Troy Aikman Talks State of Eagles: ‘They're Concerned’

"I think they’re already concerned (laugh)," Aikman said via the New York Post. "This is an interesting team because they played so well on that stretch of games that they had — I mean, they had a Murderers’ Row of games that they had to play, and yet they beat Washington; they beat Dallas; they go to Kansas City, they beat Kansas City; they beat Buffalo, and you’re like, 'Whoa!' and they won five straight."

The Eagles were one of the more confusing teams in the NFL this year, starting the season 10-1 with some very impressive wins in Kansas City and against the Buffalo Bills and Cowboys. 

But the middle part of the season saw Philadelphia play its toughest stretch of the schedule, and the foundations of the team began to crumble. Blowout losses to the San Francisco 49ers and Cowboys started a free-fall in the standings that ended with the Eagles as the five-seed after holding sole possession of the one-seed heading into Week 13. 

"Then they, of course, lose a couple of games," Aikman said. "San Francisco, you knew that was going to be a tough game, they lose that game. They lose Dallas, and it just felt like everything imploded after that — beginning at the executive level, in the front office, because I don’t know that all the changes that we’ve seen or everything that we’ve witnessed on the field is where it ends. It just feels like there was an overreaction by a lot of people, and now it just feels like there’s disarray throughout the entire organization. And what this might look like on Monday night, and what it might look like after this game if they were to lose I’d anybody’s guess."

Philadelphia will be on the road on Monday night against the Buccaneers for Wild Card Weekend with a chance at the divisional round on the line. The game will kick off at 8:15 p.m. from Raymond James Stadium.