Why the Eagles Must Believe Their Own Message
So, let’s talk about what’s really going on with the Eagles right now, because the noise around them has been getting pretty loud. And honestly, a lot of that noise is coming from outside the locker room, not inside it. What the team has been saying over the last few days actually makes a lot of sense — and it’s worth understanding before anyone hits the panic button.
The conversation around this team has almost started to mirror the talk from that rough 2023 stretch, but the comparison doesn’t really hold up when you look closely. Back then, the collapse grew from a defense that just couldn’t get off the field. The makeup of today’s defense is nothing like that. If anything, the larger risk right now is overreaction — making changes just for the sake of doing something.
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There’s a great example of this from somewhere unexpected: Kansas City in 2023. The Chiefs looked shaky heading into the postseason that year. Their offense had taken a noticeable step back, their scoring had dipped dramatically compared to the Mahomes-era norm, and they limped into the playoffs at 11-6 after losing four of their last eight games. Sound familiar? And yet, they went on the road, beat Buffalo, beat Baltimore, and ultimately won the Super Bowl. It wasn’t pretty, but they didn’t panic. They stayed with their message, trusted their structure, and let the talent take over when it mattered.
That’s the lesson here — not that the Eagles are guaranteed to follow the same path, but that top-tier teams can look messy for long stretches and still be incredibly dangerous.
Inside the Eagles’ locker room, the tone has been much calmer than the outside world would expect. After the loss to the Bears, players repeated the same theme. Cam Jurgens said, “We’re 8-4. The sky’s still above us.” Saquon Barkley put it another way: “The sky’s falling outside the locker room, but I have nothing but the utmost confidence in the men in this locker room.” That attitude isn’t fake confidence. It’s perspective — something that can be hard to keep when every headline makes it feel like the ground is shaking.
And they aren’t wrong. The Eagles still have multiple winnable games left, which puts them on track for at least 11 wins. That means the Cowboys would need to run the table to snatch the division away. But even beyond the math, the bigger point is this: the NFL is a counterpunch league. Every team gets figured out eventually, and what matters is how you adjust. Andy Reid didn’t forget how to coach. Patrick Mahomes didn’t morph into a different quarterback. And neither did Jalen Hurts suddenly become someone else.
What the Eagles are preaching — staying steady, blocking out the outside noise, trusting the foundation — is exactly the right message. Now they just have to keep believing it.
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