NFL Power Rankings Week 14: The Cowboys and Eagles are on a playoff collision course

The last time the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles played for the NFC title, was in 1980. Tom Landry still roamed the Dallas sideline, with Danny White as his signal-caller. Meanwhile, a young Dick Vermeil coached an upstart Philadelphia squad and Ron Jaworski to an upset of Dallas for a berth in Super Bowl 15.

Over four decades later, we might finally be setting up for another conference championship battle between two long-time, hated NFC East rivals.

With only a little over a month left in the 2022 NFL regular season, the modern iterations of the 11-1 Eagles and 9-3 Cowboys look like the clear two best teams in the NFC. Bar none. Case closed. There is no debate. There’s no other conclusion after watching Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia thoroughly embarrass the Titans, and Dak Prescott’s Cowboys put the Colts on a spit roast on national television.

Seeding and playoff matchups will have to end the right way for two divisional teams to meet up at the end of January. But even if the Cowboys and Eagles don’t battle in the actual NFC title game in the playoffs, it should be understood that any potential postseason duel between the two monsters of the NFC Beast will likely decide the conference winner anyway.

Dallas. Philadelphia. For all the marbles. Don’t you just love the prospect of that sheer chaos?

Here are For The Win’s power rankings for Week 14 of the 2022 NFL season — featuring the Cowboys and Eagles on a collision course.