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The Cowboys' Week 12 meeting with the Eagles is a clash between the division's top two teams. Dallas can narrow the gap with an upset win, which leaves an outside chance that the team could make a surprising push for the NFC East title open.
The AFC East entered Sunday as a two-team race, as the Bills and Patriots were fighting for the top of the division. With the Bills loss to the Dolphins, though, Buffalo remains in second place in the AFC East as they have now lost three of their last five games.
Either way, Buffalo lost a game it shouldn't have, and as a result, the Patriots move further ahead in the AFC East standings as the Bills' recent stranglehold over the division appears to be loosening with each passing week.
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It was just the Raiders, of course, but the Cowboys played arguably their best game of the season in rolling Las Vegas 33-16. Dak Prescott threw four touchdown passes; Williams 1.5 sacks and five quarterback hits;