Man, you gotta be kidding me with the NFC East. Seriously, what is even happening out there? The Cowboys just dropped a 23-13 stinker to the Packers on “Sunday Night Football” last night, shoving the entire division to a pathetic 0-3 record in Week 6. And with the Commanders heading into Monday night as decisive underdogs against the 49ers, the NFC East is staring down some seriously ugly history.
This Division Is About to Set a Record Nobody Wants
If the Commanders lose to the 49ers tonight, the NFC East isn’t just bad, they’ll be historically bad. We’re talking about the first division since the NFL-AFL merger back in 1970 to go winless in back-to-back weeks where every single team played. Josh Dubow of the Associated Press even highlighted this mess. Think about it, every team plays, and nobody can pull out a W? That’s a special kind of futility. And get this, it gets even more bonkers: two of those teams, the Giants and Commanders, actually played each other in Week 5 and TIED. Yeah, a tie! All because of a costly turnover by New York and a total disaster of a final sequence by Washington. Before yesterday’s Cowboys loss, they also fell to the Buccaneers as a decisive favorite in Week 5.
Team Woes and Injury Heartbreak
It’s not just the Cowboys, either. The Eagles have now lost four games in a row. Add up the Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, and Commanders over the last two weeks, and you’re looking at a combined 0-5-2 record. If Washington can’t pull off the upset tonight against the 49ers, that record officially becomes 0-6-2. That’s a piece of history that even the 2010 NFC West, the 2020 NFC East itself, and the 2022 NFC South couldn’t manage. Right now, the standings heading into that Commanders game are wild: the Giants are somehow leading at 3-2-1, followed by the Eagles and Cowboys both at 2-4-0, and the Commanders are bringing up the rear at 1-3-1. To add insult to injury for Philly fans, Jalen Hurts was just placed on IR after a blood clot diagnosis, which is a brutal blow to an already struggling squad.
The good news, if you can call it that, is that someone *has* to win in Week 7, because the Eagles and Cowboys are set to clash on “Monday Night Football.” The winner of that game could actually position themselves pretty well in the division, assuming the Giants don’t beat the Texans. As for the Commanders, an upset tonight could surprisingly slide them up to second place. But if they lose, they’re stuck behind the Eagles and Cowboys. What a mess, but you know what? We’ll be watching to see how this dumpster fire plays out.
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Originally reported by The Sporting News.
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