The Philadelphia Eagles<\/a> (11-4) remain in contention for the No. 1 seed in the NFC, and they’ll get a good chance to stay in the race against the Arizona Cardinals<\/a> (3-12).
A slow start doomed the Arizona Cardinals in the Windy City, as they were handled by the Chicago Bears in their second consecutive double-digit loss. With Arizona in position to get a top 3 draft pick<\/a>, the Cardinals will be looking to see if Kyler Murray is indeed the franchise quarterback or if they will look elsewhere next season.
The losing streak is over in Philadelphia. The Eagles snapped a three-game skid with a Christmas Day win against the New York Giants<\/a>. It wasn’t pretty, but it was able to give Jalen Hurts and company confidence as they head into the two final weeks of the season against two teams with losing records.
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Philadelphia got its get-right game against the Giants, but there were still flaws evident in their play. The Eagles, for the most part, simply haven\u2019t blown away teams they\u2019ve been supposed to blow away. The Cardinals are definitely one of those teams, but it\u2019s hard to trust the Eagles right now against the spread.
The Eagles snapped their three-game losing streak last week, but it wasn\u2019t a good moral victory. The Eagles face another inferior opponent in the Cardinals this week. Philadelphia needs to shore things up in their finally two regular season games against sub-.500 teams.
It feels like the Eagles are limping through the end of the regular season but these last two games give them a chance to work out their kinks before the playoffs. They should beat the Cardinals easily on Sunday.\u00a0
After last week\u2019s performance, it\u2019s tough to say the Eagles are back, but at least they got a win. All signs point to them grinding out another one with the NFC East title on the line against a lowly Cardinals team who will be playing in their second straight chilly road game.
Philadelphia showed cracks against New York on Christmas, so all eyes will be on whether they can prevent Arizona from hanging around in this one. The Eagles play a much cleaner game this time around as they keep their eyes set on locking up the NFC East.
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