Philly’s latest win looks routine, but beneath the surface, it’s a playoff warning shot to the NFC.QQ
The Eagles secure the top seed in the NFC heading into Week 11.
The Philadelphia Eagles’ 10-7 win over the Green Bay Packers on Monday Night Football might not have been the most eye-catching performance, but it carries serious weight this late in the season. Micah Parsons was on point when he said it would be a “dogfight.”
Philly’s defense set the tone, holding Green Bay scoreless until the fourth quarter, and while the offense wasn’t at its best, it still found a way to grind out the win when it mattered most.
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With that Week 10 victory, Philadelphia now sits atop the NFC standings, reclaiming the conference’s No. 1 seed. It’s a crucial position as the playoff race starts to heat up, giving the Eagles an early edge in the push for home-field advantage and another deep postseason run.
Where the Eagles stand in the playoff picture after Week 10:
NFC Playoff Picture
- 1st: Philadelphia Eagles (7-2)
- 2nd: Seattle Seahawks (7-2)
- 3rd: Detroit Lions (6-3)
- 4th: Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3)
- 5th: Los Angeles Rams (7-2)
- 6th: Chicago Bears (6-3
- 7th Green Bay Packers (5-3-1)
The Eagles’ schedule doesn’t get any easier from here as they get ready to take on the Detroit Lions in Week 11, who sit first in the NFC North.
Eagles can’t afford to be ‘cute’ when it comes to play calling
While taking the top of the NFC is exciting, it’s hard for the Eagles to get too ahead of themselves. They still have a lot of work to do in order to look like a complete football team that is Super Bowl-ready.
That all starts with coaching, and head coach Nick Sirianni and Kevin Patullo made some baffling calls on Monday Night that will be hard to forget over the next few days, regardless of a win.
Sirianni made his most debated call of the night with just 33 seconds left in the game when he opted to go for it on 4th-and-6 from the Green Bay 35-yard line.
Philly didn’t just go for it, but Jalen Hurts threw a ridiculous deep shot to A.J. Brown that fell incomplete. The gamble handed Green Bay the ball with 27 seconds left and a chance to reach field-goal range.
Fortunately for Sirianni, the Eagles’ defense held firm, forcing a desperate 64-yard attempt from Brandon McManus that never had a chance.
“So the end of the game, we are up three and I would have liked to be in a little closer to kick a field goal,” Sirianni explained his decision. “Again, you play every situation a little bit differently, but it was into the wind on that one. I knew the kick would have to be a little bit lower trajectory of a kick on that particular one.
“I’ve got a lot of faith in our offense. It didn’t work out on this one. We just didn’t get it, but I stand put on that decision, especially being up three because you go up six, they are still going to need a touchdown. So we would have ended the game if we had gotten that, and I’ve got a lot of faith in our guys to be able to do that. But the reason I didn’t kick the field goal, again, being up three it was just the trajectory into the wind there on that particular one.”
Sirianni will have a coach response to any call they make, but that one could have been very costly, and they can’t afford to lose games trying to “get cute” moving forward.
