Philadelphia spent the first 15 weeks of the NFL season stacking wins and preparing for home-field advantage, but injuries at key positions and poor play on both sides of the football now have this team fighting for the top spot.
NFL seasons can fall apart in a hurry and the Eagles are now facing a must-win scenario in Week 18 after a disastrous 20-10 loss to the Saints on Sunday.
Returning home to Lincoln Financial Field for the first time in three weeks, quarterback Gardner Minshew was sacked six times on the afternoon, and went 18-32 passing for 274 yards, one touchdown, and one interception that was returned for a touchdown in the loss.
Minshew looked out of sorts at times and made several costly errors while trying to bring Philadelphia back from a 13-0 first-half deficit.
The scenario has been simple since the end of Week 15, with Philadelphia needing to win one of their final three games to win the NFC East and clinch home-field advantage in the NFC.
With preparation for the Giants set to begin, here’s what the Eagles are saying after the disastrous loss.
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Eagles QB Gardner Minshew: “We ran the same play earlier against the same coverage & they made a great adjustment to it, jumped the route. I should have seen that leverage when we made the motion. I assumed since it was the same coverage, he was going to play it the same.” https://t.co/DMegDESzZL
— Jori Epstein (@JoriEpstein) January 1, 2023
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Eagles QB Gardner Minshew says this was a frustrating loss to Saints
“We just couldn’t get rolling… kept just shooting ourselves in the foot, getting in our own way” pic.twitter.com/hTUDw2MIiy
— Jeff Skversky (@JeffSkversky) January 1, 2023
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Dallas Goedert: “Everything we want is still in front of us. Everything that we set out at the beginning of the year is still in front of us – An opportunity to clinch the division and NFC in Week 18.” pic.twitter.com/KbGAJ27wup
— Josh Tolentino (@JCTSports) January 1, 2023
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Jordan Mailata said that he thought the holding call was on him and that the officials mixed up his number with Landon Dickerson. But the penalty was meant to be assessed to the #Eagles LG.
Looked like a classic pancake…
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