The NFL may be ready to make a prime-time change for Week 8, with Rob Tornoe of the Inquirer reporting that Eagles-Commanders is being considered for removal from Sunday Night Football.
That matchup looked a whole lot better when the league put it on NBC’s schedule a few months ago. Now the Eagles are 2-3 and the Commanders are 1-3-1, and the game has become a much rougher sell on paper.
If the NFL does make the switch, the logic is easy to see. Both teams have been sloppy, both have made plenty of mistakes, and neither has exactly been putting on a clinic. The source reporting even points to Washington’s bizarre decision not to stop the clock before kicking a game-winning field goal on Sunday as part of the case for how messy things have gotten.
Still, there’s another side to this. Bad football can be fascinating, especially when it’s happening to teams everyone is already watching closely. The Commanders’ radio call from the end of overtime against the Giants was held up as a perfect example of how wild these games can get.
And then there’s the Eagles themselves, a team that seems to generate hate-watch energy all on its own. Nick Sirianni’s reaction after the London loss only added to that, especially when he said:
"I didn’t make the right decision, and I lost us that game."
He expanded on that point by comparing the feeling to missing a late free throw or dropping a ball at the end of a game, saying the mistake would stick with him for a long time.
So yes, the NFL may prefer cleaner football in that Sunday night slot. But there’s also a case for keeping the chaos. Every week with these Eagles, there seems to be at least one moment that goes completely off the rails, and Week 8 could be no different.
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