Sunday afternoon reference material.
The fifth Sunday of the 2024 NFL regular season is here! Let’s run through a Philadelphia Eagles-focused rooting guide for all of the Week 5 games.
EAGLES GAME
Happy bye week. The Eagles can’t lose today!
NFC EAST
CLEVELAND BROWNS at WASHINGTON COMMANDERS: The Eagles play the Browns when they return to action in Week 6. So, it’d be nice if the Browns didn’t look too awesome … but instead beat the Commanders in a really ugly game. Washington is currently first in the NFC East. Root for the Browns.
NEW YORK GIANTS at SEATTLE SEAHAWKS: Still too early to be rooting for the Giants to win games to ruin their draft positioning. Gotta make sure the G-Men don’t find a spark and become a threat in the division. Root for the Seahawks.
DALLAS COWBOYS at PITTSBURGH STEELERS: A Cowboys loss during an Eagles bye week is always a beautiful thing. Root for the Steelers.
DRAFT PICK WATCH
BUFFALO BILLS at HOUSTON TEXANS: The Eagles own the Texans’ fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. Root for the Bills.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS at JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS: Sorry, Dougie P, but the Eagles want to see a non-Texans team win the AFC South. And the Colts have a better chance than the Jags do. Root for the Colts.
NFC PLAYOFF PICTURE
NEW YORK JETS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS (London): Ideally, don’t want the Vikings getting so far out in front that they can block the Eagles’ chance at the No. 1 seed. But the Eagles currently don’t look like a No. 1 seed contender. Also, it’s probably better to see the Vikings win the NFC North over Detroit or Green Bay, right? Feels like a better chance the Vikings eventually fall apart than those other teams? Root for the Vikings.
CAROLINA PANTHERS at CHICAGO BEARS: The Bears are the bigger threat, relatively speaking. Also, the Eagles have a chance to boost their strength of victory tiebreaker with a win over the Panthers later this season. Root for the Panthers.
ARIZONA CARDINALS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: The Niners are obviously the bigger threat in the NFC. Root for the Cardinals.
GREEN BAY PACKERS at LOS ANGELES RAMS: The Packers are obviously the bigger threat in the NFC. Root for the Rams.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: Might be annoying to see the Chiefs never lose but it’s AFC team over NFC team here. Root for the Chiefs.
WHAT’S LEFT
BALTIMORE RAVENS at CINCINNATI BENGALS: Doesn’t really matter.
LAS VEGAS RAIDERS at DENVER BRONCOS: Doesn’t really matter.
MIAMI DOLPHINS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS: Whichever team you believe to have the better shot of landing the No. 1 overall pick, thus keeping it away from the Giants, that’s the team you should hope loses.
BYE WEEK TEAMS
Philadelphia Eagles, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Chargers, Tennessee Titans
