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In case you forgot Youth La'el Collins Jersey , e Dallas Cowboys, and to be fair there’s certainly more than enough that needs correcting.The offense is atrocious. They’re operating at a scoring degree that is so low it’d break your back if you tried to limbo underneath it. In an era of the NFL where passing is at a premium, Dak Prescott has failed to eclipse 200 yards in nine of his last 11 games. It’s not exactly fruitful out there. What if I told you it was fruitful, though? Obviously the Cowboys need to turn things around in the win and loss columns, but their offense is kind of working to a degree even though it doesn’t feel like it. To nobody’s surprise, Ezekiel Elliott is tied for the lead in rushing across the league.Matt Breida, 274Ezekiel Elliott, 274Christian McCaffrey, 271Todd Gurley, 255Adrian Peterson, 236Obviously winning a rushing crown doesn’t exactly equate to winning football games, but it can certainly help. We know the Cowboys blueprint is to feed Zeke Youth Antwaun Woods Jersey , and considering he’s fifth-best in the league at yards per carry (5.7) it would make sense to try to ride that wave.There’s a sense among Cowboys fans that the offensive line hasn’t exactly played up to the standard we’ve grown accustomed to, and that’s probably fair to say. As different as this season feels for the ‘Boys up front they’re still among the league’s best at what they do from a measurable standpoint (in the run game specifically).In spite of all of this the Cowboys have fed Zeke at what is literally a historic low for his professional career. He’s only gotten 48 carries this season which is far and away the lowest for him across a three-game stretch as a member of the Cowboys.Dallas fell behind in Carolina and at Seattle so they had to abandon the running game earlier than a team with their composition would have liked. We saw against the Seahawks how they tried to get Zeke involved in the passing game, a career-high eight targets (he’s previous career-high was seven targets, coincidentally last season also against Seattle). There’s no question that Zeke is still an elite offensive weapon, it’s just a matter of using that weaponry to the right degree, something the Cowboys haven’t quite been able to do this season.Cowboys Playoff Tracker: How win over Lions changed Cowboys’ postseason odds Here at Blogging The Boys, we’ve been tracking the Cowboys’ playoff chances since Week 1, even though there were some questions about why we would be talking about the playoffs after losing the season opener. The Cowboys are now 2-2, and we continue with our weekly look at the Cowboys’ playoff odds, even as folks continue to think posting Jim Mora’s “Playoffs?” rant is still somehow original 12 years after it happened.We’ll start off today’s look at the playoff odds with this convenient reference chart which shows the historic playoff odds since realignment in 2002 for every relevant W/L record.At 2-2, the historic playoff odds for the Cowboys stand at just 36%. Which looks a little strange considering that 0-0 teams and 1-1 teams have better odds than 2-2 teams. But this has a lot to do with the number of games remaining. If we consider that 11 wins gets you a sure playoff berth (in most years), then 0-0 teams need an 11-5 record - or a .688 winning percentage - to make the playoffs. But a team already at 2-2 needs to finish the season with a 9-3 record (.750 winning percentage) to get to 11-5 Womens Demarcus Lawrence Jersey , and that higher required winning percentage is why the odds of making the playoffs are lower for a 2-2 team than a 1-1 or 0-0 team. But the historic odds are just one way of looking at playoff odds. Here are four more:Fivethirtyeight.comIn an Elo-based calculation that takes into account scoring differential, last season’s record (to an extent), the unexpected nature of their wins and more, the site gives the Cowboys a 38% chance of making the playoffs, pretty much in line with the historic odds.Football OutsidersAnother source for playoff odds comes from our good friends at Football Outsiders. Here’s how FO see the playoff odds for winning the division, getting a bye week, or gaining a wild card berth: With a 34% chance at the playoffs for the Cowboys, FO is pretty much in line with the historic odds. VegasOddshark shows that the Cowboys have improved their odds of winning the NFC East to +275 after opening the season with +333. Current Odds to win NFC East:Philadelphia Eagles -118 (opening: -180)Dallas Cowboys +275 (+333)Washington Redskins +350 (+700)New York Giants +1200 (+700)Pythagorean Win ProjectionsWe looked in detail at the Pythagorean Formula in last week’s playoff tracker and saw that it would have taken a big win against the Lions to move the projection noticeably.The Cowboys did win against the Lions, but only by two points, so the Pythagorean win projection for the Cowboys after four weeks is at a lowly 7.0 wins, and that’s certainly not enough for a playoff berth.But all of this is just a snapshot. So here’s the question the next few weeks need to answer: Are the 2018 Cowboys a playoff contender whose offense was simply off to a slow start to the season and is now finding its groove? Or are the four games so far indicative of what the 2018 Cowboys are - a middling team with an eight-win ceiling?