The Philadelphia Eagles now know what their seed will be and who they’ll play in the first round of the NFL playoffs.
The Eagles will be the NFC’s No. 3 seed in the postseason after losing to the Washington Commanders in Week 18 on Sunday at Lincoln Financial Field.
The Eagles will face the No. 6 seed San Francisco 49ers at the Linc in the NFC Wild Card round after the Los Angeles Rams secured the No. 5 seed by beating the Arizona Cardinals.
Nick Sirianni and the Eagles, who rested their starters against Washington, entered Week 18 with a chance at the NFC’s No. 2 seed.
The defending Super Bowl champions needed two things to happen to secure the No. 2 seed. The Eagles (11-6) needed to beat the Commanders (5-12), and they needed the Chicago Bears (11-6) to lose to the Detroit Lions (9-8) at Soldier Field.
The Lions did their part. Jared Goff and Detroit went into Chicago and beat the Bears, 19-16, thanks to a walk-off 42-yard field goal by Jake Bates.
But the Eagles failed to do their part. Tanner McKee, Tank Bigsby and Co. played fine. But a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns by the Commanders doomed Philly’s No. 2 seed hopes.
Now, the Eagles will need to beat Christian McCaffrey and the 49ers (12-5) at home in the NFC Wild Card round. If they win and the Bears win, the Eagles would go to Chicago for the NFC Divisional round.
