We Ain’t Done, YET! Are We?
When looking at the schedule before the season, this three-game stretch could be argued as the toughest three-game stretch of the season when the Birds face the 49ers, Steelers, and Ravens.
Before the season, many people, myself included, had the Eagles dropping at least two if not all three of the next games. However, I don’t think anyone saw the Eagles starting 0-2-1 heading into this stretch.
The season hangs in the balance for the Eagles these next three weeks. They are currently a half-game behind the Cowboys and Football Team for first place in the NFC East. By no means is the season over. The Eagles are very much in the division race because its clear the division is awful, again.
The problem for the Eagles is that their remaining schedule is the hardest in the division and the Cowboys’ schedule is the easiest. The Eagles will need to win games against teams that are better than them but right now, they don’t look like they can beat anybody, maybe the Giants.
So, as fans, what do we do now? After just three weeks is our season over??
Leading up to a Sunday Night Football date with the 49ers, the Eagles injury report seems longer than their active roster and they had ONE (1) active, wide receiver practice on Thursday, which is the last full practice before a game on Sunday.
I’ll repeat that because it’s that ridiculous, ONE WIDE RECEIVER WAS HEALTHY ON A THURSDAY BEFORE A GAME.
With this abomination, the injuries, the coaching, the quarterback, the linebackers, and many other reasons, there is not a lot of confident Eagles fans heading into primetime on Sunday night.
I wish I had a better plan for us, Eagles fans. It could be a long year. Luckily, if the Eagles are going to turn this season around, it is going to happen very soon and on the big stage. The odds are stacked against them, but the odds were stacked against them last year when the injury bug hit them towards the end of the season. Wentz stepped up then, we need to hope that Wentz can step up now and give Eagles fans a reason to start believing in this team again. It might not be fair because the team has glaring weaknesses across the board, but the season (and especially the media narrative) will be defined by 11 and how he plays the rest of the way.
While Wentz has played very poorly so far this season, there were some positives to take away from the brutal tie against the Bengals last Sunday. Wentz used his legs well to extend plays, pick up key first downs, and ran in the game-tying touchdown. He made a couple of great throws including one to Zach Ertz in overtime putting them in a potential game-winning field position and he showed he still has a fight. It would have been very easy for the offense to roll over and die after the Bengals took a seven-point lead but Wentz engineered a great game-tying drive late in the fourth.
Wentz is close to bouncing back, the question is can he be consistent enough to do it and does he have enough support around him to help him and the team turn this season around. With the receiving corps banged up, Goedert out for an extended amount of time, and the offensive line falling apart in front of him, Wentz needs to get back to being an elite quarterback in a hurry or this season is all but over for the Eagles.
It’s not looking great for us early in this season. BUT the hope is still there because we have seen 11 make something out of nothing too many times not to believe. So, as Doug would say, “We ain’t done…yet!”… but man, does it feel like we’re close.
But hey, at least we aren’t the Jets, right??
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