Week 5 Power Rankings: ESPN, The Ringer refuse to acknowledge the Eagles

The Eagles are the last remaining unbeaten team following their Week 4 win over Jacksonville.
Where does Philadelphia stand in this week’s Power Rankings? Here is a look around the league.
NFL.com
Last week: 1
This week: 1
Adversity came for the Eagles on Sunday, and they turned it away. Playing in rainy conditions and with multiple important players forced out of action with injuries, Philly relied on its ground attack (210 yards rushing) and an opportunistic defense (five turnovers) to hold off a game Jaguars team at the Linc.
Quarterback Jalen Hurts looked pedestrian for the first time all season, so Miles Sanders did the heavy lifting, with 134 yards and two scores on 27 carries. The NFL’s lone undefeated team, the Eagles should have another favorable matchup this Sunday against the inconsistent Cardinals.
ESPN
Last week: 3
This week: 3
The biggest issue on defense is …Â injuries to the secondary.
Even that’s a reach, as corners Darius Slay (forearm) and Avonte Maddox (right ankle) are expected back soon. But there’s little to pick apart. The Eagles are first in sacks (16), tied for first in takeaways (10), third in yards allowed (277.3 per game) and 10th in points allowed (17.8). They look really solid from front to back, even with safety Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, formerly of the New Orleans Saints, acclimating to a new position and team.
The Ringer
Last week: 7
This week: 4
Week 4 showed us that there is just so much margin for error with this Eagles team. Jalen Hurts was late throwing a crossing route early in the first quarter, and the ball was ultimately intercepted for a pick-six. That mistake contributed to a 14-0 first-quarter hole in the pouring rain at home. But Hurts and the Eagles proved too talented and too well-coached for any early deficit to matter.
Miles Sanders rushed for a career-high 134 yards and two touchdowns, and linebacker Haason Reddick recorded two sacks, two forced fumbles, and two fumble recoveries in the Eagles’ 29-21 comeback win over Jacksonville. After withstanding a slow start from Hurts and surviving the unforgiving weather against a good Jaguars team, the Eagles look like a team that’s built to last.
The Athletic
Last week: 2
This week: 1
The undefeated Eagles have proven they can win in a variety of ways. They won an offensive shootout in Week 1 thanks in large part to Jalen Hurts’ scrambling ability. They dominated the Vikings in Week 2 with Hurts’ precision passing and a suddenly aggressive defense. They turned the pressure up in Week 3 with nine sacks, then proved in Week 4 they could take a punch, storming back from a 14-0 deficit against the Jaguars to win 29-21 behind a run-heavy offense that turned the clock back to the second half of last season.
Jonathan Gannon was a punching bag for Eagles fans last year and now sports the No. 2 defense in the league by defensive EPA per drive. The offense is No. 8 in EPA per drive and the team is fourth in points per game. There’s a long way to go, but this is the best team in the league so far.Â

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Sporting News
Last week: 3
This week: 1
The Eagles went down into a 14-0 hole against the Jaguars at home but casually erased with sticking with the run in bad weather and Jalen Hurts being in full command of their offense. The defense also was up to cooling off a hot young QB.
Sports Illustrated
Last week: 3
This week: 1
We talked to Philly legend Howard Eskin for yesterday’s Daily Cover on the Eagles and he said something we didn’t include in the piece that absolutely floored me: The Eagles, barring any serious injury, will not be an underdog in any game until at least Christmas Eve, with the one possible outlier being Sunday Night Football at home against the Green Bay Packers.
While their schedule has been somewhat friendly, the Eagles are demolishing the good teams (Vikings, Jaguars) and laughing off the bad teams alike. It’s unlikely but not entirely outlandish to suggest they could be undefeated still at Thanksgiving.
Yahoo! Sports
Last week: 2
This week: 1
The Eagles showed toughness and grit. The Jags hit them with two flash knockdowns and the 14-0 deficit did not faze Philly.
CBS Sports
Last week: 1
This week: 1
After a slow start, they showed how good they are in rallying to beat the Jaguars. They are the clear top team in the league.
Pro Football Network
Last week: 2
This week: 1
The Eagles are the only remaining undefeated team, and for now, they deserve to be in a tier of their own until another team impresses enough to join them. Maybe if it hadn’t rained so hard in Philadelphia things would have gone differently for the Jacksonville Jaguars. But we aren’t dealing in hypotheticals here. After trailing 14-0, the Eagles scored the next 29 points.
The Philadelphia defense suffocated Jacksonville’s offense. They allowed just 219 total yards and forced six three-and-outs against a Jags offense that has been humming over the past few weeks.
ProFootballTalk
Last week: 2
This week: 1
Fly, Eagles, Fly. Onward to Number One.
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