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In Week 13, the Philadelphia Eagles were seemingly set up for success.
After suffering a last-second wakeup call against their division rival Dallas Cowboys the week prior, Philadelphia was at home, on Amazon Prime, up against one of the worst defenses in the NFL. Granted, the Cowboys’ defense was bad the week prior, too, but the Bears ranked 21st against the pass, 28th against the run, and had allowed all but two of their opponents in 2025 to run for at least 100 yards on the season.
If ever there was a game for Kevin Patullo to put 12 weeks of questions to bed and really prove he can coach an offense, this was the game to do it. No more excuses, no more quarters where Philly looks unstoppable only to fall back to hit the witness protection program, none of it.
And yet, the Eagles game played out as follows: punt, field goal, punt, punt, punt, interception, touchdown, fumble, punt, touchdown with a missed extra point, missed field goal.
After watching Ben Johnson march his offense down the field for a third of the first quarter on the opening drive, the Eagles didn’t even hold the ball for three minutes, watching some early success on the ground with Saquon Barkley get washed away by a false start penalty by AJ Brown that effectively killed the momentum and ended the drive at five plays.
From there, the Eagles did very little following a Jake Elliott field goal on drive two, but they did seemingly find life after Jalen Hurts threw his second interception of the season, with the Super Bowl MVP getting more aggressive with his arms and his legs to set up a Brown touchdown.
Suddenly, momentum was on the Eagles’ side, and yet, that didn’t matter, as Hurts got the ball peanut punched out of his hand on a tush push attempt that would have set up an easy touchdown, and the game was basically over. The Bears went up two scores, the Eagles moved the ball, but down nine, even a Jake Elliot field goal in the final moments – which he ultimately missed due to the wind – was too little too late: the Eagles lost the game and their ceiling was suddenly called into question.
Are the Eagles still in first place? Yes. Can they hold that lead through Week 18? Sure, that’s possible too. But even if they hold the NFC East pennant once more, their offense – or lack thereof – could ultimately be the thing that prevents another parade down Broad Street in 2026.
Through 13 weeks of action, the Eagles’ offense ranks 22nd in passing yards on the 28th-most attempts, 22nd in rushing yards on the 14th-most attempts, and ranks 24th in total yards recorded versus 23rd in yards allowed. They’ve struggled at times to get much going through the air, have more recently been unable to get much going...
