It is difficult to comprehend that this Philadelphia Eagles squad was in the Super Bowl just a year ago. It’s even more unbelievable to think that they were leading the conference with a 10-1 record less than two months ago.
Since neither of them resembled the Eagles club that failed to appear in their wild-card playoff game on Monday night. They are no longer in charge of the lines of scrimmage. They do not rely solely on their potent running style. Additionally, they don’t cover and tackle opposition receivers or put pressure on rival passers.
And thus their incomprehensible fall has ended. They were humiliated and eliminated by the Bucs, 32-9, at Tampa’s Raymond James Stadium, a year after flirting with a title. Their recent run of six losses in seven games, which dates back to the beginning of December, was unpredictably bad.
And the only positive takeaway from their performance on Monday night is that they’ve finally perfected the complementing football playmaking technique.
“Going from 10-1 to losing six of seven is really embarrassing,” Eagles right tackle Lane Johnson said. “There will most likely be some adjustments. It irritates me.
Eagles coach Nick Sirianni remarked, “It’s almost like we couldn’t get out of the rut we were in.” “We need to find some answers.”
If he manages to hold onto his job, Sirianni will have months to look for those answers and attempt to understand how they came to be so swiftly and totally collapsed. However, they may begin with this: Their general manager, Howie Roseman, constructed them to be a formidable team on both ends of the court. They were designed to be a ground-based, tough offensive that used the run to create openings for deep passing plays. Additionally, they were designed to put pressure on opponents in order to facilitate their secondary player’s job.
But it’s obvious that they’ve forgotten all of it, especially when it comes to attacking.
