As it often does, a simple query through the NFL history books led to a trip down the rabbit hole of fun facts about the Eagles’ Monday Night Football opponent and the history between the two NFC East franchises.
Washington’s team was established just one year (1932) before the Philadelphia Eagles (1933) and the two have faced off 167 times in the years since — although for the first five seasons, they were the Boston Redskins before moving to D.C.
Washington leads the overall series 85-76-6, and even recently, they swept the Eagles in 2015 and 2016 before Philadelphia finally went undefeated against them during their Super Bowl in 2017.