![]() 2 seed with wins over the Seahawks (6-7), Giants twice (4-8) and Cards (3-10). ![]() So things may seem bleak right now with back-to-back losses, and there’s certainly a lot to be concerned about, the Eagles can see their way to the No. How is that possible? While it’s true that the tiebreakers currently put the Cowboys in first in the NFC East based on their superior division record over the Eagles (4-1 to 3-1), if both teams win out and finish 14-3, the Eagles would win the tiebreaker with a better conference record, since other than their split, the Eagles would have lost to the 49ers and Jets, and the Cowboys would have lost to the 49ers and Cards. 5 seed with this loss, and while that’s technically true, the reality is that the Eagles still control their destiny in the NFC East and will win the division and lock up the No. You’re going to hear a lot about how the Eagles dropped down to the No. As often as Hurts takes off and runs – both on called runs and scrambles – there’s just not a lot of good things that can come out of it. When Hurts was dealing with that knee injury, he was staying out of harm’s way, taking a knee before he got hit if he was in the open field. The Cowboys had just taken a 7-0 lead, the Eagles had a nice drive going deep in Dallas territory and then that. Sunday’s fumble was just a good play by safety Donovan Wilson stripping Hurts in traffic, but it can’t happen. Why is he fumbling so much? There are times Hurts tries to do too much with the ball in his hands, times he runs into traffic in the pocket trying to escape the rush, times he simply is unaware of defenders in the area. So he’s gone from losing a fumble every 386 snaps to losing one every 176. This year he’s lost five in 883 snaps (plus Sunday night). In his first three seasons, Hurts lost six fumbles on 2,316 snaps. But 15 turnovers in 13 games for Jalen Hurts is definitely concerning. Heck, the Eagles’ defense actually outscored the offense. Six points in a game of this magnitude is hard to imagine. They have stars up and down the line of scrimmage on offense. The offense was supposed to carry the defense. They’re not doing anything well at the moment on offense and that’s baffling. When you get those moments – “What on Earth are they trying to do here?” – yeah, that’s not good. Not all that shocked at what’s happened with the defense, but I didn’t expect the offense to sputter. Only 19 points against the 49ers and just six Sunday night in Dallas. This is two weeks in a row the offense has been a muddled mess. What happened? Did teams figure them out? Did they wear down? Is it just a product of facing a bunch of elite offenses? A little of everything? The defense did play better in the second half, holding the Cowboys to two field goals. They’ve now allowed 30 or more points in three straight games for only the seventh time in franchise history and 109 the last three weeks – the 3rd-most in any three-game span the last 50 years. Since then, it’s 2nd-worst in the league, allowing 30 points and 369 yards per game. ![]() 6 defense in the NFL, allowing 21 points and 290 yards per game. But the real mystery to me is this: Through Week 7, this was the No. But for me the players are mostly to blame. Howie Roseman deserves some of the blame for failing to supply the defense with enough playmakers. Sean Desai because he just hasn’t been able to get this thing on track over the past month and a half. How do you allow points on 10 straight drives? Who’s at fault for the defense’s collapse? Nick Sirianni because he's the head coach and he’s responsible for everything. So that’s 10 straight drives an opponent scored on the Eagles – nine touchdowns and one field goal - and that’s just inexcusable. ![]() Then the Cowboys opened this game with TD, FG, TD, TD on their first four drives before finally punting with 12 minutes to go in the third quarter. The 49ers scored touchdowns on their next six drives and only failed to reach the end zone when they took a knee on their final possession. ![]() Why is that significant? Because until the third quarter Sunday night in Dallas, it was the last time the Eagles’ defense stopped somebody. With 70 seconds left in the first quarter last Sunday, the 49ers punted. Eric Allen snubbed by Hall of Fame in first year as finalistġ. ![]()
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