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NFL Week 8 takeaways: Are the Commanders good, lucky or both? Are the Eagles back?

Week 8’s Sunday slate brought the Hail Mary of the year so far in Washington, not to mention upset after upset: the Cleveland Browns upending the Baltimore Ravens behind backup QB Jameis Winston, and another backup, Jacoby Brissett, outdueling Aaron Rodgers late in the New England Patriots’ win over the New York Jets.

We also saw the Philadelphia Eagles continue their big-time bounceback and plenty of backup QB heroics. The Athletic NFL writers Jeff Howe, Ted Nguyen and Dan Pompei share their thoughts on all of these storylines and more.