Iggles Blitz

by Tommy Lawlor

7 and Counting

Posted November 8th, 2026 | No Comments »

The L train keeps chugging along, with the Eagles losing their seventh game in a row. They are now 2-7. If you love bad football, you must be in hog heaven. Every time you think this team hits rock bottom they pull out a shovel and start digging some more. This might be the dumbest Eagles team I’ve ever followed. That’s particularly frustrating because Nick Sirianni is normally a thorough coach who stresses the importance of details.

The good news is that the season is half over. After eight more games of this brand of “football” there is a strong chance the Eagles will have a Top 5 pick. We’ll be doing more draft talk in the coming weeks. Unless you would prefer to read more about Riq Woolen or Jaydon Blue or Elijah Moore. I’m guessing no.

The Joe Milton era began on Sunday and went about as you would expect. You could see his raw talent at times, but also saw his lack of experience and struggles with accuracy. He didn’t get much help from his OL or skill players. I think Milton showed enough that you can be encouraged for a guy who has been with the team for less than a month. He now has game tape to study and will have the practice time to work on things.

The defense had their best game of the season. The held the Giants to 19 points and 243 yards. The defense had 6 sacks, 14 TFLs, and 9 QB hits. This was the kind of performance we’ve been expecting to see all year. It was great to see them come alive and finally look like the defense we’ve seen the last couple of years. Zack Baun and Jeremiah Trotter both played really well, combining for 17 tackles, 2 sacks, 6 TFLs, and a FF. Jonathan Greenard played his best game of the year. He had a sack and was disruptive on multiple snaps.

If you want to sum up how the season has gone, here is one of the Eagles highlights of the year.

I expect to see the streets of Philly filled with Mann jerseys this week!!!

Aside from that punt, we got to see Milton show good mobility. We got to see Saquon run for a TD. We saw Baun knock JJ McCarthy out of the game with a big hit. Unfortunately the fun plays didn’t come close to canceling out the bad football that was on display.

I can live with physical mistakes, especially by young players who are learning on the fly. That’s just part of football. The continued mental errors and overall sloppiness make this team unbelievably frustrating. I have to seriously question if Elijah Mitchell understands the game of football. He had a couple of mental errors in the game that were mind boggling. He’ll run through  a wall for you, but don’t ask him to stop and have an independent thought before doing so.

Riq Woolen drives me nuts. He had a dumb penalty on STs and had some brain dead moments on defense. Please trade him. Please.

I’m okay with this team losing. They are on their third starting QB. Injuries have plagued the OL and skill players. The defense hasn’t been as bad, but nagging injuries have hurt them. There are seasons when things go wrong. You deal with it as best you can and then move on.

But we need to see some of the sloppiness go away. Teams that play dumb and make this many mistakes are not well coached. Sirianni needs to find some answers if he wants to be back in 2027. That doesn’t mean a bunch of wins. He needs the team to play with better situational awareness and show that they understand the little things. That would show that he knows how to solve problems and has the right messaging to get things fixed.

If Sirianni can’t get the 2026 Eagles to play smarter, do you want him coaching the 2027 Eagles?

The bye week is here. Identify problems. Find solutions. Get this team to play better.

Or else.

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