Yes, we’re only three weeks into free agency. And yes, we’re still over three weeks away from the 2023 NFL Draft. So yes, it might be way too early to start predicting how the NFC East will shake out this upcoming season.
Doesn’t mean we’re not going to do it anyway.
As easy as it will be to say we’re being homers here, it cannot be denied that the Dallas Cowboys have had the best offseason so far of the four NFC East squads.
The Eagles have bled coaches and defensive starters.
The Giants have made a few moves and lost some players.
And the Commanders… well, that train wreck is still very much in progress.
So, for now — pending any further free agent moves and the draft — here’s how the NFC East will finish when the 2023 regular season comes to end:
Dallas Cowboys
Unlike the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders, Dallas solidified its coaching room.
Mike McCarthy has taken over play-calling and Brian Schottenheimer has replaced Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator. But the biggest achievement was retaining Dan Quinn as defensive coordinator.
The front office stepped up. They brought in key new pieces in Stephon Gilmore and Brandin Cooks via trade, restructured bloated contracts, and let go of players instead of overpaying them.
They retained some key players, added a few more in free agency, and are set up to draft the best players available instead of desperate needs.
The Cowboys will not have an easy schedule in 2023, but as of right now, they should be the clear favorites to win the division.
Prediction: First place. 12-5.
New York Giants
The Giants haven’t made any big splashy moves.
A banged-up secondary was their downfall in 2022. Provided Daniel Jones doesn’t regress — and the Giants don’t make the mistake of bringing back Odell Beckham Jr. — New York should be in the running.
As things stand right now, they might have a slightly easier schedule than the Cowboys in 2023. They’ll challenge the Cowboys for the division but have to settle for a wildcard.
Prediction: Second place. 11-6.
Philadelphia Eagles
I said it last year and I stand by it today: The Eagles were a very lucky team in 2022.
Their 14-3 record was a mirage.
They barely beat Detroit, Jacksonville, Indianapolis, and Dallas (the first game) in the regular season.
Their playoff run saw them beat a depleted Giants team and a 49ers team playing without a quarterback.
The Chiefs were sleep-walking through the first half of the Super Bowl, before waking up and pulling out the victory.
During their offseason they have lost several defensive starters and both their offensive and defensive coordinators. The Eagles’ 2023 schedule is not going to be easy at all.
In short, Fly Eagles Fly is likely going to be doing a lot of Cry Eagles Cry this fall.
Prediction: Third place. 8-9.
Washington Commanders
The Commanders’ issues off the field of play are likely going to continue as long as Dan Snyder owns the team. Those issues will impact the players, no matter how hard they try to ignore them.
Washington’s schedule will not be helpful. Look for them to lose five out of their six divisional games. We’ll give them a win at home over the Eagles here.
Outside of their division? If they win five of those 11 games it will be a miracle.
Prediction: Fourth place. 5-12.
Hope history repeats itself! Let’s go Cowboys
Spot on with the Philly comments.
The two teams in the NFC that I think are building really well are the Cowboys and the 49ers
David A Nugent they will still be first round losers guaranteed
Jonathan Cameron who
Dallas Cowboys and Dak (never won anything)Prescott aren’t a threat too the Philadelphia eagles I love when people keep sleeping on jalen hurts ..washington commanders are sinking praying for a decent Drive the New York Giants Daniel Jones needs wide receivers and praying they keep saquon Barkley grab some free agents and hoping to get lucky in the draft
Would bet my house the eagles have a better record than the cowgirls this season. Period… name me a position the girls are better at with present roster..and let’s not forget the birds have 2 firsts this year…good luck with that bum Dakota running the offense
Lol Only thing going 12-5 in dallas this fall is dak will likely throw 12 interceptions to 5 tds before getting injured. The fact that you still go into every year thinking you got it in the bag after so many years of failure is truly mind boggling. Dak prescott has had 7 years to show you he can carry you on a deep run. He simply isn’t good enough.
Damn right!!
Cowboys win 5 games this year! 1996! Dumbest fans in football! Losers!
Cowboys Fan 4 Life
The Cowboys still have Dak Prescott., seriously calm down! First round losers again
Jonathan Cameron you’re an idiot!!
LMAO ! BOYS have to play good teams this year! Philly will win the East then NY then Dallas. Dallas will miss the playoffs completely! Philly at 14-3 will win the NFC again too! They really did not lose much! Dallas is Dallas and will go 9-8 if they get lucky!
Arnie Williamson how do YOU know that!!!
More preseason wishful thinking from Texas. The Eagles are clearly still the class of the division, and so far have had the most active free agency period. The offense returns virtually intact, and Johnson promises continuity at OC. The defensive losses were in fact nominal, as the Eagles already had some players waiting in the wings, and managed to retain some key free agents including Bradberry and Graham. Desai could be an upgrade over Gannon at DC. Finally, as long as the Eagles have Hurts they are going to be leading the way in the NFC East, especially with targets like Brown, Smith, and Goedart.
Yet another delusional Cowboy fan. Keep on cheering on the self professed America’s Team and watch the Eagles do it again.
5 days away from giving some has been a huge pay check for sub par play
Thanks to complicit, non-human SHEEP, America today is officially a lawless, BANANA REPUBLIC!!!
