“The Philadelphia Eagles are now, officially, the best team in the NFL.”
That’s how the team at Sports Illustrated’s Monday Morning Quarterback summed up the 7-1 Eagles’ leapfrogging the Patriots to top its NFL power rankings for the first time all season.
And that was before the Eagles acquired Pro Bowl running back Jay Ajayi from the Dolphins.
Nearly every other national outlet agrees. Even the 80 writers, editors and on-air personalities that vote on ESPN’s power rankings finally moved the Eagles to the top of their list.
In fact, there was only one national outlet that didn’t rank the Eagles No.