Recap: The Eagles flew south to the Crescent City looking to get back on track as the defending Super Bowl champions had already lost two more games than they did in all of 2017. They would face a Saints’ team that had won eight consecutive games heading into this battle. And Doug Pederson’s club looked anything like a contender as the Philadelphia offense managed 196 total yards while quarterback Carson Wentz was sacked three times and threw three interceptions. Jim Schwartz’s defensive unit surrendered a disturbing 546 total yards and allowed the Saints to control the football for 37:34. Embarrassing would be an understatement.
Next Week: It’s a rematch with the rival Giants, who the Birds defeated back in Week 6 on a Thursday night at MetLife Stadium (34-13). Dating back to the teams’ second meeting in 2008 and including a playoff clash that year, the Eagles are 17-4 in the last 21 meeting in this longtime NFC East rivalry.
Playoff hopes: Because the Birds are in a division in which no team has separated itself from the other three, the Eagles are still in the thick of things due to the fact that they still have both games remaining with the first-place Redskins. But things have gone very wrong for a team that has twice as many losses as a year ago.
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