NFL Power Rankings: Eagles avoid NFC East cellar despite another loss

Here are two teams that tend to give the Eagles headaches when they meet.

The Seattle Seahawks with Russell Wilson have to be seen as a perennial threat in the National Football Conference. A Seattle Seahawks team that has Geno Smith under center isn’t as scary. The Hawks need their playmaker back to overcome those defensive deficiencies, but anytime your defense lines up with Bobby Wagner and Jamal Adams, you have to feel better about your chances regardless of who the opponent is.

The Vikings are one of those teams that, as years go on, seem to have a split personality. Good weeks are followed by unimpressive showings the following week. Good seasons are followed by disappointments. Heck, there are times in which they struggle to put consecutive drives or quarters together.

Then again, their quarterback is Kirk Cousins, so there’s that. He’s been one of the game’s more inconsistent quarterbacks for a while as has his coach, and you know what they say. Teams take on the personalities of their coaches, right?