Thanksgiving weekend is almost over, but I hope it’s not too late to add one more item to my Thanksgiving list: Thank you New York Giants for losing to the Vikings and inching the Cowboys that much closer to the NFC East title.

The loss puts the Cowboys at two games needed to wrap up the division, either two wins, or a win and a Giant’s loss. How much more important does this make the Green Bay game? Probably not much at all, win or lose, Dallas looks destined to win their division, but home field advantage would still be sweet.

With Washington having lost to Tampa Bay, and Philly playing New England, the division certainly looks all but wrapped up at this point. Mathematically speaking, the Redskins and Eagles are still in the race, but the Redskins would need to win out while Dallas would need to lose the rest of their games, and the Eagles could suffer a loss to the Patriots but would need to win the rest of their games with (again) Dallas losing all of theirs.

As for the Giants, the NFC East may be slipping out of their hands, but they are still at the top of the list for a wildcard berth. But to do so, they will have to string together some wins, something they’ve had problems doing in December for the last few seasons.