32 things we learned in NFL Week 12: Cowboys gain steam at Eagles' expense

The 32 things we learned from Week 12 of the 2025 NFL season:

1. The number of teams officially eliminated from playoff contention − the New York Giants the first to clinch that ignominious honor this season.

2. It was the earliest the Giants had been ousted from even the most remote relevance since the 1976 season.

3. The number of losses suffered by the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles, who surrendered a 21-0 lead Sunday in a 24-21 come-from-ahead loss to the hated Dallas Cowboys.

4. Two straight wins, both coming in the aftermath of DE Marshawn Kneeland's untimely death, has Dallas back at .500, if still in 10th place overall in the NFC. Yet the team, flag waving and all, seems to be deriving fuel from its fallen teammate.