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Which team has the best chance to beat the Cowboys? The answer: the Cowboys, themselves.

The Cowboys are 9-1. Every week they've played this year, they seemed to have gotten better. And they're one of the youngest teams in the league.

The Cowboys are simply just starting. They're that good. The Cowboys are so good that they have the most enviable QB dilemma in recent history: Dak vs. Romo.

The Cowboys' offensive line is more dominant than any other unit in the league. Better than Seattle's secondary, or the Legion of Boom, as they're advertised. Better than the Giants' wide receivers. Better than Denver's front 7. Here's why: the Cowboys' offensive line allows them to lead one of the NFL's most dangerous offenses. They are among the leaders in almost every single offensive category: from time of possession to average number of plays per game to rushing yards. The Cowboys' offensive line, full of Pro Bowlers, went 4-12 because Kellen Moore, Brandon Weeden, and Matt Cassel barely resembled QB's. Dak Prescott has lead the Cowboys to a franchise record 9 wins in a row. What Tony Dorsett did as a rookie in 16 games, Zeke did more in 10. There is no unit more dominant than the Cowboys' offensive line. They make everybody around them better. And now with MVP candidates in rookies Dak and Zeke, the Cowboys look like they're here to stay for the next 5 years or so. The Cowboys lead the league in time of possession, meaning that their defense is fresh and well-rested.

Please, guys, come up with an awesome nickname for our offensive line. I'd suggest the Great Wall of Texas. Any thoughts?

As good as Seattle's secondary is, they clearly get overworked. It is obvious when they're tired and they start giving up plays. Offenses don't get tired. Defenses do. The Cowboys simply tired Baltimore's top-ranked rush defense. They tired Green Bay, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia's defense. Rodgers barely had the ball, and when he did a well-rested Cowboy defense made Rodgers completely average. Can Dallas beat Seattle? They won AT Seattle in 2014. They can do it again. Seattle's defense will get tired, allowing Dallas to run all over them. Seattle doesn't have the offense to keep up with the Cowboys. Same as Denver, who are even more lopsided with one side of the ball over another. Denver's offense will barely be on the field against the Cowboys, and Trevor Siemian or Paxton Lynch aren't talented enough to keep up with Dak and Zeke and our offensive line.

New England? Tom Brady will do well against any defense, but he won't see the field as much as he'd like to. The Cowboys' offense will spend so much time on the field that they won't leave the Pats much time with the ball. The Cowboys' offense is much more effective than the Pats' defense. Absolutely no match.

Oakland? To be honest, I think they have a better chance to beat us than Seattle or New England. Oakland's offensive line is 80% as good as ours, and I do think they have the 2nd best offensive line in the country. However, our defense is still better than theirs, and they commit too many penalties. Oakland is playing like the 2nd best team in the country, and I think they probably are.

So which team will really have a chance to beat the Cowboys? The answer is: the Cowboys, themselves. The Cowboys have rarely been a top dog in the last 10 years. Now, they'll get everybody's best game. Especially in division, where Philadelphia, New York, and Washington know us so well because we play them twice a year. The Cowboys will have to fight themselves psychologically and mentally because the season is long. And, of course, because only one team will be happy by the first Sunday of February. Going 15-1 is an outstanding achievement, especially for two rookies leading a team. Yet, it would feel empty to go 15-1 and not win in the Super Bowl. Ask the Panthers last year. Ask the Green Bay Packers in 2011. Ask the undefeated Pats. Would the Pats trade their 16-0 regular season for a Super Bowl? Absolutely.

If the Cowboys do lose, it doesn't mean I won't give credit to the opposition. Because I will. Because the winner of each game is simply the team that plays better for that game. But I am saying, that the Cowboys have been playing like they are the best team in the NFL that the best team to beat them would be themselves. Their offensive line is the reason they can beat up on any team's defense, more so than Seattle's secondary can beat anybody's offense. Because offenses don't get tired. Defenses do.

Beat the Redskins on Thanksgiving. How fitting we play our most traditional Thanksgiving rival yet again. Kirk Cousins looks really good. Heck, the entire NFC Beast looks like the NFC Beast again. This entire division is going to be a bloodbath, and the NFC Beast is gonna be the NFC Beast for a long time. What a time to be a Cowboys fan.

P.S.: The Cleveland Browns Clowns are 0-11. They have decided to replace the remainder of their games with 5 college teams: Bama, the Ohio State, Michigan, Clemson, and U-Dub. Unfortunately, they did lose to all of them. And they are now the 2nd team in history to go 0-16, and the first team EVER to lose to 5 college football teams. In all seriousness, the Browns Clowns are so BAD that I think these 5 college football teams can actually beat them.

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