Does anyone actually want to win the NFC East?

The biggest question after Sunday’s games? Do any of the four NFC East teams actually want to win the division?

Because none of them are playing like it.

The Washington Commanders were poised to really take control of the NFC East division on Sunday.

But they couldn’t close the deal, falling by a touchdown to the Ravens in the Battle of the Beltway.

The suddenly healthy Philadelphia Eagles got the win to pull to within a half-game of Washington. But they didn’t look like world-beaters against the NFL’s doormat, the Cleveland Browns, while doing it.

The Dallas Cowboys? They can’t win at home, nor beat a quarterback with even a modicum of talent and ability.

The New York Giants will likely be the only reason why the Cowboys aren’t worried about finishing dead last in the division this year.

In other words, the NFC East is wide open, and it’s anyone’s division to win or to lose.

Is this year the NFC East’s turn to send a divisional champion into the playoffs with an 8-9 record?

It might be, especially the way all four teams are playing right now.

Dallas Cowboys (3-3)

The Cowboys will be getting back several players on defense, hopefully, over the next few weeks.

Perhaps that will even translate into fewer games allowing 40 or more points. Curing what ails the offense is a whole other issue.

In 24 quarters, Dallas’ offense has posted 10 total touchdowns. That’s less than two a game.

Brandon Aubrey has kicked 17 field goals in 19 attempts.

That’s not a sign of a healthy offense when you have more drives ending with field goal attempts than in the endzone.

It looks even worse when you look at how many possessions have ended in punts. Bryan Anger has punted 17 times.

Eleven possessions have ended on a turnover – six Dak Prescott interceptions accounting for most of those errors.

Six more possessions ended when Dallas went for it on fourth down and failed. They have only converted on fourth down four times so far in 10 tries.

Nearly every Cowboys’ flaw was magnified in Sunday’s 47-9 loss to the Lions.

Each and every one of them needs to be fixed, and fast.

Next week: The Cowboys have a bye week this week and will not play until Week 8 against the 49ers in San Francisco.

New York Giants (2-4)

How bad are things going for the Giants?

They allowed Joe Burrow to run 47 yards for a touchdown on the opening series of Sunday night’s game.

Then, with a chance to win and tie Dallas at 3-3, just a game out of first, New York found yet another agonizing way to lose. To the even lowlier Cincinnati Bengals.

Down three late, the Giants chose to punt and hope for a turnover. They got the fumble they were looking for.

Then, two Giants failed to secure the ball before it rolled out of bounds.

The Bengals scored a touchdown to make it 17-7. The Giants missed a field goal, the second miss of the night, and that was that.

New York remained the sole occupant in the NFC East’s basement.

Next game: hosting the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Noon.

Philadelphia Eagles (3-2)

Philadelphia leapfrogged over the Cowboys to take sole possession of second place in the division.

The primary reason why they did so, thanks to a 20-16 win over Cleveland, was the return of receivers A.J. Brown and DeVonta Smith.

Brown had been out with a hamstring issue. Smith took a hard hit to the helmet a few weeks back and needed time off.

The biggest beneficiary of their return was Eagles’ quarterback Jalen Hurts.

Hurts has struggled to move the ball without his two top targets.

He was able to do so on Sunday. Still, it was against a Browns team that isn’t that good, and the Eagles just barely managed to escape with the win.

Despite a winning record, and only a half-game out of first, Eagles fans are letting head coach Nick Sirianni hear it.

Apparently, he isn’t liking what he’s hearing. After the home win, Sirianni was chirping at the fans as he exited the field.

Not so much “brotherly love” in Philly these days.

Next game: at New York Giants, Sunday, Noon.

Washington Commanders (4-2)

The Commanders saw their four-game win streak come to an end as the Ravens held on for a 30-23 win on Sunday.

Washington at least made a game of it but could never solve how to slow down Derrick Henry. Henry rolled for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries.

Lamar Jackson’s 323 yards and a touchdown didn’t help the Commanders’ cause either.

Rookie sensation Jayden Daniels was 24-for-35 with 269 yards and two touchdown passes in the loss.

Despite the loss, Washington is still alone on top of the division, and they have four very winnable games on the schedule coming up.

The Commanders are playing the most consistent ball in the division so far. If they continue to do so, they’ll stay in the mix all the way to the end.

Next game: hosting the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, 3:05 p.m.