Defeating The Odds
Coming into this season the expectations for this Eagles team were extremely low. Pre-season predictions and rankings had the Eagles as one of the worst teams in the league, some even had them as the worst. Even after starting 2-5, the Eagles continued to fight and ultimately willed themselves into the playoffs. This team hasn’t given up even when they were at their lowest and blocked out all the outside noise from the media on their path to a playoff birth.
How the Eagles got here is quite remarkable. Starting in the off-season, the Eagles barely had any cap to sign any notable free agents. The Eagles were transitioning to a much younger team and new coaching staff. No one believed in this team. No one believed in Jalen Hurts. No one believed in Nick Sirianni. The expectations for this team were rock bottom. While Howie Roseman has made his fair share of questionable moves during his tenure, he has gotten the Eagles to the playoffs four out of the last five seasons. This team intentionally didn’t look like a playoff team, but they are now one of the hottest teams in the league and have found themselves as a team that looks dangerous heading into Wild Card weekend
We heard for weeks about how close the Eagles were. Nick Sirianni talked about the blossoming flower and the media ripped him for it. Even though the media butchered him for it, the team bought into what he was preaching. The team knew all along they weren’t far off from getting wins. When the Eagles finally turned the corner around week eight and found their strengths there was no looking back. The Eagles became the best rushing attack in the NFL and used that rushing attack to stack up win after win. A lot of the talk is about who the Eagles have faced. You play who is on your schedule, and the Eagles have dominated almost every game thanks to that rushing attack.
Speaking for myself and likely a lot of other fans, I can’t express how much fun it has been to watch this team. The season started rough, but the last handful of weeks have been a pleasure to watch. The progression this team has made each week from coaching staff to players has the future of the Eagles looking brighter every day. This team wasn’t supposed to be here. Everyone counted them out. They defeated the odds and are now on their way to their first playoff appearance in the Sirianni era.
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