(24 votes: Baca, Band, Battista, Bergman, Bhanpuri, Cersosimo, Chadiha, Edholm, Filice, Florio, Gonzales, Grant, Jones-Drew, Kownack, Magdziuk, Mariucci, Okada, Patra, Rank, Rosenthal, Ross, Shook, Walker, Zierlein.)
2) Dallas Cowboys (+185) | 4 votes: Abdoo, Blair, Parr, Reuter.
The NFC East hasn’t had a repeat champion since the Eagles won three straight following realignment in 2002. Our analysts see that trend continuing this season (sorry, Cowboys!), with Philadelphia receiving 24 first-place votes and earning a playoff spot on all 28 of our analysts’ ballots. Dallas is still predicted to be the conference’s fifth seed, receiving the most total points among all NFC wild-card contenders. A playoff berth would be nothing new for Dallas, which is one of just 10 teams with double-digit playoff appearances this millennium. However, of those 10 teams, all but the Cowboys have advanced to a conference title game; in fact, the other nine have all won at least one Lombardi Trophy since 2000.
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