Eagles dig deep to save season, now set up to secure NFC Least
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It took roughly 37 minutes against arguably the worst team in professional football, but Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles finally figured it out late Monday night in a 23-17 overtime win over their hated NFC East rival, the New York Giants. First, tEagles dig deep to save season, now set up to secure NFC Least
It took roughly 37 minutes against arguably the worst team in professional football, but Carson Wentz and the Philadelphia Eagles finally figured it out late Monday night in a 23-17 overtime win over their hated NFC East rival, the New York Giants. First, they remembered they were playing an awful team and an ancient, if effective, Eli Manning. Then, they recalled how offensive football works and started moving the ball downfield against a painfully bad defense. Finally, and most importantly, they realized what they are playing for: The NFC East title and a home playoff game, as improbable as it may seem. Because with three games left against division opponents, the Eagles are in the driver's seat, Dallas Cowboys be damned. For the first three-and-a-half-quarters of what was shaping up to be a laughable loss, it looked like even the inept Cowboys couldn't keep themselves from an NFC title. Wentz and his wounded weapons looked like they had forgotten what was at stake. They looked like a team whose Januar Read more