Jerry Jones wasted no time celebrating the Eagles’ overtime loss to the Chargers on Monday Night Football

Jerry Jones wasted absolutely no time celebrating the Eagles’ overtime loss to the Chargers on Monday Night Football. The Dallas Cowboys owner said he watched his NFC East rivals lose while he was flying up to New York and was “real excited” with the outcome.

According to Jerry Jones, the Cowboys now “have a shot at this thing” which is absolutely adorable considering the fact that the statement is coming from a team that sits at .500 on the season, with just four games left to play.

Old man Jerry Jones is clearly obsessed with the Philadelphia Eagles and will use any slip, stumble, or turnover-filled meltdown to talk himself into a division race that is still barely within reach.

Jerry Jones on the Eagles’ loss to the Chargers:

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones on the Eagles' loss to the Chargers:

"I'm real excited. They didn't have to put any fuel in the plane. I just flew up here on my own…Every play is meaningful. We sure got a shot at this thing."

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In case you’ve been living under a rock, our Eagles lost their third straight game and dropped to 8-5 after a brutal turnover fest in Los Angeles.

For the rock people:

• Eagles drop third straight, Chargers steal one in overtime, 22-19 final
• AJ Brown accepts full accountability after crucial drops doom Eagles
• Jalen Hurts makes NFL history in the worst way possible during sloppy MNF game
• Los Angeles Chargers Twitter admin went on a heater last night
• Eagles are on a collision course with the No. 3 seed in the NFC Playoffs
• Nick Sirianni says he’s staying more involved in the Eagles offense
• Jalen Hurts had a bad game and he’s still the franchise quarterback

The sky appears to be falling and the entire football world is acting like Philadelphia just got bounced from playoff contention. Even with all the chaos, the Birds remain in first place in the NFC East and sit in a very strong position to make the postseason.

Monday night was still a wasted opportunity. A win would have knocked the NFC East magic number down to two. Instead, it remains at three and the division race crawls on.

Here is what both teams have left.

EAGLES REMAINING SCHEDULE

• Raiders at home
• Commanders on the road
• Bills on the road
• Commanders at home

COWBOYS REMAINING SCHEDULE

• Vikings at home
• Chargers at home
• Commanders on the road
• Giants at home

Right now the Eagles look like a team capable of winning two more games at best. That is not what fans want to hear, but when you drop three straight and your offense is putting up turnover totals that belong in a video game, the math gets tight.

Realistically, the Raiders game is manageable.

One of the Commanders matchups, likely two, should be manageable too. That puts the Eagles at 10 or 11 wins. If Dallas runs the table, Philadelphia would need three wins to clinch the division. The Cowboys still have real landmines ahead, but it is not insane to imagine them creeping toward 11 wins if things break right.

Even so, Jerry Jones might want to stay focused on his own team.

Maybe it’s because of old age but someone should remind Jerry Jones that the Cowboys are 6-6-1 and sitting on the fringe of the NFC playoff picture. The NFC East path is there for Dallas… but barely.

Here is the current NFC playoff picture after Week 14.

THE LEADERS

• Rams 10-3
• Packers 9-3-1
• Eagles 8-5
• Buccaneers 7-6

WILD CARDS

• Seahawks 10-3
• 49ers 9-4
• Bears 9-4

STILL ALIVE, (BARELY BREATHING)

8) Lions 8-5
9) Panthers 7-6
10) Cowboys 6-6-1

Jerry Jones needs to realize that only seven teams from the NFC make the playoffs. Right now, his Cowboys are in 10th place in the standings. There’s no room for him to be talking about anything else BUT what’s happening in his own house.

The reality is simple.

The Eagles have not collapsed yet. They are injured, inconsistent, turning the ball over far too much, and struggling to finish drives, but they are still in control of the NFC East.

Jerry Jones can celebrate all he wants but that doesn’t change the fact that the road for Dallas is still narrow and full of traffic.

Until the Eagles officially fall out of first place, all that excitement from the Cowboys owner feels a lot like premature victory dancing which ironically is exactly what Dallas has done for the better part of three-straight decades.

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