Despite the Cowboys' embarrassing showing in Week 8, the team remains in second place in the NFC East. With the next three weeks including a Monday Night Football showdown with the struggling Arizona Cardinals, a bye week, and another MNF outing against the lowly Las Vegas Raiders, there is an opportunity for the Cowboys to be sitting at 6-4-1.

The Philadelphia Eagles bounced back, the New York Giants are never boring, and there was actually movement in the standings after the Dallas Cowboys doubled up the Washington Commanders. Let’s take a look at where the NFC East is after Week 7.

The Patriots are 6-2 and sit atop the AFC East standings a week before the NFL trade deadline. It’s unclear how New England will operate, but ESPN’s Adam Schefter wouldn’t be surprised to see the team make some sort of move to bolster the roster.

AFC East standings: How Bills' loss puts Patriots atop division for first time in four years originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. The Buffalo Bills entered the season as heavy favorites in the AFC East, but through six games, their status as the division's top power is under siege.

This article was originally published on fansided.com as NFL standings ordered by points per play: Cowboys wasting an elite offense. If you want to figure out which offenses are the best in the NFL, you probably start with something like points per game or yards per game. Those are the goals of every offense in the league, right?

The Buffalo Bills (5-2) returned to their winning ways with a dominant 40-9 victory over the Carolina Panthers (4-4). The victory keeps the Bills a half game behind the New England Patriots in the AFC East standings.

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