The 2022 NFL season will be remembered as the resurgence of the NFC East. All four teams finished with at least a .500 record, and three teams made the playoffs. The Philadelphia Eagles won the NFC and came close to winning their second Super Bowl in five seasons.
The NFC East had three of the final four teams remaining in the NFC playoffs.
The Dallas Cowboys finished with a 12-5 record despite quarterback Dak Prescott missing several games early in the season. However, the season’s big story was the turnaround of the New York Giants.
The previously terrible Giants finished 9-7-1 and won a playoff game. The Washington Commanders had control of a playoff berth until a late-season collapse prevented the NFC East from becoming the first division in NFL history to have every team make the playoffs.
Is the NFC East on track to return to its previous glory? Or was 2022 an aberration?
If the NFC “Beast” returns to its previous glory, it will need the 2022 rookie class to be the future of the division. How did each’s rookie class fare in 2022?
Nick Shook from NFL.com ranked each of the NFC East’s 2022 rookie classes, and no one received higher than a B-.
What about the Commanders?