Playoff Bound
The Philadelphia Eagles are officially playoff bound!
Coming off of their week 14 win against the rival New York Giants. The Eagles have become the first team this season to successfully book their ticket to the post season.
There were only 2 other teams who could clinch last week.
1) The Minnesota Vikings, who could have clinched the very weak NFC North had they been able to put a stop to the Detroit Lions who have now won 5 of their last 6 games.
2) The Chiefs also had a fairly easy task to clinch. Beat the Broncos, and watch the Dolphins high-powered offence demolish the Chargers depleted defence. KC probably thought they had an easy week, however when Tua put up a laughable 20% completion rate at half time. The Chiefs had to start looking towards next week.
Battle For The NFC
While the Eagles might have clinched a playoff spot. The fight for 1st place still wages on. The Eagles magic number for the NFC East and the 1st Seed currently sits at 2.
Heading towards Week 15, the 3 most important games for the Eagles to watch are:
1) Obviously it’s the Eagles @ Bears. While Justin Fields might have popped up on the injury report yesterday. I doubt that will keep him out till Sunday. A win Sunday for the birds will be massive if the team wants the opportunity to be able to rest some players against the Giants and potentially the Saints.
2) Cowboys @ Jaguars, the Jags are 1-0 when hosting the Cowboys in Jacksonville. If Doug Pederson wanted to give Eagles fans one more Christmas present. It would be beating the Cowboys this weekend, and it could happen if the Cowboys deliver a performance like last week that saw the 1-10-1 Texans put up 23 points and picked off Dak Prescott twice.
Trevor Lawrence has gone crazy in his last few starts. After what looked like a disastrous leg injury, Lawrence played against the Titans and put up 368 yards and 3 touchdowns. Lawrence’s last 5 starts: 1,362 Yards, 71.8% Comp, 10 Touchdowns, 0 Interceptions. If the Titans collapse continues, the Jaguars could have something to play for this week and have a slim chance to make the playoffs after starting 2-6.
3) Colts @ Vikings, the Vikings slipped up and let the Lions beat them last week. While that gave the Eagles an extra edge on securing the 1st seed one week earlier. Now we’ll see how the Vikings can respond. Playing a team that is 4-8-1 and has most likely given up on the season by now should mean good things for them. But like the Eagles, the Colts defence has to be taken seriously. Another loss for the Vikings will see them gift wrapping the 1st seed for the Eagles on Christmas Day.
Go Birds!
Photo Credit: Bryan Woolst / AP Photo
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