A Fitting Disappointment for a Disappointing Eagles Season

You're going to hear a lot of talk about playoff scenarios this week for the NFL. The Eagles will still be in those scenarios, because someone has to win the NFC East. In fact, at worst, they can only be eliminated on Saturday of Week 16, just like last year. The Eagles are 6-8 this season though, not 9-5 going into that game. The Eagles cannot have a winning record this season, given that they are already at eight losses. In other words, this team is worse than last year's team. This team is not a winning team. Yes, they can still win the division, but they are not closer to winning a championship by a long shot. It's true, they played the best three teams in the NFL this season. Those are not the ugly games that have made the 2015 season a failure though.

The Arizona Cardinals embarrassed the Eagles last night, plain and simple. They beat them in all areas of the football game, and ran them out of their own building. The Cardinals are a 12-2 football team though, a record I never really believed the Eagles could achieve. I thought they'd be better than this though. I said all pre-season they'd win 9-11 games this season, totals they can no longer reach. They've underachieved my expectations, and not necessarily by losing to the good teams like Arizona. Losses against Tampa, Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas, Washington, and Miami are much more damning, and cut the knees out from under this season. A lot of Eagles fans assume those losses are underachieving performances. I don't anymore. While you can look at wins against teams like the Jets and Patriots and say the Eagles are better than this, a 6-8 team that got handled fairly well by the top two teams in their conference is what it is.

Last night should not have shocked anyone. The Eagles are what they are. They are a disappointing team, and last night's game drove that point home. We can definitively say last off-season was a loss now. We can definitively say they are a mediocre to bad team. Last night's 40-17 loss fits with the full-season performance the Eagles have given. They are a 6-8 team. Teams like that get run out of their own building by 12-2 teams. Let's not act like last night was anything more than a good team beating a mediocre one. Sure, they can still win the division, and all Eagles fans should hope they do. That doesn't change that this season has been a real disappointment.