IRVING, Texas—The Dallas Cowboys can’t win as many games as they did last year. They probably won’t repeat as division champs, either.

Yet coach Wade Phillips reminded the Cowboys on Monday they can still accomplish the rest of their goals, even the really big one.

All their 5-4 start has really cost them is a margin of error.

The Cowboys go to Washington on Sunday night knowing they’ll almost certainly make the playoffs if they win their final seven games, probably even if they go 6-1. But they can’t lose many more than that, and they’d really make things t...

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