It’s not out of line to say the 2021 Philadelphia Eagles season is not as highly anticipated as seasons in our recent past. In fact, even last year, coming off a 9-7 season and NFC East title, there were high hopes.
Carson Wentz hadn’t yet imploded, Doug Pederson was a Super Bowl winning head coach who had been to the playoffs three seasons straight, Jalen Reagor hadn’t fallen flat, DeSean Jackson hadn’t fallen and not gotten up, and the offensive line hadn’t begun processing to the trainer’s room. There was reason to hope we would be in for another fun go-around in 2020, and besides, we were so hungry for live sports during the pandemic, anything and everything was embraced.