The NFL may soon be looking at a Week 8 shuffle that would take the Commanders and Eagles out of the Sunday night spotlight. According to the report, the league is considering flexing the Nov. 1 matchup between NFC East rivals Philadelphia and Washington, a game that is currently set for 8:20 p.m.
ET. The decision won’t be made immediately, though, as the NFL has until Oct. 20 to lock it in.
On paper, the matchup doesn’t have the shine the league probably wanted when it was slotted. Philadelphia sits at 2-3, while Washington is 1-3-1, and both teams are dealing with the kind of uneven start that makes prime-time scheduling more complicated. If the game stays put, it remains a marquee stage for two division foes; if it gets moved, the league will have to find a replacement that fits its broadcast rules.
That’s where the rest of the Week 8 board starts to matter. Games like Vikings-Lions, Browns-Steelers, and Chiefs-Broncos appear to be off limits if the NFL wants to preserve at least one divisional matchup in a Sunday afternoon window.
Steelers-Browns already had its prime-time turn in Week 4, and Broncos-Chiefs did the same in Week 1. The Vikings are also set to host the Lions on Sunday night in Week 15, though the league could always choose to move that later meeting and use the earlier one instead.
While the schedule talk swirls, the Eagles are getting healthier. Philadelphia opened practice windows for four players: Pro Bowl guard Landon Dickerson, defensive back Jakorian Bennett, and tight ends Grant Calcaterra and Eli Stowers.
Washington, meanwhile, is staring straight at a tough test in Week 6. The Commanders will line up against an undefeated 49ers team whose defense has allowed 93 points through five games, the third-fewest in the NFL. New defensive coordinator Raheem Morris has helped the unit hold together despite injuries, and the group just showed how disruptive it can be by beating the Seahawks in the same way Washington did, with exactly 21 points coming off takeaways.
The Commanders’ own situation remains ugly. They’re 1-3-1, buried in last place in the NFC East and dealing with injuries that are already tearing through the roster.
Still, the division isn’t locked down yet. Philadelphia and Dallas are both 2-3, just half a game ahead of Washington, and with 12 games left, the race is still open.
There was also word around the league that DT Daron Payne “would have trade value” if Washington chooses to listen at the deadline.
And in a separate on-site note from Quinn, he said, “I want to a make sure that’s a scar that has to be permanent,” adding, “and making sure this is a situation, a scenario that would never present itself again.”
The debate over Washington’s upcoming stretch doesn’t stop there. Even if the Commanders lose to the 49ers on Monday night and fall to 1-4-1, and even if the Eagles drop to the Panthers and slide to 2-4, the Week 8 Sunday night window still may not be easy to fill with a bigger draw.
One more piece of Commanders history also surfaced in the mix: Art Monk was closing in on the NFL’s all-time receptions record, needing three catches to pass former Seahawks receiver Steve Largent, who finished with 819. Because the game was at RFK Stadium on Monday Night Football, Washington had a chance to see one of its greats hit the milestone in front of the home crowd, and Gibbs wasn’t going to let that chance slip away.
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