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PHILADELPHIA -- Tanner McKee spent most of his two seasons widely considered one of the top young backup quarterbacks in the NFL.
He's got work ahead with the Eagles to prove he can cut it as a starter.
McKee inherited the starting spot with Jalen Hurts on injured reserve and expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots.
Heading into tonight's home game against Dallas, Philadelphia (2-4) has lost four straight for the first time since 2020. Coach Nick Sirianni took over the following season.
It's not all on McKee. The Eagles have scored only 58 points over the four losses.
McKee also only had two days of first-team reps headed into the meaningful start of his career last week against Carolina -- he made two other starts after the Eagles had clinched a playoff spot. That will change with more than a full week to practice under first-year offensive coordinator Sean Mannion.
"I feel like I have a good preparation process," McKee said. "Going to meet a little bit more with (the coaching staff) more than just doing it by myself, I guess. I think stick to the process. Obviously stings a little more. There's things that are more frustrating and you make a mistake or something like that."
McKee is tasked with leading a banged-up Eagles team into the playoffs, which might seem out of reach in any other season. Just not in this season's NFC East.
The New York Giants lead the division with a middling 3-2-1 record, and the Cowboys are 2-4.
The past two weeks was the first time since the 1970 AFL-NFL merger that every team in a division played twice and all failed to register a win.
The Eagles follow Dallas with another primetime game on Nov. 1 at Washington. They then host the Giants to finish a divisional stretch that ought to reveal whether this is a lost season or one that still has some hope.
The Cowboys are trying to get out of their funk.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said this week he does not anticipate making any more coaching changes this season. Jones said Wednesday at the NFL's annual fall meeting that the hiring of longtime defensive assistant Mike Pettine earlier this month was strategic and unique.
The Cowboys rank 30th in the league in defense under first-year coordinator Christian Parker.