Nick Piccone
The Eagles have beaten some really good teams at home: the Steelers, Vikings and Falcons. You can throw in the Browns if you want, because they’re really good at being really bad. While we’ve seen their road games not go well, they very well could be boasting the same 8-1 record the Dallas Cowboys have. I doubt they would have beaten the Redskins in Washington, but they were still in the game at the end after being thoroughly dominated throughout.
It seems like people are catching on how difficult the Eagles’ schedule is and may be giving them the benefit of the doubt in these tough games they face. Now, they’ve climbed to number eight on ESPN’s NFL rankings list.
The Eagles have a 41 percent chance of making the playoffs according to NFL FPI, but they also have the second-most difficult remaining schedule based on opponent win-loss records. A road game against Seattle this week is as tough as they get.
As for No. 1? Yep, those Dallas Cowboys.
The Cowboys have won eight straight in a single season for the first time since 1977. According to Elias Sports Bureau, Ezekiel Elliott has the third-most rushing yards through a player’s first nine games with 1,005. And QB Dak Prescott is second in the league this season in Total QBR (82.5). Up next: the Ravens.
Yuck.