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Eagles vs. Washington: 4 causes for concern in Week 17

#FlyEaglesFly Philadelphia #Eagles vs. #WashingtonFootball: 4 causes for concern in Week 17

The Eagles and Washington are set for their second matchup in less than two weeks and although Philadelphia is a significant favorite, there are several reasons to be concerned as well.

The Eagles will be without running back Miles Sanders, and backup running back Jordan Howard is likely to be a game-time decision with a neck injury.

Eagles’ RB Jordan Howard questionable for matchup vs. Washington

#FlyEaglesFly vs. #WashingtonFootball injury report: Jordan Howard questionable for Sunday’s matchup, Jalen Hurts among 7 others with no injury designation

The Eagles have released their final injury report for Sunday’s matchup at Washington and running back Jordan Howard will be a game-time decision.

Miles Sanders was ruled out as expected, while Jalen Hurts was among 7 players to get in a full practice for Philadelphia.

Eagles to wear black pants, white jerseys for Week 17 matchup at Washington

Looking to continue their winning streak, the #Eagles are going to rock the black pants, white jerseys for Week 17 matchup at #WashingtonFootball #PHIvsWAS #FlyEaglesFly

When the formula’s not broken, there’s absolutely no reason to go looking for quick fixes, so with the Eagles engulfed in a winning streak, the team will continue with the black pants on the road.

Philadelphia announced that they’ll wear white jerseys and black pants for their Week 17 road trip to Washington.

Ann Eagles win, coupled with a 49er win over the Texans and Packers win over the Vikings, would catapult Philadelphia into the playoffs with a week remaining in the regular season.

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Eagles at Washington: 5 storylines to follow in Week 17

Looking at 5 storylines to watch, as #FlyEaglesFly and the #WashingtonFootball meet for the second time in less than two weeks. #WASvsPHI

The Eagles have one of the NFL’s top defenses heading into Sunday’s Week 17 matchup against the Washington Football Team, and Jonathan Gannon’s much-improved unit could play a key role in Nick Sirianni locking up a playoff spot as a rookie head coach.

Philadelphia has an opportunity to clinch a wild-card berth this week. They will need to beat the Washington Football Team for the second time in two weeks, while also having the Vikings win (at Packers) and either the Saints lose (vs. Panthers) or Texans (at 49ers) lose.

Here are five key storylines for Sunday.

Washington could have Montez Sweat return to lineup as matchup with Eagles gets postponed

#WashingtonFootball set to have star pass rusher Montez #Sweat return to the lineup as matchup with Philadelphia #Eagles gets postponed until Tuesday #PHIvsWAS

Lost in the news that Philadelphia’s matchup against Washington has been postponed until Tuesday, is the ironic scenario that’ll see star pass rusher Montez Sweat, come off the Reserve/COVID-19 list on Saturday.

Washington’s defensive line had been hit the hardest by COVID-19, with Jonathan Allen, Matt Ioannidis, Sweat, Tim Settle, Casey Toohill, James Smith-Williams, and William Bradley-King are all on the COVID list.

Sweat has 20 sacks in his first 40 NFL games, is likely to return by Tuesday, with head coach Ron Rivera hopeful of his availability.

“It would obviously be a boost to get a guy like Montez back,” Del Rio said. “I know he’s working out; I’ve seen him via Zoom. I know he’s hopeful that that will occur, and we would love to see it. How many plays will he end up playing if he gets cleared and can play, I’m not sure? But yeah, I mean it would be a lift to get one of your better players back for sure.”

Sweat had spent the previous month on the injured reserve list with a fractured jaw.

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Eagles coach Nick Sirianni updates the status of Jordan Howard, Miles Sanders for Washington

Philadelphia #Eagles coach Nick #Sirianni updates the status of Miles Sanders, Jordan Howard for Sunday’s matchup vs. #WashingtonFootball #FlyEaglesFly

The Philadelphia Eagles received some good news on Friday, when head coach Nick Sirianni, revealed that both Miles Sanders and Jordan Howard will play on Sunday.

Quarterback Jalen Hurts is questionable, while Jason Kelce, Steven Nelson, and others should all be cleared to play.

Eagles announce official start time for Week 15 matchup against Washington

Philadelphia #Eagles Week 15 matchup against #Washington will be played on Sunday, Dec. 19 at 1 PM

When the 2021 NFL schedule was announced, the league put in place a flex scheduling format that would make every primetime matchup in the second half of the season meaningful.

Flexible scheduling will be used in Weeks 11-18. Additionally, in Weeks 5-10, flexible scheduling may be used in no more than two weeks. In Weeks 5-17, the schedule lists the games tentatively set for Sunday Night Football on NBC. Only Sunday afternoon games are eligible to be moved to Sunday night, in which case the tentatively scheduled Sunday night game would be moved to an afternoon start time.

For Week 18, two Saturday games and the Sunday night game will be announced no later than six days prior to January 9. The schedule does not list Saturday games or a Sunday night game in Week 18, but games with playoff implications will be moved to those time slots. Flexible scheduling ensures quality matchups in all Sunday time slots in those weeks and gives “surprise” teams a chance to play their way into prime time.

On Tuesday, the Eagles announced that the Week 15 home matchup against Washington will be played on Sunday, December 19, at 1:00 P.M.

As the Eagles continue on towards the final weeks of the season, they could be in a position to have a matchup flexed to primetime, especially Week 18 at home against Dallas.

If Philadelphia isn’t flexed, they’ll have all 1:00 P.M. games from Week 12 on through Week 18.

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