The Eagles Tiebreaker Spree
After a gutsy defensive performance against one of the most explosive offenses in the NFL, the Eagles are 8-2 despite their own offensive struggles.
And while they were winning an NFC-best 8 games through 11 weeks, they’ve successfully collected tiebreakers against 4 of 6 current playoff teams.
The Tiebreakers
Starting 4-0 was the best result for the Eagles to start the season strong. Giving Dallas a Week 1 loss helped jumpstart the lead they have on the NFC East, which currently sits at 3.5 games with only 7 weeks left in the season.
There’s an opportunity to wrap up the division before December even starts.
But before the Eagles can worry about an early notch into their season, they have to get through another round of Dallas Week.
Following the Week 1 celebration of Super Bowl LIX and kicking off the NFL season 1-0. The Eagles pulled together wins against the Los Angeles Rams (8-2) and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-4). Both teams that currently lead their divisions sit at 2nd and 4th in the early NFC playoff seeding. Even the Packers still sit at 2nd in their division at 6-3-1. One of Philadelphia’s defensive showings, managing to hold Green Bay to 7 points.
With teams like the Seahawks (7-3), 49ers (7-4), and Panthers (6-5) breathing down their respective divisions’ throats, it won’t take much for the standings to flip as they did for Detroit Sunday night completely.
Coming into SNF in Philadelphia, Detroit could’ve claimed 1st in their division, and 2nd in the NFC with a win over the Eagles. But after 5 attempts on 4th down, there were 0 conversions, the Lions fell to 6-4 after a 16-9 loss to the Eagles.
Going from 3rd in the NFC and leading the NFC North. They are 3rd in the NFC North, and down to 8th in the NFC. Sitting right outside the playoff bubble.
One More to Go
The Eagles will play one more team in the NFC during Week 13 that they could claim an important playoff tiebreaker over. The 7-3, NFC North leading Chicago Bears.
A win over the Bears would give the Eagles an advantage over most NFC playoff teams, while their schedule gets lighter down the stretch against the Commanders (3-8) and the Raiders (2-8).
But first, they’ll have to go through Dallas (again.)
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