The Philadelphia Eagles’ win over the Washington Commanders on Thursday night time was fairly large for the Birds’ playoff outlook.
The Eagles took a 1.5-game lead within the division with seven video games left to play.
Eagles’ remaining schedule
Week 12 — at Los Angeles Rams
Week 13 — at Baltimore Ravens
Week 14 — vs. Carolina Panthers
Week 15 — vs. Pittsburgh Steelers
Week 16 — at Washington Commanders
Week 17 — vs. Dallas Cowboys
Week 18 — vs. New York Giants
The cushion the Eagles simply constructed up may turn out to be useful with some robust battles on the horizon.
The Rams could be harmful, although they did simply lose to the Miami Dolphins at house. The Ravens are clearly imposing with MVP front-runners Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry powering their offense. The Steelers can’t be slept on; they’re undefeated with Russell Wilson beginning.
It’ll be fairly fascinating to see how issues go over the following 4 weeks earlier than the Eagles’ rematch with the Commanders. The Birds will lock up a head-to-head tiebreaker if they’ll beat Washington once more. And which may turn out to be useful for the reason that Commanders’ remaining schedule isn’t wanting tremendous troublesome. On that be aware …
Commanders’ remaining schedule
Week 12 — vs. Dallas Cowboys
Week 13 — vs. Tennessee Titans
Week 14 — BYE
Week 15 — at New Orleans Saints
Week 16 — vs. Philadelphia Eagles
Week 17 — vs. Atlanta Falcons
Week 18 — at Dallas Cowboys
The Commanders will doubtless be favored in a minimum of 4 of those six video games. And so they do have the prospect to catch their breath with a late bye. Marshon Lattimore getting wholesome may very well be an enormous increase for his or her protection.
Then once more, maybe Washington is on a slide. They’ve misplaced their final two video games with Daniels wanting the worst he has this season. Kliff Kingsbury offenses have a tendency to start out seasons scorching earlier than tapering off later within the 12 months.
In fact, the Eagles can’t merely depend on the Commanders fading. And, actually, they need to be aiming greater than the division lead …
Lions’ remaining schedule
Week 11 — vs. Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 12 — at Indianapolis Colts
Week 13 — vs. Chicago Bears
Week 14 — vs. Green Bay Packers
Week 15 — vs. Buffalo Bills
Week 16 — at Chicago Bears
Week 17 — at San Francisco 49ers
Week 18 — vs. Minnesota Vikings
The Lions clearly have very winnable video games developing subsequent. However then issues begin to get a bit harder down the stretch.
Detroit at the moment sits atop the NFC playoff picture with an 8-1 document. At this price, the Eagles would possibly have the ability to catch them to get a first-round bye.
