Is It Time for Eagles Fans to Temper Expectations in 2026?
I’m not saying that you need to take up arts and crafts on Sunday afternoons instead of watching the Birds. I’m not saying that you need to throw out your midnight green jersey collection, Super Bowl LIX Memorabilia, or remove those Eagles flags fluttering in the autumn breeze.
What I am saying is that you should approach the rest of the Eagles’ 2026 season with the same perspective the Philadelphia Eagles themselves have.
What has changed since the sky-high aspirations in the heat of the summer for this team — isn’t just a horrific 2–2 start to the season totally appropriate for Halloween horrors with a near loss to the lowly Tennessee Titans, a Monday night loss to a Case Keenum-led Chicago Bears, and virtually handing a win to the Los Angeles Rams at home.
And if that wasn’t bad enough: The Eagles have a line to the blue injury tent nearly as long as the wait for the men’s room at a home NFC Championship Game at the Linc.
Hall of Fame offensive lineman Lane Johnson retired after only four games, following a year-long absence, and Center Cam Jurgens was traded to the Baltimore Ravens for a 2027 seventh-round Draft Pick, in exchange for a 2027 fifth-round draft selection and a 2028 second-round draft selection.
And if that wasn’t bad enough, the Eagles have been outscored 31–0 in the second half in two games this season. And until this year , they have never started a season in the first three games without forcing a turnover on defense. Not during the hapless beginning of the Eagles in the 1930s, not in the late 1960s and early 1970s with those white helmets with green wings , and not even in the late 1990s before Andy Reid began to turn the franchise around.
So, what does all of this mean?
It means that the Eagles have a much bigger plan. And while it may involve even more radical changes than enduring the retirement of one of the finest linemen in franchise history and trading away another , you can be sure of one thing. It could very well mean the Eagles know what the Philadelphia media and fanbase have been talking about all week.
The Eagles may not win the NFC East in 2026. They may not be Super Bowl contenders. They may even be home right after the Holidays until next summer.
So here is another approach. Still watch every game. Still cheer every touchdown, every big play. But temper your expectations. All the while, know this franchise always has a larger plan—even if it doesn’t come to fruition this year.
Take the approach that the Eagles seem to.
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