Heading into their Sunday Night Football matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, the Dallas Cowboys had seen their already-low playoff odds take a significant hit, given the results of several games on the Sunday afternoon slate.
With the way things went down earlier in the day, a loss to the Vikings would completely eliminate Dallas from wild-card contention. And with the Philadelphia Eagles taking an easy 31-0 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, winning the NFC East, which was the Cowboys' easiest path to the postseason (but still a long shot), would become all but impossible.