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After what seemed to be a season-crushing loss to the Detroit Lions on Thursday Night Football, the Los Angeles Chargers cracked the door back open for the Dallas Cowboys to make a run at the NFC East.
The Cowboys still have plenty of work to do, needing to sweep the rest of their schedule that includes the Los Angeles Chargers, Minnesota Vikings, Washington Commanders, and New York Giants, but trailing the Philadelphia Eagles by a game-and-a-half, the Cowboys playoff hopes could very well lay in the hands of old friend Dan Quinn. Over the next four weeks, the Eagles will see the Las Vegas Raiders, Washington Commanders twice, and the Buffalo Bills.
It’s quite simple, the Cowboys finish the season 4-0 and the Philadelphia Eagles lose two more games and the Cowboys are NFC East Champions. The Cowboys could afford to drop one more game, but then the Eagles would need to lose three of their remaining four. With four games left, the Philadelphia Eagles will play the Washington Commanders twice. Despite the Commanders 3-9 record, Washington has played the Eagles tough in recent years.
The Commanders could be without their starting quarterback in one or both of the matchups depending on what head coach Dan Quinn decides to do with Jayden Daniels and his non-throwing arm injury. But even if Daniels does not play, Marcus Mariota has played well for the Commanders in starts so far this season. Needing two more losses from the Eagles, one Washington Commanders win would be a huge help with a road trip to Buffalo still on the Eagles schedule.
With the Raiders coming up next week, most are banking on a bounce-back game for the Eagles. While that is more likely than not, we must bring up the Eagles 2023 collapse that feels awfully familiar to this 2025 season so far for Philadelphia. In Week 17 of 2023, the 11-4 Eagles dropped a game to the 3-12 Cardinals that helped the Cowboys clinch the NFC East. That Week 17 game in 2023 feels eerily similar to the Eagles matchup with the Raiders coming up this week.
The reality here is the Eagles are currently spiraling, dropping their last three games in rather embarrassing fashion. With Jalen Carter likely sidelined for a few more weeks, the Eagles offensive line dealing with injuries, and Jalen Hurts struggling to generate any sort of offense, the Cowboys window is cracked open. They will need to handle their business and get a little help along the way, so let’s hope that our old friend Dan Quinn can help us out with two more games on the schedule against Philadelphia.
