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As the NFL season inches closer to the end, the final four teams remain. The Rams, Broncos, Seahawks and Patriots.
With the four teams that are left, we saw a common theme from them in the divisional round that got them in position to play for a chance to go to the Super Bowl.
If you did not watch the games this past weekend, please don’t try and make this an argument.
The difference between the teams that are left and the Dallas Cowboys is that all of these teams are capable of winning football games when the offense is not playing a high level.
The Rams forced three turnovers against the Bears on the road, including an interception in overtime that set them up for a game-winning field goal.
Props to the Rams defense. Three big 4th-down stops, three takeaways and a huge OT stand. They won that game for them.
Thank you to the 2025 Bears for providing me with two of the best playoff games I've ever seen and an overall whimsical-ass season. That was so fun.
— Carson Breber (@Carsobi) January 19, 2026
In a game where the Pats were trailing 10-7, they had a pick-6 that gave them the 14-10 lead, and they never looked back. They proceeded to have four interceptions in that game against the Houston Texans.
Say what you want about the call in overtime that helped the Broncos beat the Bills, they would not have been in that situation if it was not for forcing FIVE total turnovers in that game to beat Josh Allen.
They picked him off twice and forced three fumbles, and do we really need to talk about what the Seahawks’ defense did to the 49ers? Held them to a total of 6 points. Yeah, we don’t even need to talk about that.
We saw the defense of all these teams last weekend make plays when they needed to make plays to help them win all of these football games because the offense, on the other hand, was not perfect like everyone expects Dak Prescott to be.
Drake Maye and Matt Stafford, who are going to finish in the top two in the MVP voting, had a defense that helped them win these games in the playoffs, but we still have some people who think wins are strictly a quarterback stat, and it blows my mind.
The Dallas Cowboys have to nail this defensive coordinator hire and get the right guys in the building to help them do what these four teams showed last week.
They have two first round picks that they need to hit on in the draft. I still think that they could trade the second pick in the first round at pick no. 20, but expect them to take the top linebacker or safety that is on the board at pick no. 12.
We will see how the two title games go, but if...
