Two weeks in, and the Eagles are still undefeated. An honor they share with 8 other teams heading into week 3. Joining them are the Cowboys, Niners, Commanders, Buccaneers, Ravens, Falcons, Saints, and Dolphins. An improvement after only 6 teams were 2-0 heading into week 3 last season. All 6 of those teams made the playoffs, two made the Superbowl, and 2 made the second round of the playoffs. 63.8% of teams that have started 2-0 since 1990 went on to make the playoffs. A good place for the Eagles to be in. Despite some early season issues, they are still undefeated and put up 34 points in their last win.
So why are so many acting like the Eagles are in trouble? Yes, Jalen Hurts hasn’t looked himself through two games. But shouldn’t that be a sign that the team can be even better than they have been? Once Hurts finds his groove, the offense can be even better. There are some injuries, but every team has injuries, and only the Maddox one seems to be long-term.
With high expectations comes increased scrutiny. And if they had blown one of these two games, it would be understandable for people to be as annoyed. But they won both games and looked better in week 2. It feels like the scrutiny is larger than it should be.
But does the National Media agree? Do the people outside of Philly understand that they are still a very talented team? Or are they overreacting to the first two weeks of the season? It is perhaps a little bit of both. The Eagles are still in the top 4 of every Power Ranking, at least the ones I looked at. But we are seeing the early season darlings, like the Cowboys, Dolphins, and Niners passing them in many of these power rankings.
Here is where the Eagles fell in the various Week 3 Power Rankings:
