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The Los Angeles Chargers kept the Dallas Cowboys playoff hopes alive.
With Philadelphia dropping to 8-5 after a 22-19 loss in overtime to the Chargers on Monday night, the Cowboys now sit one and a half games behind the Eagles for the lead in the NFC East. Jones was excited about the fact that the chance is still there.
“Real excited. They didn’t have to put any field in the plane, I just flew up here on my own…” Jones said of his reaction to the game. “I know it’s cliché, but we’ve got to concentrate on the Minnesota Vikings this weekend. That’s a big game for us. Boy, you see you need to stay in there every play, every play is meaningful right at this particular time, and we’ve sure got a shot at this thing.”
Should Dallas win all of their last four games, Philadelphia would need to lose two of their remaining four games in order for the Cowboys to capture the division for the second time in the last three years.
No concerns with George Pickens
There was a lot of conversation surrounding WR George Pickens’ effort in the loss against the Detroit Lions last Thursday, something that Jones warned to be “very careful” in terms of criticizing him about. On Tuesday, he made clear again that he had no issue with Pickens’ performance.
“Just so that I’m real clear about it: I don’t have the concern about the debate about what George Pickens did or didn’t do in that game. I don’t have that kind of concern about him as far as his competing and helping us win football games on the field, at all.”
On Monday, head coach Brian Schottenheimer said he and Pickens spoke about a social media post Pickens made in response to former NFL CB Richard Sherman, who said Pickens looked “disengaged amongst other things, and did not disclose the details of the conversation but did say: “I love watching the guy play football.”
Here’s where things stand entering Week 15 around the Cowboys playoff hopes.
Entering Week 15 of the NFL season, the Dallas Cowboys are firmly on the outside looking in when it comes to the NFC playoff picture.
But despite a 44-30 loss to the Detroit Lions last Thursday that dropped the team to 6-6-1, the path for the Cowboys to make the playoffs is not as unrealistic as you may think.
Simply put, the Philadelphia Eagles’ 22-19 overtime loss to the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night was huge. While the result only boosted the current odds for the Cowboys from 7% to 11%, it created a path that Dallas was already keen...
