What Eagles’ OT loss means for NFC East, NFL playoff picture originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.The Philadelphia Eagles are a bit lucky.The NFC East isn’t as strong a division as everyone expected this season.That’s good news for the Eagles, who lost in overtime on Monday night to the Chargers.With the defeat, the Eagles fell to 8-5 on the season.But they’re still well clear of the second-place Dallas Cowboys, who are 6-6-1.The Eagles, if they were to keep losing, would be in trouble in the wild card standings.But they’ve still got plenty to play for, because the division is well within their control.MORE: Jalen Hurts made the worst play in fantasy football historyThey could lose once more before even worrying at all about if Dallas can catch up with them.It was starting to feel like a classic, grind-it-out sort of win for the Eagles.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.MORE:How the Buffalo Bills at home in the snow in December are an unbreakable streakIt was a miserable night for Hurts, but because of the divisional setup, the Eagles probably won’t even be haunted by it.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.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.It has to be better than this night, but they’ve still got some wiggle room.More news:Texas Tech commit breaks 72-year old TX HS football rushing recordThe Raiders with one of the worst bad beats you’ll ever seeChet Holmgren shows the proper respect to Red PandaNotre Dame rushed for more yards in the SEC title game than AlabamaCommanders pulled an RG3 on Jayden DanielsThe only 2 kickers as bad this season as Harrison Butker have been released