The Eagles’ first priority in Week 5 is simple: handle their own business in London against the Jacksonville Jaguars and avoid slipping under .500. That’s the game that matters most for Philadelphia, and it’s the one that comes with the cleanest instruction: Go Birds.
Around that, the rooting interests break neatly into a few buckets. In the NFC East, Philadelphia got an early assist Thursday night when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Dallas Cowboys, who entered as 9.5-point favorites at home and still lost. Lol Cowboys.
Elsewhere in the division race, the New York Giants are sitting on top at 3-1, and with some friendlier games ahead, the better outcome for Philadelphia is a Washington Commanders win over New York. The Commanders are 1-3, so the call there is straightforward: Root for the Commanders.
The NFC playoff picture brings a heavier dose of scoreboard watching. The Minnesota Vikings are viewed as the bigger threat in the conference, so Philadelphia has reason to pull for the New Orleans Saints.
Same logic in Arizona, where the Detroit Lions are still the more dangerous NFC team despite how rough the Detroit defense has been. That makes the Cardinals the preferred outcome.
In Seattle, the Eagles would rather not see the San Francisco 49ers keep rolling toward a path to the No. 1 seed, so that one goes to the Seahawks. And when Baltimore visits Atlanta, there’s a little draft-pick wrinkle mixed in: the Eagles now own the Ravens’ fifth-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft following the Cam Jurgens trade. Even so, Philadelphia would rather see Atlanta lose in terms of the NFC playoff race, which means rooting for Baltimore.
There’s one more draft-related angle on the schedule. The Eagles own the more favorable of two 2027 fifth-round picks either from the Patriots or Bears, so the lean there is against New England and toward the Las Vegas Raiders.
As for Houston at Tennessee, there’s no Eagles impact to track.
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