Cowboys-Saints on Saturday Night.

The Cowboys needed it.

These two franchises are treated oppositely by the media. Every mistake is magnified for the Cowboys. The Saints, in all their ugly wins and now one loss, are still expected to be in the NFC championship game and potentially the Super Bowl.

This game came down to one big battle that was won by the Cowboys and lost by the Saints: the Defensive line of the Cowboys vs. the Offensive line of the Saints. Drew Brees had no time to set his feet and throw the ball. The Saints running game - especially after falling behind early - never got going.

The game was actually not very entertaining until Nick Folk missed a short field goal that made you think the Saints were destined to win and the Cowboys would just fade into December oblivion. But constant pressure from the Cowboys D-line and a Demarcus Ware induced fumble sealed the deal.

The outcome, though, won't change the outlook for either team. The Cowboys are still in a fight for the NFC East and need to continue to win to secure their playoff spot. Despite Tony Romo's improvements - this Dallas team seems more vulnerable to me than the others that sputtered in the past. The Saints, on the other hand, are still in position to clinch home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. They have time to get healthy. They may not be perfect, but even on a bad day they don't look like a team that's bound for an early playoff exit.

Being snowed in by the first real snow storm in Maryland in ages, having football to watch on Saturday Night was great - between the end of College Football regular season and Bowl Season. But I can't imagine that NFL teams like playing on Saturdays or Thursdays. The schedule is grueling enough to have extra short weeks and long weeks. Players need time to recover and the product on the field suffers with these odd day games. For the fans, there is something off-putting about having football on nights that are reserved for The Office and for not sitting in front of the TV for football. But, the NFL Network will do what it does to survive. Thank you for being annoying.