The Dallas Cowboys are coming off of their biggest win of the season on several levels. In defeating the Philadelphia Eagles on the road, the Cowboys earned their first win outside of Dallas all season. Their first three wins came against three bad teams in the New York Giants, Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars, so beating a potential playoff team was another notch in their belt. And finally, given the stakes of the game as a divisional matchup that potentially had Jason Garrett's job on the line, it was the first evidence we've seen this season that the Cowboys can win big games.

Most would assume that a win like that would catapult the Cowboys, who have one more road game before returning to Dallas for three games in a row, into a stretch of victories. But not Stephen A. Smith. He went on ESPN's First Take and predicted a miserable end to the year for the Cowboys.

"The Dallas Cowboys will lose three of their next four games. Three of their next four. They’ve got a road game against Atlanta, then they’ve got home games against Washington, New Orleans and a Philadelphia Eagles team that they just beat that ain’t losing to them two times in the same season. So I’m thinking, you go lose to Atlanta, you ain’t going to Atlanta and winning that game I don’t believe it. Alright Washington, okay you might sure have a shot. You damn sure ain’t beating New Orleans, you can scratch that dream, that ain’t happening. And the Philadelphia Eagles will avenge their loss. I think that with three games left in the season, Week 14 or whatever, I think the Dallas Cowboys are going to be 5-8."

The Saints game is probably going to be a loss, but it is a loss that the Cowboys can absorb. Why Smith is so certain about the other games, though, is impossible to say. The Falcons are 4-5 and have one of the NFL's worst defenses. They just gave up 28 points to the Cleveland Browns. The same Washington Redskins team that scored only 13 points on offense against the Cowboys dropped 38 on them. The Falcons can certainly score, but so can any team that plays them. This game feels like a toss-up, especially when you factor in the revenge factor from last year's blowout. The Cowboys were humiliated in Atlanta a year ago, and will want to prove themselves against an inferior version of that team.

And then there are the two divisional games. The Cowboys have played the Eagles and Redskins on the road. They beat the Eagles and lost to the Redskins by a matter of inches as a game-tying field goal attempt by Brett Maher hit an upright. Considering their 3-1 home record and the outcome of the first games between these teams, shouldn't the Cowboys be favored in both of those matchups at home?

An undefeated stretch over the next four games is unrealistic. But the three games against teams that aren't the Saints are up for grabs. If the Cowboys can just escape with two wins, they close the season against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts and the Giants. Those are three very winnable games. If they can make it through this stretch at even 6-7, they'll have a chance to close out on a three-game winning streak and reach the postseason. It won't be easy, but to so boldly predict three losses in that stretch is simply irresponsible. All three of those games should be close. The Cowboys could very easily win any of them.