The NFL regular season is over, and the first round of playoffs begins this weekend. We will not review the entire season for every team, as that would take several days.Â
Therefore, as a public service, we’ll limit this exercise to the two teams most in these parts care about. That would be the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans, probably in that order.
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