Oct 14th 2008 12:00PM by Sportz Assassin (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, Eagles, Giants, Redskins, NFC East, NFL Fans
Over the first five weeks of the NFL season, everyone seemed to be in agreement that the NFC East is the best division. Coming into the week, the four teams were a combined 14-5 with four of those five losses coming within the division.
After Week 6, however, the NFC East was knocked down quite a few pegs.
Three of the four NFC East teams lost this weekend to teams that were a combined 4-9. Two of them were beaten by teams from the NFC West which is regarded by many as the worst division in football.
The most shocking was the Washington Redskins’ home loss to the previously-winless St. Louis Rams. The Skins outplayed the Rams but had too many mental mistakes to overcome. The Dallas Cowboys lost in Arizona to the Cardinals. That isn’t as big an upset aside from the way the Cowboys lost.
Last night, Eli Manning was picked off three times in the New York Giants loss to the Cleveland Browns.
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