{"id":333878,"date":"2025-12-09T05:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333878\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T05:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T05:04:11","slug":"what-eagles-ot-loss-means-for-nfc-east-nfl-playoff-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/333878\/","title":{"rendered":"What Eagles’ OT loss means for NFC East, NFL playoff picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Eagles’ OT loss means for NFC East, NFL playoff picture<\/a> originally appeared on The Sporting News<\/a>. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> are a bit lucky.<\/p>\n

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The NFC East isn’t as strong a division as everyone expected this season.<\/p>\n

That’s good news for the Eagles, who lost in overtime on Monday night to the Chargers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the defeat, the Eagles fell to 8-5 on the season.<\/p>\n

But they’re still well clear of the second-place Dallas Cowboys<\/a>, who are 6-6-1.<\/p>\n

The Eagles, if they were to keep losing, would be in trouble in the wild card standings.<\/p>\n

But they’ve still got plenty to play for, because the division is well within their control.<\/p>\n

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They could lose once more before even worrying at all about if Dallas can catch up with them.<\/p>\n

It was starting to feel like a classic, grind-it-out sort of win for the Eagles.<\/p>\n

But then Jalen Hurts, with the Eagles in field goal range and trying to score a game-winning touchdown, threw a tipped pass that got intercepted.<\/p>\n

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It was a miserable night for Hurts, but because of the divisional setup, the Eagles probably won’t even be haunted by it.<\/p>\n

Hurts might still have some bad dreams, of course. That two-turnovers-on-one-play moment won’t be a highlight that Hurts wants to watch back.<\/p>\n

But if he can right the ship, the Eagles will still be just fine to be in the playoffs and have a chance to defend their Super Bowl title.<\/p>\n

It has to be better than this night, but they’ve still got some wiggle room.<\/p>\n

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