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The NFL season is at its midpoint, which makes it officially time to start the " insert team here is a insert division/conference/Super Bowl here contender" on a week-to-week basis. Consider the our starting point, because, buddy, they look like a team that can win it all after dropping a 50-burger on the ' vaunted defense.They weren't alone in piling up points on the scoreboard, as the also lobbed a 50-spot up on the defense, a humiliating home lo s. In those games, and , the No. 1 and No. 2 picks in the 2016 , both threw four touchdowns and zero interceptions. They are the first pair of quarterbacks in history taken first and second overall to do so on the same day. Wild stuff -- go ahead and circle their matchup in Week 14 as must-see TV.Philly moved to 8-1, the fourth time it's been there as a franchise. In the previous four Dalton Pompey Jersey times, the Eagles appeared in the title game (1949, 1960, 1980 and 2004, previously). And they could do it again this year. Broncos cornerback -- he wasn't being sarcastic, and he wasn't insulting what Wentz and Co. are doing. The Eagles' offense is terrifying.They can run the option: . pitches to ... and he's in for SIX! NFL (@NFL) Wentz can just rip ga sers when he needs to: . to for SIX...AGAIN. NFL (@NFL) And they have read-pa s options that are just borderline difficult to prepare for -- got roasted here, but the only real way to beat this is to be decisive about what Wentz does: . Toronto Blue Jays T-Shirts + Its an TOUCHDOWN! NFL (@NFL) Talib was watching this play to stop the run when Wentz pulled the ball and ran to the sideline.At this point, is moving down the field and it's going to be a chunk play -- it's just about how much. Wentz put a perfect amount of touch on his pa s and it was over. Jeffery strolled into the end zone untouched."It's hard to come up with words. He's elevating the play around him. That's what great quarterbacks do," Eagles coach Doug Pederson when asked about Wentz. He's not wrong: Wentz is a worthy MVP candidate. He's playing lights out and he's executing this offense at a very high level.Wentz is not alone in that regard. Jared Goff, who got a dead dog defense in the Giants on Sunday, is playing extremely well too. Sean McVay deserves credit for whispering sweet nothings into Goff's ear and getting his quarterback going, but Goff is showing why he was the No. 1 pick.Look at the frozen he put on in the second quarter for a 67-yard touchdown: Jared Goff to Sammy Watkins. 67 yards. DIME. Cameron DaSilva (@camdasilva) Goff would end up averaging over 14 yards per pa s attempt en route to setting a career high in pa sing touchdowns against the Giants. New York stinks, but they're a profe sional football team playing at home coming off the bye. There was no reason to believe Goff would completely blowtorch them.He did. It's po sible the Rams and Eagles are going to be battling again in the playoffs. Deep in the playoffs even.Philadelphia is legit. The "1" in Jose Bautista Jersey the L column makes that clear, but they are operating with something sustainable -- a strong front seven on defense and elite quarterback play -- and just added another dimension to their running game. addition this past week is a ma sive boost to a running game that's been effective but erratic. Ajayi ripped off a long touchdown run (much to the dismay of everyone who didn't start him in Fantasy today, as well as Adam Gase and all fans) on just his fifth carry as an Eagles player, after managing zero touchdowns on 138 carries with the Dolphins. The 53-yard Jay Ajayi touchdown against the Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) The lo s of could still rear its ugly head, but the Eagles are a well-balanced team. They can rush the pa ser, the back end of the defense is holding up and they can torch you through the air or ground. They are not going away. We could see them in February.The Rams feel a little le s likely to make a deep run, maybe? But that's a little foolish: they have Goff playing exceptional football, and is running as well as any running back in the NFL (he's fourth in the NFL in rushing yards and first in touchdowns). They have tons of weapons on offense ( , and Watkins are underrated and emerging) and the defense has been playing really well the last few weeks. Wade Phillips is once again in his first year with a team. The Rams are now the 11th team in NFL history to beat an opponent by 30 points or more three times in their first eight games -- seven of the other 10 teams on that list went to the . The Rams could get better on defense, keep evolving on offense and end up being a major problem for someone(s) in the playoffs. crestingSpeaking of contenders, how about the Cowboys starting to really ramp things up? Dallas won its third straight game, another convincing victory, this time over a team in the that was, at Paul Molitor Jersey one point, the best in the NFL (Kansas City has lost three of fourand is heading the other way; the Chiefs are fine but it warrants mentioning).Dallas is in a weird spot now, though. The Cowboys are 5-3. They are two games back of Philadelphia at this point, but they get to play the Eagles twice between now and Week 17. That's good and bad news -- if you lose to the Eagles, the division is done and the wild card becomes difficult as well. Plus, they might be staring down some attrition. status is wide open. He could play the rest of the season, or he could start a suspension this week. Or maybe the next week. No one really knows, not even the judges who will eventually hear the latest iteration of his lawsuit against the NFL.Another negative: suffered an injury on Sunday, as did Terrence Williams. has been tremendous -- seriously, he deserves some MVP chatter too -- but losing his top two receiving weapons and his No. 1 running back would put the Cowboys up against it. Oh, and by the way Prescott is also from the 2016 NFL Draft cla s. We've got three of the top 15 quarterbacks in their second year part of that cla s. Pretty good cla s. Really good cla s.Vegas might see a suspension coming too, as Dallas is currently a 3.5-point underdog to the in Atlanta next week. That's a bizarre line for a public team like the Cowboys. For the sake of seeing this offense keep playing, here's hoping that is not the case. Dallas losing a lot of guys will slow their roll down and they're playing too well right now. We want these Philly-Dallas games to have the proper juice.If Dallas can get Elliott cleared and the wide receivers stay healthy, they are going to wreck some people in the coming weeks.Trainwreck in TampaThe are in a whole lot of trouble. A sleeper playoff team before the season, Tampa snookered us with an excellent season of "Hard Knocks" into believing they could make a leap after going 9-7 last season. Instead, the Bucs looked poised to tumble back into a top-five pick in the NFL Draft after another humiliating lo Marcus Stroman Jersey s against the on Sunday afternoon. Give the team a little