The Eagles’ season has hit a rough patch that Philadelphia hasn’t seen in a long time.
Monday night’s 38-21 loss to the Cowboys dropped the reigning NFC East champions to 2-5 and extended their slide to five straight defeats. That pushes the Eagles deeper into the playoff muddle and into territory that, for this franchise, has been rare in the 21st century.
Injuries have played a major role in the collapse, but the results are what they are: the Eagles are suddenly staring at one of their ugliest stretches in years. They have lost five in a row only three times since 2000 - in 2012, 2016 and now 2026.
This current run is already Philadelphia’s worst losing streak in a decade. The last time the Eagles dropped five straight came in 2016, when Carson Wentz and coach Doug Pederson were in their rookie season and the team fell from 5-4 to 5-9. If the Eagles lose to the Commanders next Sunday night, that would become their longest skid since an eight-game losing streak in Andy Reid’s final season.
The franchise’s all-time losing streak sits at 14 games, with 11 in the Super Bowl era, so this latest slide is nowhere near record territory. But it has already passed the low point of Doug Pederson’s final season in 2020, when the Eagles finished 4-11-1 and never lost more than four in a row.
The problems haven’t been limited to the offense, either. Jalen Hurts’ absence has been part of the story, but the defense has also been shredded, giving up at least 375 yards in every loss.
And with the Giants also winning in Week 7, Philadelphia is now 2.5 games behind first place in the NFC East.
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