The Philadelphia Eagles are heavily favored to defend their NFC East title, according to the latest SB Nation Reacts poll. A staggering 76% of respondents picked the Eagles to finish atop the division, putting them a commanding 64 percentage points ahead of the second-place Dallas Cowboys. Meanwhile, the New York Giants received 7% of the votes, and 5% of participants apparently misinterpreted the question, casting their ballots for the Washington Commanders.

Last season, Philadelphia secured the NFC East crown for the 12th time in franchise history with a stellar 14-3 record. They went on to represent the conference in Super Bowl LVII—what happened there is best left unmentioned! Notably, no team has won back-to-back NFC East titles since the Eagles accomplished the feat with four consecutive division championships from 2001 to 2004, marking the longest active drought for repeat winners in any NFL division.

With a strong core of returning players from their NFC Championship-winning squad, Philadelphia is aiming to go one step further this season.

Here are some additional intriguing NFC East facts to impress (or stress out) your fellow fans this week:

• The Cowboys lead the division in total titles with 24, followed by the Eagles (12), the Commanders (9), and the Giants (8).
• The now-Arizona Cardinals actually won the NFC East twice (in 1974 and 1975) before their relocation.
• The last time a team swept all six divisional matchups in a season was the Cowboys in 2021. The Eagles also accomplished this feat in 2004, while the Cowboys first did it in 1998.
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• The 2020 NFC East champion—Washington—won the division despite a losing 7-9 record.
• Philadelphia’s first-ever NFC East title came in 1980. They wouldn’t win another until 1988, and then had to wait until 2001 to kick off their dominant early-2000s run of four straight division championships.