It may be painful for Eagles fans to admit, but the 2016 season is shrinking in your rearview mirror right in front of your eyes.
Playoffs? It would take a lot of unlikely things to fall in place for that to happen.
Monday night’s 27-13 loss to the Green Bay Packers (5-6) at Lincoln Financial Field may have shut the door on a Wild Card spot.
Left out of notebook was the play of guard Brett Jones who came into the game early in the second quarter for Justin Pugh who sprained his knee. Jones more than held down the fort.
Big Blue’s rushing attack struggled but Eli Manning threw four TD passes and was sacked just once.
Manning, though, threw two interceptions, both in the fourth quarter, but held on for the win
The Bloom is off the rose.
No one really believed the Eagles, with their rookie head coach and quarterback were going to roll through the 2016 schedule the way they did the first three weeks when the Birds jumped out to a 3-0 record.
Doug Pederson speaks to the assembled media Monday morning after the Eagles 24-23 loss to the Detroit Lions on the road.
The Eagles came back from deficits of 14-0 and 21-7 to take a 23-21 lead on a 49-yard field goal by Celeb Sturgis with 6:45 left in the fourth quarter.
Detroit then drove to the Red Zone setting up Matt Prater for a 29-yard field goal with 1:28 left and Darius Slay made an over-the-shoulder interception on the next snap, helping the Detroit Lions hand Carson Wentz his first loss.
Eagles Head Coach Doug Pederson is caught between a rock and a hard place with regards to tackle Lane Johnson.
The 6-foot-6, 317-pounder signed a five-year contract this offseason, that according to spotrac.com, was worth a total of $56,260,000.00 with $35,500.000.00 of it guaranteed. That was until Johnson failed a second test for PEDs just as training camp opened.
He tested positive for a banned substance but his suspension is not official until the results of a second urine sample come through. Those results have still not been announced by the NFL.
The Eagles play the New York Jets Thursday night at the Linc (7 p.m. NBC 10). The Birds, like last year, enter this game 3-0 with a quarterback in Sam Bradford who has been lights out again in the preseason.
Eagles fans and observers are much more cautious about predictions than they were last year when many predicted Super Bowl glory. Most starters will not play.
Eagles rookie quarterback Carson Wentz talks to reporters following the Eagles 17-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Lincoln Financial Field.
If you were wondering why Eagles quarterback Sam Bradford has been in such a good mood after returning from his two-week protest and joined the team’s spring practices.
All you had to do was tune into Thursday night’s Eagles preseason game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and watched the other two signal callers struggle during the Birds ugly 17-9 win over the Bucs at the Linc.
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