The Dallas Cowboys woke up on Tuesday morning with a 3-5 record and seemingly a lot of soul-searching to do. As true as that is the world goes on and that means that Jerry Jones had one of his weekly appearances on 105.3 The Fan.Jones addressed how the defense needs to play better Chidobe Awuzie Jersey , that Jason Garrett is aware of the team needing to improve, but he dropped a bit of a bomb whether intentionally or not. When talking about Dak Prescott, Jerry Jones literally said that Prescott was going to get extended.Dak Prescott is eligible to be extended in the offseason and many once thought that would be when he got paid like a big-time NFL quarterback. Prescott hasn’t exactly played to those standards through eight games, and to be fair Jerry didn’t exactly say what the Cowboys would be paying him, but confirming that they would be extending the third-year quarterback is quite a vote of confidence.Of course, the Cowboys are obviously all-in on Dak. They traded away next year’s first-round draft pick to acquire Amari Cooper which is a move that helps Prescott. Incidentally, that is a move that would also remove the ability to acquire a top-of-the-draft prospect which further cements Prescott’s status as the team’s signal-caller for the 2019 season at minimum.For what it’s worth, if we’re talking about a fair contract given everything we’ve seen from Prescott over the last 365 days, then there are definitely worse moves that can be made. If the Cowboys can somehow get Prescott for relatively cheap, hope that he regains his rookie form in the future (perhaps under a different coaching staff) Jourdan Lewis Color Rush Jersey , then maybe it’s an investment Jerry Jones thinks is worth making.If the Cowboys go even more all the way in on Dak Prescott and hand him a contract to match that level of want and faith, well, that would be a different story entirely. For now, we know Dak is going to get extended. Unless Jerry Jones changes his mind. The Dallas Cowboys have already played their Week 13 game, they won against the previously 10-1 New Orleans Saints in case you forgot. It was amazing. But the show must go on and the rest of the league has yet to play including Monday night’s game between the Washington Redskins and Philadelphia Eagles.As things currently stand the Cowboys have a lead with a little breathing room in the NFC East, but things are a little dicey behind them. This is why Monday night’s game is important as how it goes will influence the rest of the season and division race.NFC East standings after Cowboys win on Thursday:Dallas Cowboys: 7-5 overall, 3-1 in divisionWashington Redskins: 6-5 overall, 2-1 in divisionPhiladelphia Eagles: 5-6 overall, 2-1 in divisionNew York Giants: 3-8 overall, 0-4 in divisionThe G-Men have taken themselves out of this conversation and will be spending their holiday season watching from the kid’s table. Dallas obviously has the inside track to the division crown https://www.dallascowboysfanshop.com/Rico-Gathers-Jersey , but whoever wins on Monday night has a snowball’s chance. The question now becomes... who do you hope wins?The logic behind rooting for PhiladelphiaThere are undoubtedly many of you who are immediately screaming internally that you can never root for the Eagles, so just consider this rooting against the Redskins. Whatever helps you sleep at night. The reality here is that someone has to win and someone has to lose so we might as well try to benefit from it by getting on the same page.It makes mathematical sense to root for the Eagles if we’re being honest. They have one less win than the Redskins so a Philadelphia victory allows no team to match the Cowboys current win total. That’s certainly preferable. Philadelphia also has the far more difficult schedule remaining of the NFC East foes. After this game on Monday night they visit Dallas (another point is that the Cowboys still can influence Philly), visit Los Angeles, host Houston, and visit Washington to end the season. There’s logic to preferring an Eagles win, er, Redskins loss. From BTB’s own Tom Ryle:The logic behind for WashingtonIf your mind is made up on wanting the Redskins to lose more than the Eagles, hey that’s up to you; however, there is definitely logic to support preferring a Washington win. It’s this writer’s preferred option if you care.Jerome Miron-USA TODAY SportsWashington’s schedule is easier, nobody denies that. After visiting Philly they host the Giants Geoff Swaim Jersey , visit the Jaguars, travel to Tennessee, and host the Eagles in the regular season finale. That’s unquestionably an easier road than Philadelphia’s... but the car they’re traveling in is of a lower quality. That’s important.The Redskins have had a long time to sit on their loss to the Cowboys (these really are such fun sentences to type) and Colt McCoy will likely be more prepared for his second game this season than he was on Thanksgiving Day. That doesn’t change that he’s still Colt McCoy.If you asked me which team I’m more concerned about for the Cowboys sake, it’s the Eagles not the Redskins. Philadelphia is a better overall team and for me the priority is eliminating them, even if that means keeping Washington step for step with Dallas through Week 13. That schedule of theirs definitely looks soft but there’s no way that the Redskins in their current form are capable of capitalizing on it in the way that our deepest fears and insecurities think.What say you, BTB? Who do you hope wins/loses? What are you hoping is the situation surrounding the Cowboys when we wake up next Tuesday morning?