The Eagles have won five straight games coming out of their bye. They have won by 20-plus points in 3 of their past 4 games
Jayden Daniels' nascent NFL career is all of 10 games old, yet the Washington QB responsible for the instant reshaping of the Commanders into a respectable franchise, and, finally, winners, already knows when a big game is on the schedule., as serious as it gets this time of the NFL season. As a bonus, for the first time in nearly three decades, the outcome truly matters for either team.
Names forgotten to the history books until this week when every piece of the series rivalry has been resurrected as part of the anticipation for the prime-time showdown at Lincoln Financial Field. The only drawback to the game is that the short week - the Eagles won at Dallas and the Commanders lost to the Steelers on Sunday - has robbed the rivalry of a few extra days of hype.
Led by Daniels, the Washington offense keeps putting up points, week in, week out, even against stingy opponents such as Pittsburgh, which entered Sunday allowing just 14.9 per game. The QB is building a strong connection with receiver Terry McLaurin, who topped 100 yards receiving for the fourth time in the past eight games, accumulating 113 on five catches.
"A really good player who started off on fire, so we'll have a challenge here this week," Eagles coach Nick Sirianni said. "You know how he's going to the right place with the football, being accurate, the things he can do when things do break down.""Taking our show on the road to go up and have another division battle, Thursday night in November, like come on, what are we talking about?" Commanders coach Dan Quinn said.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Eagles and Commanders meet in biggest game in NFC East rivalry series in nearly 30 yearsCoach Dan Quinn knows rookie Jayden Daniels and the rest of the Washington Commanders don't have a lot of time ahead of their NFC East matchup at the Philadelphia Eagles to fix the sorts of things that went wrong during a one-point loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Read more »
Eagles host Commanders with NFC East supremacy on the lineThe Philadelphia Eagles put their five-game winning streak on the line on Thursday night against Washington in a matchup of the top two teams in the NFC East. Eagles QB Jalen Hurts has at least one touchdown pass, rushing touchdown and a 100-plus rating in four straight games, becoming the first quarterback in NFL history to do that.
Read more »
Eagles, Commanders meet for biggest game in NFC East rivalry series in nearly 30 yearsCoach Dan Quinn knows rookie Jayden Daniels and the rest of the Washington Commanders don't have a lot of time ahead of their NFC East matchup at the Philadelphia Eagles to fix the sorts of things that went wrong during a one-point loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Read more »
NFC East teams chasing Detroit Lions For Top SeedPhiladelphia Eagles, Washington Commanders chasing Detroit Lions for top NFC playoff seed.
Read more »
Eagles’ schedule changes after NFC East rival takes their national TV slotThe time of an Eagles game against an AFC opponent has been changed in favor of a matchup that involves a team from the NFC East.
Read more »
Eagles-Giants: Birds face first NFC East test; injury updates, how to watch, scheduleThe Eagles travel to MetLife Stadium to face the rival Giants in their first NFC East matchup of the season.
Read more »