October 03, 2017

Eagles gain a game on the entire rest of the NFC East

By Jimmy Kempski
PhillyVoice Staff

In Week 4 of the NFL season, the Philadelphia Eagles gained a game on the entire rest of the NFC East, as they picked up a win over the Chargers, then proceeded to watch the Cowboys, Giants, and Redskins all lose their games.

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The last time the Eagles won and the other three NFC East teams lost was back in Week 13, 2014. That week, the Eagles got to 9-3 after manhandling the Cowboys on Thanksgiving, before proceeding to lose their next three games and missing out on the playoffs.

With a quarter of the season in the books, the Eagles now find themselves alone atop the NFC East:

NFC East	Overall record	Division record	Conference record
Eagles	3-1	2-0	2-0
Cowboys	2-2	1-0	2-1
Redskins	2-2	0-1	1-1
Giants	0-4	0-2	0-4

Here are the NFC East teams' Week 5 opponents, with the point spreads as of midnight, October 3:

Cardinals at Eagles (-6.5)
Chargers at Giants (-3.5)
Packers at Cowboys (-2)
The Redskins have a bye, which they probably didn't love when the schedules came out, but now need after suffering a lot of injuries Monday night. Their list of injuries includes Josh Norman, who will be out for several weeks with a rib injury, as reported by ESPN sideline reporter Lisa Salters (via Jay Gruden) during the Redskins' Monday night telecast.

I'll also reiterate here that the Giants are done.

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