The plummeting The NFL’s elite teams no longer include the Philadelphia Eagles.
Following a 10-1 start, the reigning NFC champions appeared to be headed back to the Super Bowl. However, a three-game losing streak has eliminated them from the running for the title.
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The December NFL storyline is largely focused on teams battling to make the playoffs, but the regular season’s conclusion also presents an excellent opportunity for the growing number of Super Bowl candidates to hone their skills and set themselves apart from the competition.
Despite having lost their previous two games, the Philadelphia Eagles, one of those contenders, had a chance to defeat the Seahawks on Monday in Seattle. All they had to do was stop Seattle from scoring four points and travelling 92 yards in under two minutes.
Even while they can find fault with almost anything, Eagles supporters probably wouldn’t have gone too crazy if Philadelphia had pulled off an incredible triumph. Ultimately, Drew Lock, the backup quarterback for Seattle, had only started two games in the previous two seasons.
In addition, the struggling Eagles defence, led for the first time on Monday by assistant and former Detroit Lions head coach Matt Patricia, a protégé of Bill Belichick, did appear to be much better than it had been in the team’s crushing defeats to Dallas and San Francisco.
