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Heading into Week 5 of the 2025 NFL season, one of the more interesting matchups belongs to the Philadelphia Eagles and the Denver Broncos.
Taking their home field for the third time in five weeks, the Eagles find themselves undefeated, having won a number of games in a variety of different ways, but have any of them really been to the level of expectations heading into the season? In Week 1, their shootout with the Dallas Cowboys was prematurely ended via a local lightning storm, with neither team doing much of anything after the break. In Week 2, a later interception by rookie Andrew Mukuba locked up a win in the highly anticipated Super Bowl LIX rematch.
And in their two most recent wins against the Los Angeles Rams and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers? Well, the Eagles blocked a punt for a touchdown and seemingly forgot how to play offense for an entire half in each contest and still somehow secured the win against a pair of playoff-caliber foes.
The Broncos, by contrast, have a well-earned 2-2 record, having taken care of business against the hapless Tennessee Titans and Joe Burrow-less Cincinnati Bengals. But when they faced off against actual playoff-caliber competition, Sean Payton’s squad failed to reach that same level of success, falling to the Indianapolis Colts and Los Angeles Chargers in shootout fashion.
Can the Eagles, arguably the most talented team in football, finally put together a complete game against a team that has yet to score less than 20 points in a game so far? Or will they once again stumble for one reason or another, with Payton’s squad earning a signature win and topping one of the two unbeaten teams left in the NFL?
There was a time in the not-too-distant past when Vic Fangio called Denver home, being hired to coach the Broncos after spearheading the modern NFL defensive scheme that about half of the league uses today.
While Fangio’s defenses in Denver largely lived up to expectations, his record never quite reached that level, recording a 19-30 record over three seasons without a single winning campaign on his resume.
And yet, with his focus fully back on defense, Fangio has been better than ever, leading the best defense in the NFL on the way to a Super Bowl win in 2025 and spearheading a unit that has bailed the Eagles’ offense out in nearly every game this season. Fangio’s squad has allowed the 15th-most passing yards and the 21st-most rushing yards of any team in the NFL, but they’ve only allowed 88 points through Week 4, which ranks 15th in the NFL.
Factor in the Eagles’ +4 turnover differential, and Fangio’s unit has done just enough to keep Kevin Patullo’s offense in games.
Facing off against a second-year quarterback in Bo Nix, who has already thrown four interceptions in 2025 alone to go with 12 as a rookie, Fangio’s defense has a chance to really...
