The Philadelphia Eagles beating the Las Vegas Raiders didn’t convince me that the season is totally back on track.
It did make me interested to see what’s next for the Eagles. How will they follow that dominant win?
If it’s another strong showing, I’m willing to believe the Birds are truly taking steps in the right direction.
If it’s more of the same BS where the offense looks very uninspiring — against one of the NFL’s worst defenses, mind you — well, that’s going to be annoying and discouraging.
There will obviously be merit to the Eagles winning this game regardless of how they get it done. Repeating as NFC East champions for the first time since 2004 is certainly nothing to sneeze at.
But how you play does matter. And it would be good to see the Eagles looking ready to make some noise in the playoffs.
I don’t know if the Commanders can keep up with the Eagles but I do believe Washington will give a better effort than we saw from the Raiders in Philly last weekend. For starters, it’s harder to show less fight. Further, I don’t think a Dan Quinn team is merely laying down and surrendering the division to the Eagles while playing in their home stadium.
They’re injured and they’re bad but the Commanders have played competitive football more often than not over the last month. The feeling here is that they give the Eagles a good fight before ultimately losing.
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Score prediction: 24 to 18, Eagles win.
Bold prediction: Jake Elliott makes a 65-yard field goal, marking a new career-high.
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