DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) -- The Dallas Cowboys are planning on playing most of their starters in Sunday's season finale against the New York Giants despite being locked into the No. 4 seed in the NFC playoffs.
Following Sunday's win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said he envisioned the team finishing strong and trying and get a win Sunday in New York. Jones echoed those sentiments Wednesday morning when he joined Jared Sandler and Mike Fisher on 105.3 The Fan.
"Our experience has been that we've played smart, if you will, in a game that has no standing implications, and I don't think we've played well," Jones said. "Now, we've avoided the injury in the past by playing that way. But I don't know that we've entered the game the last couple playoff opportunities in our best shape."
Jones said the players that won't play "are going to be pretty obvious," meaning the ones that are injured. Jones said right guard Zack Martin, who's been dealing with a sprained MCL, will not be playing. When pressed about Demarcus Lawrence (shoulder) or any other player's chances of playing Sunday, Jones wouldn't get into it.
Dallas will most likely see the Seattle Seahawks in the first round. But does Jones have a preference on whom the Cowboys play?
"Well, obviously we're going to have to play some teams that we have played," he said. "I really do, I think that's a good thing. We certainly got a chance to play Seattle and New Orleans, and it would appear we could go that route. That's not a bad thing at all."
The Cowboys lost to the Seahawks, 24-13, in Week 3 in Seattle -- part of the team's lackluster 3-5 start. The Cowboys beat the New Orleans Saints -- who loom as a potential Divisional round opponent as the NFC's No. 1 seed -- by a 13-10 final in Week 13.
