Cowboys remaining schedule:
1) At Broncos
2) Cardinals (MNF)
3) Bye
4) At Raiders (MNF)
5) Eagles
6) Chiefs (Thanksgiving)
7) at Lions (Thursday night)
8) Vikings (SNF)
9) Chargers
10) at Redskins (Christmas Day)
11) at Giants
At 3-3-1 they probably need to win 7 of 10 to make the playoffs. 6 of 10 makes it iffy, but possible. 8 of 10 would be a virtual lock. Things obviously could change, but they are likely favorites v Cards, Raiders, Vikings, Chargers and Giants and they MIGHT be favored v Eagles and Redstinks. KC is playing better now and would have to lose some more to be an underdog v us I think. I doubt we'll be favored v Detroit unless they have some significant injuries and we're not favored this week v Denver.
Losing to bad teams like the Bears and especially Panthers could bite them in the ass.
Of course if the defense doesn't improve, all this is probably a moot discussion.