Shaky Eagles, unreliable Cowboys, dismal Giants race to NFC East basement as Washington and Jayden Daniels thrive early

The Philadelphia Eagles are astir to person the champion week of immoderate NFC East squad not named the Washington Commanders.

That’s due to the fact that the Birds are connected their bye.

Chaos reigns astatine the infinitesimal successful this famously heated part wherever the powerfulness dynamic perpetually shifts.

And it’s not conscionable due to the fact that rookie backmost Jayden Daniels has accepted bottom-feeder Washington (3-1) successful archetypal place, scoring 30.3 points per game, lone 1 triumph abbreviated of the Commanders’ four-win full for each of past season.

It’s besides because, portion the Giants (1-3) beryllium unsocial successful past place, the Eagles (2-2) and Dallas Cowboys (2-2) some look susceptible of having the bottommost autumn retired and joining them successful irrelevance.

The crushed is conscionable arsenic shaky beneath the feet of caput coaches Brian Daboll, Nick Sirianni and Mike McCarthy, respectively, arsenic it appeared entering this pivotal play for each 3 programs.

The question present is whether Dallas and Philly are susceptible of catching themselves, oregon if the carnage is lone going to engulf them, too, arsenic the docket continues heavy into October.

The Giants’ outlook is bleak.

They person not won the part since their past Super Bowl play of 2011, portion the Cowboys person won 5 NFC East titles successful those 12 seasons, the Eagles person won 4 and Washington has won three.

The Giants are successful past spot successful the full NFC conference, not conscionable successful division.

Joe Schoen’s roster is weak. Star rookie receiver Malik Nabers (concussion) looks similar he’s going to miss Sunday’s crippled successful Seattle. Player discontent is palpable.

And an upcoming agelong against the Seahawks, Bengals, Eagles and Steelers realistically could driblet the Giants to 1-7 earlier a Washington rematch and a Week 10 travel to Germany to perchance conflict the Carolina Panthers for adjacent April’s No. 1 wide pick.

There is simply a resigned acceptance of the Giants’ spot from their frustrated instrumentality base, though, having finished successful 3rd oregon 4th successful the NFC East successful six of the past 7 seasons.

The Eagles, who won 25 of their 34 regular play games the past 2 years, are successful a much changeless authorities of play owed to the disparity betwixt their expectations and reality.

Sirianni’s deficiency of solutions, backmost Jalen Hurts’ regression and the concerning dynamic betwixt the manager and QB are drafting astir of the scrutiny, justifiably successful galore respects.

Hurts’ dismissive postgame remark successful Tampa that helium and Sirianni “have our moments” was thing abbreviated of undermining.

But GM Howie Roseman should not beryllium skating for the antiaircraft unit helium has enactment connected the field. The endowment and execution levels for the astir portion are embarrassing and mode beneath the modular Roseman and that enactment has acceptable successful caller years.

They’re allowing 365.8 yards (29th successful NFL) and 24 points (23rd) per game.

Meanwhile, it should not spell overlooked that Hurts said aft the Eagles’ pathetic nonaccomplishment to the Bucs that helium needs to bash a amended occupation of communicating what helium sees connected the field.

That sounded similar an indictment of violative coordinator Kellen Moore’s archetypal program against Todd Bowles’ defence and the Eagles’ inability to pivot and react.

Injuries to apical players A.J. Brown, DeVonta Smith and Lane Johnson played a immense portion successful the team’s Week 4 dud, too. But determination volition beryllium nary excuses erstwhile Philly returns from the bye to big the Cleveland Browns, sojourn the Giants and Bengals, and past invited aged person Doug Pederson and the Jacksonville Jaguars backmost to South Philly.

Not that the Cowboys person it immoderate better.

Dallas rescued itself from 10 days of nationalist ridicule with past Thursday night’s constrictive 20-15 triumph implicit the Giants. But they haven’t beaten a bully squad yet. The roster is apical heavy.

They perpetrate penalties similar humans respire oxygen. And 1 beardown antiaircraft nighttime against the Giants’ pathetic tally crippled does not warrant that the Cowboys’ unreserved defence (145.8 yards allowed per game) volition fare good astatine the Pittsburgh Steelers and astatine location against the Detroit Lions earlier Dallas’ bye.

Then they person to question to the San Francisco 49ers coming retired of the break.

McCarthy’s Cowboys person gone 12-5 successful 3 consecutive years, but this season’s mentation looks little consistent. Owner Jerry Jones did the manager and squad nary favors by sitting connected his hands this offseason and not signing escaped cause moving backmost Derrick Henry aft past year’s location playoff embarrassment to the Green Bay Packers.

And with a defence that’s intelligibly deficient contempt immoderate talent, they volition person to beryllium much explosive connected discourtesy oregon the wheels volition travel off.

McCarthy elevated Dak Prescott’s Cowboys discourtesy to archetypal successful the NFL successful 2021 (31.2 points per game), 4th successful 2022 (27.5 points per game) and archetypal again successful the league successful 2023 (29.9 points per game). Prescott was the MVP runner-up past year.

But close present the Cowboys are lone scoring 24.3 points per game, 11th successful the NFL, which would beryllium the lowest since their 24.7 per crippled finished 17th successful the NFL successful 2020 – erstwhile Prescott played lone 5 games and Andy Dalton led astir of the rest.

Meanwhile, erstwhile Dallas antiaircraft coordinator Dan Quinn’s Commanders are successful archetypal spot contempt a shaky defence (25.5 points, 257 yards per crippled allowed), with a favorable upcoming docket against the Browns, astatine the Ravens, and past hosting the Panthers and Bears.

Who would person thought the champion successful the NFC East would recovered successful Washington? Better yet, who volition articulation the Giants successful the cellar?

The play promises to physique successful Week 5.