(I'm kidding; when I lived in Burbank the absolute BEST THING was waking up Sunday morning, making coffee and some breakfast, and sitting down to watch football. Likewise, coming home from work and making dinner with the MNF game on.)
It's one reason I could never live in the eastern time zone. Games not starting until 1 p.m. is weird, but evening games (football, regular season baseball in the Pacific time zone and playoff baseball) being scheduled so that they don't end until well after midnight would suck hard.
So, how likely to people think it is that we'll have an 8-8 division winner in the NFC East? I was kinda hoping we'd get a 7-9 winner. But unless I'm missing something, that's no longer possible with the way the schedule shakes out the last two weeks.
The best/worst you can hope for is a tie in the Cowboys v. Eagles game and that both teams lose their week 17 games, in which case they'd both finish 7-8-1 (and Dallas would win the division). That said, I think an 8-8 division winner is as likely as the winner of this weekend's game also winning in week 17. The game this weekend is in Philly, which gives the Eagles a bit of an advantage, but the Eagles play at New York in week 17, and the Cowboys are home to the Redskins. If you just assume the home teams win all three games, then Dallas and Philly both finish at 8-8, and Dallas wins the division.
Remember that none of this is unprecedented. As Steelers fans will remember, Denver won the AFC West in 2011 with an 8-8 record. Carolina won the NFC South in 2014 with a 7-8-1 record, and the Suckhawks won the NFC west in 2010 with a 7-9 record.