When the Eagles' schedule was released in April, Week 5 against the Minnesota Vikings was circled as a marquee game. It is a rematch of January's NFC championship, both teams entered the season as bona fide Super Bowl contenders, and the Vikings spent an offseason bolstering their lineup by adding quarterback Kirk Cousins – not to mention hiring former Eagles quarterbacks coach John DeFilippo as their play-caller.
Week 5 has arrived, but neither team is entering this game as it hoped. The Vikings are 1-2-1, including an ugly home loss to the lowly Buffalo Bills. The Eagles are 2-2 and coming off an overtime loss in Tennessee, in which they allowed three fourth-down conversions on the final drive.