Week 3 turned the NFC East on its head, and the Dallas Cowboys were right in the middle of the chaos after their wild loss to the Baltimore Ravens in Rio.
Dallas dropped a game it had every chance to win, but the division picture got even stranger around them. The Washington Commanders, who entered the week as the only NFC East team without a division win, pulled off the shocker of the slate by taking down the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks even with Marcus Mariota starting.
The New York Giants added to the surprise-filled weekend with a 12-7 win over the Tennessee Titans. Then on Monday night, the Philadelphia Eagles ran into a buzzsaw of their own, falling 27-7 to the Chicago Bears, who were down to third-string quarterback Case Keenum.
For Washington, the win in Seattle changed the tone fast. The Commanders had already lost to Philadelphia in the opener and to Dallas in Week 2, and with Jayden Daniels injured, they had started to look buried.
Instead, that result gave them life heading into a trip to London to face the 1-2 Indianapolis Colts. Another win would push them right back into the conversation despite the rough start.
Dallas, meanwhile, is left with a frustrating but familiar storyline. The loss to Baltimore will linger, but it also showed the Cowboys can hang with anybody.
The problem is the same one that keeps showing up: self-inflicted mistakes. That has been the theme for years, and it showed up again in a game that slipped away.
The good news for Dallas is that the next stretch offers a chance to respond quickly. The Cowboys get the 0-3 Houston Texans next, then turn around for a Thursday matchup with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Tampa will be without Baker Mayfield, giving Dallas a real opportunity to stack two wins in a short window. The bigger question is whether the Cowboys have the mental toughness to do it.
New York’s season has already taken a sharp turn. The Giants opened with a statement win over Dallas, then lost Jaxson Dart in Week 2.
They traded for J.J. McCarthy, though that move feels like a step down from Jameis Winston, even if Winston’s brand of football comes with plenty of wrong-team throws.
Their win over Tennessee keeps them in second place, and Cam Skattebo has been a force. Still, the Giants also lost Brian Burns, and the outlook could be drifting toward 2027 before long.
Philadelphia entered Monday night with a 2-0 start and looked like the clear team to chase in the division. Then Chicago stunned them.
Jalen Hurts remains exactly what the Eagles have shown all season: a quarterback who can look brilliant one week and out of sync the next. The Eagles are still the favorites in the East, but their loss opened the door just enough to remind everyone that Dallas is not done yet, even after a disappointing start.
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