{"id":633591,"date":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/633591\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:02:19","slug":"eagles-rooting-guide-for-nfl-week-17-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/633591\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles rooting guide for NFL Week 17 games"},"content":{"rendered":"

The seventeenth weekend of the 2025 NFL regular season is here!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s run through a Philadelphia Eagles<\/a>-focused rooting guide for all of the remaining Week 17 games.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a look at the current NFC playoff picture, via ESPN:<\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s a look at the Eagles\u2019 path to the No. 2 seed via the great Deniz Selman:<\/p>\n

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES at BUFFALO BILLS: With a win over the Bills, the Eagles will clinch being no lower than the No. 3 seed (if they don\u2019t already clinch as much in the 1:00 PM window by the Carolina Panthers losing to the Seattle Seahawks). An Eagles win also keeps their hopes of the No. 2 seed alive going into Sunday night\u2019s game between the San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears. Not to mention an Eagles win in Buffalo could be a really nice confidence booster for the team and their fans alike. Go Birds.<\/p>\n

BALTIMORE RAVENS at GREEN BAY PACKERS: As referenced in Path 3 in the preceding Selman tweet, the Eagles can potentially benefit from the Packers going exactly 1-0-1 over their final two games. Root for a Packers win or tie. <\/p>\n

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at CAROLINA PANTHERS: As referenced in Path 2, the Eagles can benefit from the Seahawks losing this game. The silver lining to a Seahawks win is that the Eagles will not be able to drop to the No. 4 seed. Root for the Panthers.<\/p>\n

CHICAGO BEARS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS: The Eagles will be eliminated from No. 2 seed contention if both the Seahawks beat the Panthers AND the Bears beat the 49ers in this game. The Eagles can benefit from a Bears win in Path 2 outlined above but the other two of three paths require the Bears to lose out. Root for the 49ers.<\/p>\n

LOS ANGELES RAMS at ATLANTA FALCONS: As referenced in Path 2, the Eagles want the Rams to lose at least one more game. Root for the Falcons.<\/p>\n

DETROIT LIONS at MINNESOTA VIKINGS: The Eagles would\u2019ve preferred a Lions win over the Vikings because Detroit is now playing a meaningless Week 18 game against the Bears instead of pushing for a playoff spot. Dan Campbell\u2019s guys might fight hard to spoil Chicago\u2019s playoff positioning anyway \u2026 but no guarantee that happens. Lions lost.<\/p>\n

DRAFT PICK CONSIDERATIONS<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the current 2026 NFL Draft order for non-playoff teams, via Tankathon<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS at NEW YORK JETS: Thanks to last year\u2019s Haason Reddick trade, the Eagles own the Jets\u2019 third-round pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. The more the Jets lose, the more favorable the pick will be for the Birds. Root for the Patriots.<\/p>\n

NEW YORK GIANTS at LAS VEGAS RAIDERS: This a HUGE game. The Eagles really want the Giants to win and potentially drop to No. 4 instead of losing and remaining at No. 1 overall. Root for the Giants.<\/p>\n

DALLAS COWBOYS at WASHINGTON COMMANDERS: The Eagles would\u2019ve preferred the Commanders to win and screw up their draft positioning. But the Cowboys did that instead, albeit a little lower in the order. Commanders lost.<\/p>\n

DENVER BRONCOS at KANSAS CITY CHIEFS: The Chiefs\u2019 loss on Thursday keeps them ahead of Dallas in the draft order, so, that\u2019s good. Chiefs lost.<\/p>\n

ARIZONA CARDINALS at CINCINNATI BENGALS: The Eagles want the Cardinals to stay ahead of Washington in the draft order. And maybe even get ahead of the Giants. Also, it\u2019s fun to root against Jonathan Gannon. Root for the Bengals.<\/p>\n

PITTSBURGH STEELERS at CLEVELAND BROWNS: The Eagles want the Browns to move ahead of the Giants in the draft order. Root for the Steelers.<\/p>\n

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS at TENNESSEE TITANS: The Eagles want the Titans to stay ahead of Washington and potentially move ahead of the Giants in the draft order. Root for the Saints.<\/p>\n

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS at INDIANAPOLIS COLTS: Two reasons to root for the Jags: 1) the Colts losing out gives Indy a chance to move ahead of Dallas in the draft order and 2) the Jags winning keeps them motivated to chance after the No. 1 seed and not rest starters against the Titans in Week 18. Root for the Jaguars.<\/p>\n

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS at MIAMI DOLPHINS: The Eagles want the Dolphins to stay ahead of Dallas in the draft order. Root for the Buccaneers.<\/p>\n

HOUSTON TEXANS at LOS ANGELES CHARGERS: Doesn\u2019t really matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The seventeenth weekend of the 2025 NFL regular season is here! Let\u2019s run through a Philadelphia Eagles-focused rooting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,83988,2476],"class_list":{"0":"post-633591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-philadelphia-eagles-playoffs","14":"tag-philadelphiaeagles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115793792300732306","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}