As the NFL passes the one-sixth pole of the 2025 season, the NFC East is already starting to take shape.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders are battling for the division lead. The Dallas Cowboys are desperately clinging to playoff hopes that are already fading.
Meanwhile, the New York Giants are already looking to see who they’ll take with the first pick of the 2026 NFL Draft.
Dallas Cowboys (1-2)
The Cowboys are in deep trouble after losing to the Chicago Bears on Sunday.
Dallas has to be above .500 by the time they run into the Eagles for the second time this year in November.
That game begins a six-game run against 2024 playoff teams. All six of those teams are likely to be contending for their divisions when they meet Dallas.
And yes, that includes the Kansas City Chiefs, whose offense will be back to full-strength by Thanksgiving Day.
The defense, led by Matt Eberflus, is clearly the weakest link.
The offense cannot move the ball consistently enough to overcome the deficiencies of its defense either. Especially if CeeDee Lamb is out for longer than 2–4 weeks.
That is not a recipe for a winning season.
Especially with Micah Parsons and the Green Bay Packers coming to town on Sunday night.
Next Game: vs. Green Bay Packers, Sunday, 7:20 p.m.
New York Giants (0-3)
The Russell Wilson renaissance didn’t last long, did it?
A week after shredding the Cowboys for 450 yards and nearly pulling off an upset win, Wilson crashed back down to Earth hard.
After his second interception of the first half, the Giants’ hometown crowd began chanting “We want Dart.”
That would be first round pick Jaxson Dart, who has been seeing a play or two on the field. Just not as the starter.
New York is a hard town.
They want winners and right now, Wilson isn’t that.
Nor does the schedule ahead get any better. They play the 3-0 Eagles twice, the 3-0 Chargers, and the 3-0 49ers in five of their next six games.
They might not even be able to beat the 0-3 Saints, the only losing team they’ll face in the next month and a half.
Next Game: vs. Los Angeles Chargers, Sunday, Noon.
Philadelphia Eagles (3-0)
Someone from The Vatican needs to investigate the Philadelphia Eagles. Someone in that organization has clearly sold their soul to the Devil.
The Eagles might be the worst 3-0 team in the NFL, maybe even in the history of the league for that matter.
They beat Dallas by four in the season opener, the Chiefs by three last week, and the Rams by seven on Sunday.
Philadelphia should have lost all three of those games. Their last two wins have been greatly aided by referee blindness.
Even after the league called out its officials the week before, the officials refused to flag the Eagles for a false start on yet another Tush Push touchdown against the Rams.
Even then, they needed two late blocked field goals to beat Los Angeles.
That’s two straight wins for Philadelphia that they shouldn’t have won. Sooner or later, their luck will run out.
Next Game: at Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Sunday, Noon
Washington Commanders (2-1)
How tough are the Commanders?
Their back-up quarterback, Marcus Mariota, stepped in for Jayden Daniels and led Washington to a 41-24 win over the Raiders on Sunday. But that isn’t why they are a tough team.
Mariota was pushed out of bounds on a play and ran full speed into his head coach. Dan Quinn was sent flying, landing very hard on his back.
He got up with a cut on his forehead but otherwise brushed off the hit.
That kind of toughness only radiates down through the roster.
Next Game: at Atlanta Falcons, Sunday, Noon.
a Dallas Cowboys fan, since the 70’s before the 2025 season started and after I saw the Cowboys 2025 schedule I said the Cowboys will lose 10 games but I didn’t expect the Cowboys to lose to the Chicago Bears
I had predicted Cowboys would win only 4 games this year. They will get a top five high draft pick in the 2026 draft and at a minimum a 25th pick in the same first round thanks to the GB trade.
One can’t hate the Eagles enough. The BS “tush push” should have been banned. The NFL is doing everything and anything they can to help the offenses. Years ago, a player couldn’t push a ballcarrier forward. Now the entire team can. Just touch the QB’s helmet, PENALTY. Fall on the QB after making a tackle/sack, PENALTY. Insane.