Cowboys 'Control Their Own Destiny': Top 10 Takes on Playoff Schedule - FISH PODCAST

Dallas Cowboys 'Control Their Own Destiny': Top 10 Takes on Playoff Schedule - FISH PODCAST

FRISCO - One fun football cliche has been established as fact. The other? Well, for the Dallas Cowboys, it's fun!

'Control Their Own Destiny' is how we put it, and the Cowboys now do, thanks to their own good-enough work and thanks to a fortuitous turn of events in the NFC playoff race.

And that good fortune is the result of ... the lifting of "The Jimmy Curse'''?!

We've got our Top 10 Takes on the Cowboys and the Playoff Schedule in the FISH PODCAST as we kick around the NFC Playoff Picture, featuring ...

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1 Seed. 49ers (12-4): Clinched the NFC No. 1 seed. Locked in to the bye.

2 Seed. Cowboys (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth, with ownership of the tiebreakers over both the Lions and the Eagles. If Dallas wins next week at Washington, Dallas is the No. 2 seed and begins the playoffs at home.

3 Seed: Lions (11-5): Clinched the NFC North.

4 Seed: Buccaneers (8-8): For now, anyway.

5 Seed: Eagles (11-5): Clinched a playoff berth but are likely to be only a Wild Card.

6 Seed: Rams (9-7): Clinched a playoff berth.

7 Seed: Packers (8-8): Will be a wild card if they beat the Bears on Sunday. ... and maybe Dallas' Round 1 foe. The Seahawks (8-8) still have a shot here.

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How did it all come to this for Dallas on a weekend featuring the Ring of Honor induction of coach Jimmy Johnson ... the results ...

Are dissected here, with you and for you, in the Fish Podcast and the Fish Report. Enjoy, and Happy New Year!