When everything around us today has been hijacked, weaponized and politicized by the Treasonous, Communist Democrat, Anti-American Party including our Media repeating for verbatim everyday words directly from the DNC! Our School System feminizing our MEN, promoting the DNC’s LGBT community, pushing five-year-olds to become GAY, turning five-year-old Johnny into SUE, injecting them with gender altering drugs, taking our children to Drag Queen Shows! Our corporations telling their employees to inject their POISON or lose their jobs and livelihood’s’, to their FBI BUSTED by Elon Musk no longer protecting our People but weaponized to take out the DNC’s political enemies or anyone with power to expose them! They mass murder God’s Children through the DNC’s plan parenthood’s selling their body parts in the open market for PROFIT only ever seen in Nazi Germany! The DNC U.S Military now funds Drag Queen Hour for kids! Biden just gave, The International Women of Courage award” to a Biological MAN!!! Biden just proclaimed March 30th Transgender day of visibility, are you all this evil, Godless and soulless to embrace their new version of Sodom and Gomorrah here in America today? The treasonous DNC opened our border wide open and millions of illegal criminals have invaded America, where Fentanyl overdoses became the number one cause of deaths here in America today! All coming from your friends in the Mexican Cartels and CHINA but all you care about is your DNC hijacked, politicized sports, they have to be laughing about how weak, passive, complicit you truly are!
Remember these sell-outs are getting paid Millions by those seeking our demise will never come out and tell you the truth about what’s really taking place, they’re God and souls have been silenced by large amounts of CASH!!! Russian Hockey players on the Democrat’s evil Transgender push said, “We’re Christians and this goes against Russia, if we embraced this evil we wouldn’t be allowed to show our faces in Russia again!” The International Hockey Championship is one BIG Democrat Propaganda piece, also pushing the Democrat Transgender BS, where Russia is not allowed to play due to the fact that they’re Christian and it goes against their beliefs, so it turned into a BIG LIE crowning someone world champions when they didn’t complete with the BEST!!!
All our SPORTS hijacked and politicized by ONE treasonous, evil party in Washington pushing the creation of their Transgender Race, Gay pride, the use of race baiting and divide and conquer tactics to have us hating and fighting each other because a God-Fearing, UNITED NATION is all that they fear today. Our NBA told their fans that their loyalty was to Cash, China, the globalist world not America and our People who made them who they are! Their hijacking of politicized NASCAR who chooses Democrat Wokeness over their traditional fans! Then there was Kwanzaa, the black nationalist holiday may only be celebrated by half a million people, yet NASCAR’s fan base is 75 percent white and just nine percent black. The DNC hijacked our NHL, where Christian Brothers Eric and Marc Staal, were only a few God-fearing, Americans who just refused to wear their Democrat Pride Jersey pushing the DNC’s creation of the Transgender Race, the number one group in America today committing suicide today! The treasonous DNC got away with hijacking MLB, as we just watched them moved their ALL-STAR game out of Atlanta for their political masters in the DNC in treasonous Washington!
The criminal DNC hijacked our NFL now using the DNC’s Communist, Marxist BLM, domestic terrorist regime as their political mouth piece! Their woke MOB was allowed to change the REDSKINS name without one flag of discontent waved! Their DNC’s Transgender and Gay Pride promotions! Their lying, “End Racism” DNC BS, then turning around promoting, “The First Two Black Quarterback’s to play in a Super Bowl” and they sing the Black National Anthem only to further divide our Nation! They feminized the NFL turning it into a girly girl, cream puff, non-impact, no more hitting, flag throwing, pansy sport! Turning our TV’s PINK, women refs, women coaches, women fly overs and soon, women players, when the sport is already two hand touch football. the DNC’s hijacking of our U.S Teams, especially Women’s Soccer who no longer represents America or our People around the world! Then we watched all you traitors to God and Country without no pride, honor, loyalty or patriotism not only watch, but support and fund the demise of America! Sadly, you have our Forefathers and the young MEN who died for your FREEDOM, you easily have given away today to a tyrannical, communist, dictatorship, all rolling in their graves today! All because you’re so unwillingly to do your DUTY for God and Country, refusing to do the things in your power to save America and secure our Children a FREE NATION to grow up in for their future!
Eagles and giants battle it out for 2nd. Washington pushes for the post season despite 4th in the division.
The Dallas Cowboys
Win their 25th division title
Hate these stupid, meaningless posts…..waste of time..
Jerry need to stop shopping for defense players and really shop for real qb and new coach maybe within ten yrs they will get to sb lol most definitely no way in he’ll Prescott will ever get close to a sb cross your fingers and pray for a miracle lol he will never be a mahones or Brady he’s cousins 5 trys playoffs one and done like always
Eagles will not have the success of last year. 1 year of Hurts doing a decent job does not mean he will do the same this season.Remember Wentz?
Gaints, filly, Dallas, redskins
Dak is junk get him gone
I think it will be better division than last year
Dallas Philly, giants, commanders aka Washington football, aka redskins
When the Cowgirls beat the Eagles, and Zak does not throw an interception and Jerry gives up the reins, may be the ‘Girls will win!!