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NFC East

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. New York Giants
3. Washington Commanders
4. Philadelphia Eagles

Coming off of their worst season since their run of dominance starting in S7, I think the Cowboys can get back into the playoffs. Everyone in this division is excellent and questionable at multiple things, but I'm most optimistic about the Cowboys. They have a last place schedule that includes the Buccaneers and Lions and a non-conference slate against the AFC East. They were one of the worst running teams last season, but HB Phillip Lindsay was very promising in a small sample size and looks to be the best HB they've had since Darius Walker retired after S14. QB Cam Newton is replaced with Andy Dalton who has shown to spread the ball around a lot more, which is great for offense with WRs Sammy Watkins and Davone Bess and TE Travis Kelce. The OL showed improvement last season and added Andre Smith at RT. The elite DL is back again and adds rookie Josh Sweat as a the rotational guy, the underrated MLB Sam Crooks, who makes every defense he plays for better, is making the Cowboys his final stop, and the safeties have been coming along nicely. I think that the Cowboys can threaten to field a Top 10 O and D again and perhaps vie for a bye.

The Giants probably blew everyone's expectations last season by getting a first round bye and reaching the NFC Championship game. Their defense was the main reason, but the offense with the addition of QB Aaron Murray and much improved OL play were also critical. I'm a bit skeptical if that was a sign of things to come, and they now lack a real receiving threat, so I think that they will probably slink back to single-digit wins, but in spite of the overall success from the division last season, this is a very much a winnable one even with a lesser roster, so they can go back-to-back if things fall their way.

I have long been bullish on the Commanders, and it appeared that everything was coming together until a late season collapse saw them miss the playoffs. Now they lost DT Christian Covington and WR Selwyn Lymon and the OL continues to shuffle. They aren't the most talented team, but they have a lot of the "right" players to make me believe in them, but they will probably take a step back this season and find themselves outside of the playoffs unless the defense is roughly a Top 10 unit and/or HB Ezekiel Elliot gets back on track.

The Eagles have one of the more stark contrasts between offense and defense. The issue is with this team, they do almost nothing particularlu well. QB Taysom Hill is uninspiring with his career highs in yards and TDs is 2354 and 15. HB Leonard Fournette is a career 3.7 YPC rusher. The best pass catcher is probably their TE, and he wouldn't make my Top 10 list at the position. The OL is the best part, but there's certainly a talent issue there. They've lost Hill and their presumed #1 WR for most of the season, and if they do decide to grab replacements, there's certainly better options but none that make me think that they can change the fortunes of this offense. We've seen elite defenses with poor offenses (and the Browns for the opposite) make the Super Bowl in recent seasons, but this team seems like the playoffs might be a longshot.