Can the Philadelphia Eagles become the first team to win the NFC East in back-to-back seasons since doing it from 2001-2004? They are favored to do so coming off their Super Bowl run a year ago.
Our football experts Chris Raybon and Stuckey break down their predictions for the entire division, plus a couple of NFL futures bets they like.
Continue below for their favorite NFC East NFL futures predictions, which include a long-shot pick on the New York Giants to win the division, as well as a win total bet for the Eagles.
NFL Futures — NFC East Predictions
| NFL Futures Picks |
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| Eagles Under 11.5 Wins (-120) |
| Giants – NFC East Winner (+3000) |
Eagles Under 11.5 Wins (-120)
Nobody ever wins the NFC East two years in a row.
The Eagles were the last team to win this division in consecutive seasons, doing it four straight times from 2001 to 2004.
With that in mind, I believe the Commanders and Giants are both live to win the NFC East this season.
The Commanders appear to be best positioned to take the throne with Jayden Daniels at the helm, and I think he might just be able to snatch it.
I still believe Daniels is capable of going up another level, given he was hurt in the middle of his rookie campaign last season.
On the flip side, the Eagles' schedule is going to be much tougher this season. They lost their offensive coordinator (Kellen Moore), and their defense was gutted a little bit. Still very talented, but not quite the same.
Saquon Barkley had 472 touches last year when you include the postseason. If he gets hurt, that changes Philly's offense a lot.
If you remove Barkley from the equation, I think the Eagles could possibly survive by passing more. But AJ Brown is banged up, Dallas Goedert is dealing with an injury and DeVonta Smith was banged up earlier in the summer.
Their No. 4 guy, Johnny Wilson, underwent season-ending surgery. They traded for John Metchie, but yeah, this team may struggle a little bit if they don't get another massive year from Barkley.
What was it, 11 scores from outside the red zone last year? I could easily envision a scenario in which the pendulum quickly swings back the other direction to the point where we return to asking ourselves if Jalen Hurts is the right quarterback for this team.
Giants – NFC East Winner (+3000)
I'm finally coming around on the Giants.
I think everything is falling into place for them to have one of those semi-magical runs like they did a few years ago when they went 9-7-1 and made the playoffs with Daniel Jones at QB.
The defense should be really good. I like the linebackers. The safeties are better — I love both Tyler Nubin and Jevon Holland.
Paulson Adebo at CB raises their floor a little bit; Dru Phillips is good in the nickel. The other corner spot with Deonte Banks is very questionable, but the defense should be able to generate plenty of pressure and the secondary should be solid.
The offensive line is still bad, but it's better with a healthy Andrew Thomas.
The weapons still aren't great, but they have Malik Nabers, plus a pair of wild cards in Russell Wilson and Jaxson Dart throwing him the ball.
The quarterback play should be better than last year any way you slice it, Russ or Dart.Last year was a total disaster, cycling through a rotation of Tommy DeVito, Drew Locke and Daniel Jones.
The Giants were also extremely unlucky last year. They were bad, but they were 1-8 in one-score games, and that was with atrocious quarterback play.
Plus, they lost their left tackle, which was just a disastrous situation. If there's one team that can't afford to lose their tackle, it's the Giants.
So, they upgraded their defense, they upgraded quarterback. I think the Giants could surprise people this season.
I'm going to take a small flyer on New York to win the NFC East.
