Week 4 NFL Picks: Can The Cowboys Keep Their Playoff Hopes Alive vs. Saints?

Over the course of a season, most football fans construct a mental map of the NFL teams. After last season for example, most football fans would have agreed that the Seahawks and Colts would be contenders this year. Yet after just three weeks, both teams have already dropped two games.

In the NFC, the Rams, 49ers, Giants, and Eagles are struggling to stay relevant after they all stumbled to 1-2 records. A loss this weekend and all three are virtually eliminated from playoff contention. And for the 0-3 Lions, Bears, and Saints, the season is already almost over.

It's still early in the season, and the teams off to a slow start can still rebound, while the teams off to a strong start could still hit a slump. But like every season, the NFL landscape is changing, and with it we fans have to readjust our mental map of NFL teams.

The reality of the 2015 season is taking shape right before our eyes, and that reality doesn't have much to do with with the 2014 season.

At the end of the day, sucessfully picking winners for the weekend games hinges on our ability to accurately assess the 2015 landscape and forget about what happened in 2014. Can we do that? Have a look at the picks below to find out - and don't forget to enter our Pick 256 challenge this week.

	Dave	Danny	Dawn	Jamie	Jim	Michael	OCC	rabble	Tom	Consensus
2015 Record	28-20	27-21	28-20	27-21	27-21	27-21	32-16	32-16	30-18	30-18
2015 Percentage	.583	.563	.583	.563	.563	.563	.667	.667	.625	.625
Record Week 2	10-6	10-6	10-6	12-4	12-4	12-4	11-5	12-4	13-3	12-4
BAL (-3) @ PIT
NYJ (-1.5) @ MIA
JAC @ IND (-9)
HOU @ ATL (-6.5)
CAR (-3) @ TB
NYG @ BUF (-5.5)
OAK (-3) @ CHI
PHI (-3) @ WAS
KC @ CIN (-4)
CLE @ SD (-7.5)
GB (-8.5) @ SF
MIN @ DEN (-6.5)
STL @ ARI (-7)
DAL @ NO (-4)
DET @ SEA (-10)

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We have close to 300 participants who've already submitted their picks for Week 4. If you haven't submitted your picks yet, you still have until 8:25 pm EST tonight to submit your picks, so time is running low.