The Philadelphia Eagles entered Sunday’s game against the Raiders in Las Vegas boasting a 2-4 record. They had lost four of five under first-year head coach Nick Sirianni since a blowout Week 1 win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Some figured that Philadelphia might be able to turn the corner on the road against a Raiders team that was recently involved in one of the biggest scandals in modern NFL history.
At least initially, it seemed like the Philadelphia Eagles were doing to do just that. They opened up a 7-0 lead with an eight-play, 67-yard drive on their first possession of the game.
Everything was about to turn around for this team, right? Wrong!
In truly shocking fashion, Las Vegas ran off 30 consecutive points. Quarterback Derek Carr completed 31-of-34 passes for 323 yards. Eagles running back Miles Sanders exited to injury. Meanwhile, Jalen Hurts had fewer than 100 net passing yards through three quarters.
The wheels are coming off for these Eagles with roughly one week to go ahead of the NFL trade deadline. They sit at 2-5 and tied with both the Washington Football Team and New York Giants for last place (or second place) in the NFC East.
Philadelphia finds itself 3.5 games behind Dallas in the division. Remember, one of its five losses this season was to Dallas back in Week 3 by the score of 41-21. We know very well how unforgiving fans in the City of Brotherly Love can be. Just ask Ben Simmons.
Losing in this manner to an average Raiders team facing its own issues is not a great thing for Philadelphia. Losing five of the past six games adds another layer to this.
And in reality, it might now be time for general manager Howie Roseman to bite the bullet and trade off any veterans who might be worth a darn to contending teams. The Eagles are going nowhere fast. It’s an absolute mess.
The Raiders just straight dogwalkin the Eagles.. I can’t wait to hear what Coach Sirianni has to say @tyschmit pic.twitter.com/ZAQSgo6LMu
— Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) October 24, 2021
This is an eye opening bad performance by the Eagles. Not even physically competitive so far.
— Colin Cowherd (@ColinCowherd) October 24, 2021
Unbelievable #FLYEAGLESFLY #Philly #Eagles #Football #NFL
— Brian Westbrook (@36westbrook) October 24, 2021
Eagles coaching staff will get the blame/attention but a roster featuring bad drafts, bloated contracts and awful free agent signings is what really plagues them. Pair that w the shortcomings of the staff… brutal. High future picks don’t mean a thing if you can’t evaluate talent
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) October 24, 2021
The #Eagles had 10 days to prepare for this game. This is the result.
— Eliot Shorr-Parks (@EliotShorrParks) October 24, 2021
This was my problem when the #Eagles fired Doug Pederson and moved on from Carson Wentz.
— Jeff Kerr (@JeffKerrCBS) October 24, 2021
It should have been a clean slate. GM Howie Roseman should have been shown the door too.
Jeffrey Lurie couldn't do that — and the Eagles have whatever sort of football team this is.
Bad team. Ugly all around. Expected better coming out of mini-bye. #Eagles
— Jeff McLane (@Jeff_McLane) October 24, 2021
30 unanswered points. 30!! This is disrespectful to the thousands of Eagles fans who paid good $$ to go to Vegas and watch them.
— Tyrone Johnson (@TyJohnsonNews) October 24, 2021
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