Eagles Week 1 Overreactions After Win Over Commanders

The Philadelphia Eagles pulled out a narrow 24-22 victory over the Washington Commanders. It wasn’t a perfect performance, but Philadelphia emerged with the win after a game filled with plenty of highs and lows. Here are two overreactions from the season opener.

It’s Time to Bench Landon Dickerson

The city of Philadelphia will never forget Dickerson or the way he threw his body on the line during the team’s Super Bowl run. But the physical toll of those battles seems to have permanently altered his game, and I am genuinely not sure if he can ever return to the Pro Bowl-caliber guard he used to be.

Landon Dickerson’s tape against the Commanders was dreadful. Multiple Saquon Barkley runs were blown up in the backfield, and virtually every time Jalen Hurts found himself running for his life, it stemmed from immediate interior collapse. It felt as though the only reps where Dickerson wasn’t pushed directly into Hurts’ lap were those where he double-teamed alongside Cam Jurgens, who suffered through his own miserable outing. Dickerson surrendered a team-high four pressures, and his 40.3 PFF grade ranked 136th out of 138 qualifying offensive linemen in Week 1.

This unfortunately matches the trajectory of last year’s disappointing season. In 2025, Dickerson was tied for 9th for the most pressures allowed among all guards with 32.

Next week, the Eagles matchup with Jeffrey Simmons and the Tennessee Titans, and I am not looking forward to seeing what the All-Pro defensive tackle could do to Dickerson, who looked lethargic and displayed poor hand placement in the opener.

Willie Lampkin and Drew Kendall are both sitting in the wings as talented backups. Both players performed well in the preseason and looked like they could be, at worst, passable starters, with Lampkin in particular being one of the highest-graded Eagles players.

Pay Moro Ojomo Whatever He Wants

Ojomo is likely the next Eagles defensive tackle to follow the path set by Javon Hargrave and later Milton Williams, earning a massive payday in free agency. But I say Howie Roseman should pay Ojomo whatever he wants to keep him in Philadelphia.

Ojomo shut down the Commanders’ game-tying two-point conversion attempt, reading the play from the snap, shedding a block, and tackling the tight end immediately after he caught the ball. In total, Ojomo finished with four pressures, three run stops, and three tackles.

Look, I can admit it doesn’t make sense to extend Ojomo considering that Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, and Jalyx Hunt will all be eligible for extensions in 2027—and that the Eagles have already invested heavily in Jalen Carter and Jordan Davis. But Ojomo is truly that level of talent, and it will sting to watch him walk in free agency.