Washington will visit Monday night for what will be a fourth referendum game in the Eagles’ young season. The Birds beat Washington in the opener, played well at Kansas City and won at Carolina last Thursday. Now 5-1, the best record in the conference, the team seems less interested in the big picture than in the job at hand.
This is by design.
“I don’t think right now who the NFC’s best team is. I think it matters in January and February who the best team in the NFC is,” center Jason Kelce said, referring to the playoff months.