Seattle Seahawks lose or tie

Scenario 3: Green Bay Packers lose and Rams lose or tie and Atlanta Falcons lose or tie

Scenario 4: Packers lose and Falcons lose or tie and Seahawks lose or tie

Scenario 5: Packers lose and Falcons lose or tie and Detroit Lions win or tie

Scenario 6: Tampa Bay Buccaneers lose and Minnesota Vikings lose or tie and Rams lose or tie

Scenario 7: Buccaneers lose and Vikings lose and Seahawks lose or tie

Scenario 8: Buccaneers lose and Vikings lose or tie and Lions lose or tie

Scenario 9: Buccaneers lose and 49ers win or tie and Lions win or tie

Scenario 10: Buccaneers lose and Lions win or tie and Rams lose or tie

Scenario 11: Buccaneers tie Packers and Rams lose or tie

Scenario 12: Buccaneers tie Packers and Seahawks lose or tie

Scenario 13: Buccaneers tie Packers and Lions win or tie

Scenario 14: Seahawks lose or tie and Vikings lose and Cowboys clinch strength-of-victory tiebreaker over Falcons

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