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Eagles’ loss in the playoffs validates the Phillies’ refusal to trade prospects

Yesterday, the Eagles were thoroughly outclassed by the Buccaneers in their playoff loss that sent Philadelphia home for the winter. Heading into Tampa Bay yesterday, the Eagles were coming off a loss at home to Dallas in which they gave up 50 points, but didn’t really mean much because they were playing the backups to the backups. Once the lights came on for a real game in the wild card round, the Eagles were quickly dismantled by the world champions and will now have to spend the offseason wondering this same refrain:

Was it worth it getting into the playoffs just to be dismantled by a superior team?