Easy Come, Easy Go

For a couple of days, Dallas held the number 2 wildcard spot. Carolina, Atlanta, Tampa Bay and Washington losing on Sunday would have helped The Cowboys maintain that spot.

Unfortunately, the only help they got was with Washington losing to the Giants. Everyone else won.

Atlanta and Carolina now hold the two wildcard spots, making a playoff berth that much more difficult. This likely means that 10 wins won't be enough, hell, 11 wins might not even be enough in this year's NFC.

Dallas, arguably has the toughest final stretch of games with Pittsburgh, the Giants, Baltimore and Philly. It only goes to show that nothing comes easy in the NFL and the Cowboys might have to go 4-0 to be able to play in January. Fingers are crossed.

IN OTHER COWBOYS NEWS

Left Guard, Kyle Kosier, whose foot injury kept him out of most games this season, re-injured his foot and will be placed on IR. Montrae Holland, who started his first game against Seattle, will more than likely fill his spot for the remainder of the year.

To fill Kosier's roster spot, Dallas signed linebacker Steve Octavien off of Washington's practice squad. Octavien played for Nebraska in college and played pretty darn good. This move will add even more depth at linebacker, but it is likely that Octavien will spend most of his time on special teams.

IN OTHER "NON-COWBOYS" NEWS

Division Rival and current Super Bowl Champs, the New York Giants, have one less playmaker in their stable for the rest of the season as WR Plaxico Burress, who some might remember as the one who caught the winning touchdown pass in the Super Bowl, has been shot in the leg, or shot himself, or something.

There hasn't been much news about this except that Burress was shot in the leg. Early reports state that he accidently shot himself in the thigh at a night club and it is not life threatening. Since police still have to investigate, that's pretty much all that was officially reported.

Regardless what transpired, a bullet in the thigh might take longer to recover from than the hamstring he pulled against Baltimore, so I would assume he's out for the rest of the year.