Free Advice

Hey Eagles, you have one month of football left in the regular season. Tick-tock, gents. You have problems and they need solutions. There are no magic elixirs, but you can surely figure out ways to get better on third downs and in the red zone. If not, you’re going to have a lot of time off in January and nobody wants that.

Your schedule gets easier so you have a solid shot to win out and be the NFC East champs. That would be cool, but we want a Super Bowl. Ask Buffalo fans about division titles. They’ve won 3 in a row, but they’d kill for another chance to play in the Super Bowl.

Beating Seattle, Arizona and the Giants isn’t as important as solving problems. The Vikings went 13-4 last year. They got to the postseason and got exposed by the Giants. Then those same Giants came to Philly and got destroyed, losing 38-7. The last thing we want is to see our team go 14-3 and then get have an embarrassing loss in the playoffs.

Football ain’t that complicated.

Block better.

Tackle better.

Cover tighter.

Catch the damn ball when it’s thrown to you.

And for god’s sake, hold onto the friggin ball when you’ve got it in your hands.

Play smart.

This roster still has plenty of talent. Nobody has to be Superman. Do your job. And do it well.

Winning games is important, but playing good football is more important. That will translate to the postseason. This can still be a good season. A couple of bad games can be a bump in the road if you use the final month to get your act together.

The last couple of weeks were miserable. We had to watch you eat shit sandwiches served by Brock Purdy and Dak Prescott. That’s about as bad as it gets. All we want for Christmas is some good Eagles football.

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If you want to feel good about the #Eagles, consider that there are four 10-3 teams in the NFL and then try finding all of them on this chart plotting strength of schedule to date.
(Chart from https://t.co/JVUl8V6GdB.) pic.twitter.com/fWmoQCrm32

— Deniz Selman (@denizselman33) December 13, 2023

This is one of the reasons I still think this team can do some damage. They don’t just have a good record. They are tied for the best record in the league despite playing a brutally tough schedule. That has to count for something.

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The Eagles' pass defense has stunk at times (duh), but it's also fair to note that 10 of their 13 opponents this season have top-12 passing offenses. They've also had 4 games against teams in the top 3, and 6 games against teams in the top 6. pic.twitter.com/xmpi28HCAk

— Jimmy Kempski (@JimmyKempski) December 12, 2023

Seattle is middle of the road. This will be an interesting test. If they light up the Eagles, that would be a bad sign. The Seahawks do have some serious weapons, but that offense is erratic.

As I think about the recent stretch of games, I’m reminded of being in the ocean. You get knocked down by a wave and it tosses you around. You get your feet under you stand up and boom – there’s the next wave. It knocks you right back under water and spinning around like a sock in a washing machine. You stand back up and the next wave comes in. It can get you flustered.

Eventually you get up and are able to make it to shallow water where the waves crash harmlessly into your legs.

The Eagles got pummeled by recent teams. Maybe this week they’ll be able to get their feet under them and settle things down.

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