The Eagles are 1-2 heading into Thursday night's game in Green Bay, but many inside One Novacare Way believe the team is only a few plays away from being 3-0.
Such is life in a league where two or three plays a game can make a difference in a season.
With a game at Lambeau Field against the unbeaten Packers on the horizon, head coach Doug Pederson knows his team will have to cut down on its mistakes to avoid going 1-3.
"You look at the games," said Pederson. "This game has always come down to players and players making plays. That’s kind of been the case in our couple of losses here. We just have to coach better, we have to focus better, detail our work better, and then when the players get opportunities to make plays, they have to make them."
That may be easier said than done going into Green Bay on a short week.
It's always difficult for teams to win on the road on Thursday night with little preparation time. This year will be an extremely difficult challenge as the Eagles face a Packers squad which is 5-0 at home on Thursday night.
However, Pederson has won all three of his Thursday night games as head coach and said his players prepare for the short turnaround as well as they possibly can.
"I think it's just being able to focus on this week's opponent," Pederson said. "Whatever happened the week before, we just kind of push that aside and focus on the next week. We don't dwell on the past and we move forward. It's a credit to the players, though, for how they handle this week both physically and mentally."
When people think of the Packers, quarterback Aaron Rodgers is usually the first person that comes to mind. While Rodgers has done his part over the first three weeks, Green Bay's defense is the big reason why the Packers are off to a 3-0 start.
Green Bay leads the league in turnovers, and Pederson has been impressed with what he has seen on film.
"They're opportunistic," said Pederson. "They're creating turnovers and that’s the biggest thing through these first three games. That’s what you see. They were able to get pressure on the quarterback. That's what they've done in these games. They’re also scoring off of those turnovers, and that's obviously a big part of the why they're 3-0."
A win puts the Eagles at 2-2 with the struggling Jets coming to town in Week 5. A loss leaves Pederson's squad at 1-3 and in an early hole through one quarter of the season.
It may be reassuring for Pederson and the players to know how close they have come to winning the last two games but in the NFL, winning is all that matters.
"We're judged or at least criticized on wins and losses," Pederson said. "That's the way my job is but when you break it down, I can show the team exactly why we won and why we lost. That's important. I think it's important that you boil it down to its simplest form. If we eliminate the mistakes, are they going to happen? There is going to be a few but if we eliminate those, we might be sitting here at 3-0 or 2-1."