Sunday update: Dallas will be the No. 3 seed in the NFC and will host the San Francisco 49ers in the Wild Card round next week. A Bucs victory over the Panthers took the No. 2 seed off the table for the Cowboys but they clinched the three-seed with the Rams falling in overtime to the 49ers. Show Saturday update: The Cowboys beat the Eagles. They need help to climb up from No. 4 to No. 3 or No. 2 in the NFC playoff standings. The Dallas Cowboys travel to face the Philadelphia Eagles in a Week 18 matchup of two teams already in the playoffs. Dallas won the NFC East and is guaranteed a top-four seed while the Eagles claimed a wild card berth and will finish in either sixth or seventh place. Kickoff is at 8:15 p.m. on Saturday and the game will air on ESPN and ABC. The Cowboys are a touchdown favorite at DraftKings Sportsbook. The Cowboys are dealing with some COVID-19 issues with linebacker Micah Parsons and OT Tyron Smith sidelined. The Eagles are likely to sit some of their starters with their seeding mostly settled. Relevant games impacting seeding for the Cowboys include: Panthers @ Buccaneers All seeding possibilities are broken down through NFLPlayoffScenarios.com. How they can be No. 2 seed
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Posted: Jan 9, 2022 / 07:17 PM CST Updated: Jan 9, 2022 / 11:18 PM CST
(KXAN) — The Dallas Cowboys earned the No. 3 seed for the NFC playoffs on a Matthew Stafford interception Sunday evening. No. 3 Dallas will host No. 6 San Francisco in the wildcard round of the NFL playoffs next weekend after the 49ers defeated the Los Angeles Rams and the Arizona Cardinals lost to the Seattle Seahawks Sunday. Dallas (12-5) and Los Angeles each won their respective divisions and finished with identical records, but the Cowboys won the tiebreaker with a 10-2 record in conference games. The Rams were 8-4 in NFC games. San Francisco (10-7) needed to beat the Rams Sunday to clinch its spot in the postseason, fighting off New Orleans for the final available NFC playoff spot. The 49ers won 27-24, ending the game in overtime on an Ambry Thomas interception of Stafford. The schedule for next week’s wildcard round hasn’t been released. Games will be played Saturday, Sunday and Monday (Jan. 15, 16 and 17). The final two spots in the AFC will be decided after Sunday night’s game between the Los Angeles Chargers and Las Vegas Raiders. NFL playoff matchupsNFC
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