It’s on. After the Dallas Cowboys kicked off the NFL season with one of the top opening games in recent memory, the rest of the NFL caught up to them and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. 28 of the 30 remaining teams began their 2021 seasons, including all three NFC East rivals. While the New York Giants and Washington Football Team both enjoyed home openers, like the Cowboys the Philadelphia Eagles opened their campaign on the road.
Unlike Dallas, the Eagles played a team that isn’t expected to compete for much of anything this season, as the Atlanta Falcons rolled over and played dead with a massive amount of roster churn that figures to have them in competition for a second-consecutive top-5 selection in next April’s draft. Washington and New York squared off against teams with more hopeful seasons ahead of them. Here’s a look at how each of the three rivals fared against their opponents.