Aaron Rogers completed 30 of 39 passes and wasn’t sacked in 27-13 win over the Eagles. Photo by Todd Bauders / contrastphotography.com

It may be painful for Eagles fans to admit, but the 2016 season is shrinking in your rear view mirror right in front of your eyes.

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.

Playoffs? It would take a lot of unlikely things to fall in place for that to happen. The Eagles (5-6) are in last place in the NFC East with five games to go.

Head coach Doug Pederson all but admitted the season may be done.

“You might look at wins and losses, I’ve got to look at the potential of the football team,” Pederson said after the game. “Are we there yet? No. Are we heading in the right direction? Yes. And it may not show up right now in wins and losses, but I see that potential.”

The Birds were done in by a signature performance by the Packers future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rogers who was 30 of 39 for 313 yards, two TD passes and a quarterback rating of 116.7.

The Packers makeshift offensive line that was missing starters T.J. Lang and center JC Tretter did not surrender a sack. The Pack only rushed for 74 yards on 28 carries but when Rogers is that hot, it really doesn’t matter.

Backup center Corey Linsley was asked if this was one of Rogers best performances.
“He’s had a lot of those,” Linsley said at his locker after the game. “There are so many it’s hard to rank them.”

Pro Bowl tackle Bryan Bulaga, a seven-year veteran, was asked if this was a signature performance by the 12-year veteran signal-caller.

“I’ve seen a lot of them,” said Bulaga, who was drafted in the first round in 2010 out of Iowa “I don’t know what his stat line was but…he never ceases to amaze me, to be honest with you. He’s consistent all the time, makes big plays, he makes the right calls, right plays. He’s able to read defenses so well and check us into good stuff…I’m never surprised.”

At one point of the game Rogers was 10 of 12 on third-down conversions.

“That’s big when you are playing a good team like this,” Bulaga said. “They’ve been so good at home. I think they were averaging (allowing) nine points a game. They are very good here. We knew we had a big challenge on our hands.”

Rookie counterpart Carson Wentz started strong but seemed to wilt as the game went on. Wentz completed 24 of 36 passes for 254 yards, but threw for no touchdowns and one interception. He was sacked four times.

It did not help that Pederson sat wide receiver Nelson Agholor, who was dealing with confidence issues that came to a head last week against Seattle.

Also No. 1 receiver Jordan Matthews was ineffective after suffering an ankle injury early in the game.

The Eagles were decent in the run game rushing 18 times for 81 yards (4.1 yards per carry) but trailing the entire game.

The Eagles defense simply could not get off the field.

Fletch Cox, the high-priced defensive tackle, went without a sack again and recorded just one assist on a tackle for the entire game.

He also committed a crucial roughing the passer penalty on third down in the third quarter that kept a Packers drive alive. The Eagles went from stopping a third-and-four conversion to extending a drive that ended with a one-yard touchdown by Aaron Ripkowski that pretty much ended the game.

“We really have to get them in third and long,” Cox said at his locker after the game. “They had too many third and shorts. They had too many third and two, third and three. That gives their offense a lot of options. We have to take care of that on early, early downs and not have third and two.”

Wentz said he not giving up on the season.

We’ve just go to stay the course,” Wentz said. “We can’t dwell on it, can’t throw in the towel.”