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6 teams poised to finally return to the NFL playoffs in 2020

By Andrew Kulp

ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 23: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys looks to pass against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first quarter at AT&T Stadium on December 23, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
ARLINGTON, TEXAS - DECEMBER 23: Dak Prescott #4 of the Dallas Cowboys looks to pass against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the first quarter at AT&T Stadium on December 23, 2018 in Arlington, Texas. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images) /
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Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy and owner Jerry Jones will try to get the franchise back to the NFL playoffs.
Head coach Mike McCarthy of the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images) /

Dallas Cowboys

Does getting back to the postseason after a one-year absence qualify as “finally” returning? When you’re America’s Team and have Jerry Jones performing weekly colonoscopies on the entire operation by way of talk radio, no doubt about it.

Fortunately for Dallas, Jones finally got serious about the head coaching situation after allowing Jason Garrett to guide the franchise to one playoff win over a decade.

It’s hard to predict what kind of shelf life Mike McCarthy can have under one of the NFL’s most meddling owners. As far as 2020 is concerned though, expect the offensive guru to have an immediate impact on the trajectory of quarterback Dak Prescott.

Through four seasons, Prescott has been good with glimpses of great. McCarthy can help push the 27-year-old signal-caller into the conversation with the elite, same as he did for Aaron Rodgers in Green Bay early in the future Hall of Famer’s career.

It doesn’t hurt the Cowboys bolstered an already talented roster, either. Wide receiver CeeDee Lamb was a steal in Round 1 of the draft, while the defense adds linemen Everson Griffen, Dontari Poe and Aldon Smith, and safety HaHa Clinton-Dix.

The biggest move by far was dumping Garrett though. Textbook addition by subtraction.

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