Cowboys' NFC East title extends impressive NFL-leading streak
By winning the NFC East title on Sunday, the Dallas Cowboys continued the NFL’s longest-running divisional streak. The NFC East hasn’t posted back-to-back divisional title winners since the Eagles won it three years running from 2002-04.
Since the streak of one-time winners began, the Giants have won three times, the Philadelphia Eagles have won six times, Washington has won three times and the Cowboys have won seven times.
Dallas took down the Commanders on Sunday 38-10, behind a 279-yard performance from quarterback Dak Prescott. By getting the win, Prescott joined Troy Aikman as the only quarterbacks in franchise history to win four divisional titles.
The Pro Bowl quarterback is more than ready to lead his team back into the playoffs after an early exit last year.
“Very ready,” Prescott said post-game. “Coming off of the past years, understanding the team that we have, knowing that coming into this season that we had a team that could compete, and we wanted to put ourselves in this position, and to stay in the moment each and every moment and not look forward to this. But, now, it’s upon us, and we’ve got to take it one game at a time — with the same attitude that we came into this game with; and the same attitude that we’ve taken in every home approach.
“… Tomorrow’s not promised, in that sense. … We’ve gotta make sure we give everything we can, in each and every moment.”
NFC East title winners since 2005
2005 – New York Giants
2006 – Philadelphia Eagles
2007 – Dallas Cowboys
2008 – New York Giants
2009 – Dallas Cowboys
2010 – Philadelphia Eagles
2011 – New York Giants
2012 – Washington Redskins
2013 – Philadelphia Eagles
2014 – Dallas Cowboys
2015 – Washington Redskins
2016 – Dallas Cowboys
2017 – Philadelphia Eagles
2018 – Dallas Cowboys
2019 – Philadelphia Eagles
2020 – Washington Football Team
2021 – Dallas Cowboys
2022 – Philadelphia Eagles
2023 – Dallas Cowboys
Cowboys to face Packers in Wild Card round
The Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys will play Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET. The two teams are the No. 7 and 2 seeds in the NFC, respectively. A classic matchup that goes back quite a bit, will be the featured game on Sunday during the first round.
Dallas clinched the NFC East and a 12-5 record Sunday with a win and the Packers beat their rival, the Chicago Bears, to grab the final spot.
The Green Bay Packers got a spectacular performance from quarterback Jordan Love on Sunday afternoon and in the process, clinched a spot in the upcoming playoffs.
The Packers defeated the Chicago Bears 17-9, and with the win, officially clinched a wild card berth. Green Bay got some big-time performances from their young core of wide receivers (Dontayvion Wicks and Jayden Reed) and their quarterback.