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Right on the Bears, we’ll see about the rest of the Cowboys schedule

Well, I was right about the Cowboys vs. the Bears, though I didn't get to enjoy the game because I'm overseas and didn't see a single play.

Groan.

Still think my evaluation of Dallas and my predictions are on-track. To recap:

But a team with a good quarterback will pick the Dallas secondary apart. And that means 6 teams the Cowboys will face.

Tom Brady will pick the Cowboys secondary apart on October 14th. McNabb will pick them apart on November 4th, and maybe on December 16th. Farve will pick them apart on November 29th.  Kidna will pick them apart on December 9th. And Delhomme will finish the job on December 22nd.

That gives the Cowboys a 10-6 record. True, something odd will probably happen and they'll win one of the aforementioned games, but something odd will probably happen in one of the other games that will cause a loss.

Where I may be off is that it's possible that Dallas will win both Philadelphia games. My prediction above had them losing both games, but now I think they'll win one and maybe both.

Of course, injuries to great quarterbacks will affect this prediction, but not so much injuries to wide receivers. I think the Cowboys secondary is so bad that a great quarterback will still pick them apart, even with modest receivers.

But it looks to me at this point like the Cowboys are a likely NFC champ, even with a suspect secondary.

The wild card is that the Dallas offense looks so potent that, even with a suspect secondary, they may still be able to get in an offensive horserace with some of these teams.