Plus, the nation finds out why Cincinnati and the Bengals are special, the Seahawks are playoff bound without Russell Wilson, the Dolphins are headed back to the playoffs and much more.
The Eagles really needed Sunday. And the reason why—as their second-year coach, Nick Sirianni, saw it—was because the two games they just played without quarterback Jalen Hurts, back-to-back losses to the Cowboys and Saints, really surfaced some warts that might have been otherwise masked through a 13–1 start.
“Here’s exactly what my message was all week—Hey, listen, it’s healthy to drag yourself through the mud and really look yourself in the mirror and say, I’m gonna look myself in the mirror, and I’m gonna say, ’That really sucked.