It began on a Thursday night in Arlington and ended on a Monday night in Santa Clara. Over Weeks 5 and 6, the four NFC East teams played eight games between them, counting the one they played against each other, and won none.

When Washington lost 23-17 at the unbeaten 49ers on Oct. 19, the NFC East became the first division since the AFL-NFL merger to go winless in back-to-back weeks with all four teams in action.

1. Thu., Oct. 8Buccaneers 24, Cowboys 16 in Arlington. Tampa Bay had been 0-4.
2. Sun., Oct. 11Jaguars 19, Eagles 17 in London, on a 57-yard field goal after Philadelphia went ahead with eight seconds left.
3. Sun., Oct. 11Giants 27, Commanders 27 in overtime in Landover.
4. Sun., Oct. 18Panthers 25, Eagles 14 in Philadelphia, and Saints 34, Giants 27 in East Rutherford.
5. Sun., Oct. 18Packers 23, Cowboys 13 in Green Bay on Sunday night.
6. Mon., Oct. 1949ers 23, Commanders 17 in Santa Clara.

After six weeks, no team in the division has a winning record against the rest of the league. Against everyone outside the NFC East, the four teams are a combined 5-11.

The Giants lead under John Harbaugh despite losing quarterback Jaxson Dart and edge rusher Brian Burns to season-ending knee injuries.

NFC East wins after six weeks

How far each team has been outscored

All four have been outscored. The bars above show how far: from minus-4 for New York to minus-40 for Washington.

Harbaugh has switched quarterbacks, too. J.J. McCarthy, acquired from Minnesota on Sept. 28, starts Sunday at Houston in place of Jameis Winston.

The Cowboys scored at least 31 points in three of their first four games and went 2-2. Then the offense stalled: 16 points against Tampa Bay and 13 at Green Bay, where Dak Prescott threw 54 passes and Javonte Williams ran 11 times.

Cowboys points by week

The Eagles won the division in each of the past two seasons, going 11-6 in 2025. This year they started 2-0, then lost four in a row for the first time since 2020.

Eagles' losing streak: margin of defeat

The losses came with a run of bad news. Right tackle Lane Johnson retired on Oct. 6, center Cam Jurgens was traded to Baltimore, and A.J. Brown had been dealt in the offseason.

Jalen Hurts was cleated in the calf against the Rams. A superficial clot was found the night before the London game and he played. Later tests showed deep vein thrombosis and clots in both lungs. He is on blood thinners, is expected to recover fully and is expected to miss the rest of the season.

Dan Quinn’s Commanders have allowed 172 points, the most in the division, and their only win came 33-31 over Seattle in Week 3. They had chances late in Santa Clara before losing 23-17 to a 49ers team that was 6-0.

1. Week 1Lost 24-22 at Philadelphia.
2. Week 2Lost 37-20 at Dallas.
3. Week 3Beat Seattle 33-31.
4. Week 4Lost 30-13 to Indianapolis.
5. Week 5Tied the Giants 27-27 in overtime.
6. Week 6Lost 23-17 at San Francisco.

Washington has its bye in Week 7. Next, it hosts Philadelphia on Sunday night, Nov. 1, six days after the Eagles play Dallas.

This is the only division in which all four teams have won a Super Bowl, 14 titles between them. It has also crowned a losing champion before: Washington won it at 7-9 in 2020.

In a full season, a division winner has finished below .500 five times, all since 2010.

Division winners with losing records

Super Bowl titles in the NFC East

Cowboys-Eagles kicks off at 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday, Oct. 26, which is 3:15 a.m. Tuesday in Cairo. It is the third straight prime-time game for Dallas, which lost the first two. The teams split last season: Philadelphia won 24-20 in the opener and Dallas won 24-21 in November.