The Philadelphia Eagles will play the New York Jets on Sunday in a crunch match for both teams. Even though it is only Week 3 of the NFL 2015 regular season, this is already a must win game for the Eagles if they want to keep their postseason hopes alive. Today's game has a scheduled start time of 1 p.m. ET and takes place from MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The game can be watched on TV on the Fox network, but can also be watched online through live stream via the link below.
The Eagles find themselves in a big hole coming into Week 3. They are 0-2 already and go on the road to a Jets team that will be flying high with confidence having oppositely won their opening two games of the season.
It all could have been so different for the Eagles had they managed to finish Week 1's opening game against the Atlanta Falcons on the right side of the tight result. However, they fell short and lost the game 24-26.
In Week 2 the Eagles offense misfired badly and were unable to break down a solid Dallas Cowboys defense. The Eagles finally managed to get on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter but by then the game was already long gone as Philadelphia went down to their NFC East rivals 10-20.
That leaves the Eagles on 0-2; a position from which only 12 percent of teams recover from to make the Playoffs. Even worse, if they lose today and fall to 0-3 they might as well all but say goodbye to their postseason chances already, as over the past 25 years only three teams have comeback from an 0-3 start to the season to make the postseason.
Week 3 is already crunch time for a number of NFL teams. Earlier this week on NFL Thursday Night Football, the New York Giants faced a massive game against the Washington Redskins. The Giants were 0-2 after their opening two games, and they knew if they slipped to 0-3 their season was almost guaranteed to be over before it had even got going.
The 1-1 Washington Redskins were hoping to move to 2-1 to compete with the NFC East division leading Dallas Cowboys, and at the same time all but eliminate one of their main rivals from contention for the postseason.
But when the push came to shove the Giants showed that they are still alive and kicking. New York came out of the blocks fast, building a 12-0 lead after the first quarter, and it was a lead they would refuse to give up despite some strong pressure from the Redskins in the fourth.
The Giants had lost their opening two games after getting themselves into winning positions and some must have thought they were heading the same way on Thursday. However, they finally held on to a second half lead and clinched a 32-21 win, with the highlight being a 30 yard Odell Beckham Jr touchdown catch.
The Redskins must have seen how the Giants collapsed under pressure in the fourth quarter against the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons in Weeks 1 and 2. But even though the Redskins pushed hard in the fourth, scoring 15 points in the final quarter, the Giants responded to the pressure and recorded 14 points themselves to keep themselves in front.
For today's game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Jets, the game has a start time of 1 p.m. ET and can be watched on TV on the Fox network or online through live stream by clicking here.
