Philadelphia Eagles 2019: NFL Week 5 Power Rankings

Many of you are going to stand firm in your unwillingness to give the Seattle Seahawks their due. You just don’t want to believe that they’re one of the best teams in the NFL. That can only be because you’ve either failed to watch them play or because you’ve been so wrapped up in what your team is doing that you haven’t been properly schooled.

If you fall into any of those categories, you need to understand a few things. Russell Wilson is an elite-level quarterback. This team can win on any given Sunday versus anybody, and if the Seahawks and Cowboys switched jerseys, everyone would be calling this a Super Bowl contender.

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Here’s how you beat the Dallas Cowboys. On offense, you run the ball right at them. That will wear them down, and maybe you can run some misdirection plays later. Limit your turnovers, and you’ll be fine. You can’t give their offense extra opportunities.

On defense, you must key on stopping Ezekiel Elliott, not Dak Prescott. It’s through ‘Zeke’ that the Cowboys’ potential success on offense lies. If he can’t get going, Prescott can’t run the play-action game, and though he is good, Dak can’t be relied upon to beat teams solely on the strength of his arm.

That’s the truth. That’s how you beat Dallas. Unfortunately for most of the teams in the NFL, they aren’t equipped to do so. Despite losing their first game, the Cowboys will be a problem all year.

The way this team performed versus the Lions made some people believe that this season was headed down a bad path. The way they performed versus the Green Bay Packers made people believe that this team has a chance regardless of who gets hurt.

That is everybody on this team other than Carson Wentz. He’s the sparkplug. He’s the key. Hopefully, Philly will figure out their weaknesses soon. Hopefully, they’ll get healthy. Until then, ’11’ has the stuff to keep them afloat. Now, can they beat the Cowboys? The jury is still out on that one.

The secondary is a major cause for concern, and that won’t change this week, but the Eagles are in a much better position than they were seven days ago.

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People often believe that low-scoring games that feature good defense are boring. Look no further than last year’s Super Bowl. If you subscribe to that theory, you’ll want to steer clear of games that the Chicago Bears are playing in.

Despite being almost unwatchable on offense, the Bears haven’t been out of any game they’ve been in because of a unit that has the potential to be historically good.

The weather is going to get colder. Teams are going to have to travel to Soldier Field, ad no one’s going to be excited about seeing Chicago on the schedule. If Matt Nagy can figure out how to move the ball on offense, this team could be very scary down the road.