Freedom

You’re finally free.

Give up the dream of back-to-back Super Bowls. Give up the hope of this team getting it together late and letting us enjoy a late run. The Eagles haven’t been mathematically eliminated, but reality says the season is over.

Embrace that.

This team is just too flawed. Injuries. Roster changes. Coaching changes. Super Bowl hangover. The team cafeteria switching from Folgers to Sanka. This season has gone wrong for a variety of reasons. You can play the blame game and try to focus on one person or area, but this level of poor play goes beyond one thing.

Jeffrey Lurie, Howie Roseman and Doug Pederson are going to have some tough decisions in the offseason. They’ll need to look at everything. There could be coaching changes. There will be plenty of roster changes. They could look at the medical staff.

While the last three games aren’t likely to have much meaning, they could impact some decisions. Even though the season is over, it isn’t.

I’m not going to completely start looking to the future. We’ll have plenty of time to pick apart the carcass of the 2018 Eagles, arguing over who to cut, sign, draft and trade for.

I want to see how the team closes this year out. I don’t mean that upsetting the Rams and Texans would suddenly make me happy. I’d just like to see how Rasul Douglas, Josh Adams, Sidney Jones, Avonte Maddox and other young guys play down the stretch. It would be great if the coaches mixed in Tre Sullivan and Deiondre’ Hall more.

I also think every play has value for Carson Wentz. Young QBs get better through experience.

For now, enjoy your freedom. There is no more worrying about 2018.

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