Eagles continue to plummet in national power rankings after third straight loss

A 19-17 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday had a lot of consequences for the Eagles.

The Birds are below .500 with a 2-3 record for the first time since 2021, Nick Sirianni’s first year as head coach. Questions are swirling about Sirianni’s future in Philly, and the Eagles have fallen to the back half of some national power rankings all because of clock management and a 57-yard field goal with one second left.

Here’s where the Eagles sit in some power rankings before they come back home seeking redemption in a Week 6 matchup against the Carolina Panthers (1 p.m. Sunday, CBS):

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Sunday’s loss raised questions about the “fourth-quarter effectiveness” of the Eagles defense for ESPN’s Tim McManus.

And like most of the conversations surrounding the Birds, McManus’ point comes back to the offense, too, as the team dropped three spots in ESPN’s ranking.

“Philly is last in opponent yards (648), 31st in touchdowns allowed (six) and 30th in opponent success rate (52.5%) in the final frame,” McManus wrote. “The struggle is almost certainly linked to how much the defense is on the field, working opposite an Eagles offense that leads the league in three-and-outs (20). This defense is tied for the second-most snaps (332) in the NFL and will continue to wear down if that amount of usage continues.”

The Athletic’s Chad Graff and Josh Kendall had them at 16 last week and have demoted them to 18th.

With only wins over the Washington Commanders and the Tennessee Titans under their belts, the Eagles offense continues to contribute to a slide in the rankings.

“Three straight losses have derailed a 2-0 start as questions mount about what this Sean Mannion-led offense is doing,” Graff and Kendall wrote. “It has now been three straight weeks in which the Eagles have failed to reach 250 yards of offense. They’ve become tough to watch and have their first losing record since 2021.”

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The Eagles took the biggest hit in the Bleacher Report rankings, moving down from 13th to 19th after Sunday.

Gary Davenport wrote that while the Eagles are “battle-tested,” they’re “also in trouble,” especially without Saquon Barkley, DeVonta Smith, and two offensive linemen.

“That offense now is stagnant,” Davenport wrote. “The defense has issues as well. Defensive tackle Jalen Carter was a force in London, but the Eagles aren’t generating pressure off the edge. Philadelphia has been ahead late in each of the last two games and still lost them both.”

Yahoo! Sports also has the Eagles ranked 19th, and it’s all thanks to the last eight seconds of the game.

Moving down from 15th last week, Frank Schwab said the Eagles had their “best performance this season,” for 59 minutes and 52 seconds against a Jacksonville team that is “one of the best” in the league this season. But Schwab said letting the Jaguars have a chance at the kickoff return was a “clear mistake.”

“Sirianni won a Super Bowl two seasons ago,” Schwab wrote. “Since then, the Eagles had a disappointing and drama-filled 2025 season and this season they’re 2-3, with the two wins coming late against teams who are a combined 1-8-1. Add in the end of Sunday’s game and Sirianni might be in trouble soon. Doug Pederson was fired three seasons after his Super Bowl win, for reference.”

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NFL.com has the Eagles the lowest out of all the power rankings, moving down from 21 to 26. Nick Shook wrote “a banged-up” Eagles team almost “pulled off a remarkable win.” Until they didn’t.

Now, the question is how the Eagles will respond.

“The Eagles had overcome adversity, stood tall in the shadow of their own goal post and taken a late lead that left them poised to fly home as winners,” Shook wrote. “The final kickoff, ensuing return, and 57-yard Cam Little field goal wiped all of that out in a flash, sending the Eagles back to the same heartbreaking place in which they’ve resided for the last few weeks. Losses like this can send teams into tailspins. We’ll see if Nick Sirianni can prevent that from happening.”

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The Eagles are back from London, looking to leave the disappointment of a last-second defeat behind while choosing instead to focus on lessons they can learn from a third straight loss. And you know what? The Inquirer’s Jeff McLane actually thinks there were encouraging takeaways from the game, outcome aside. He and Mike Sielski discussed why the Eagles’ sky, despite being gray, isn’t falling just yet, and what the team can build on to if it hopes to reverse its fortunes during a key stretch of the schedule that begins Sunday.  Listen here.

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