Historically, the Eagles play their best when everyone leaves them for dead. "Put a fork in them" is their rallying call.
The Eagles have a two game winning streak going into the next two games against the morbid Giants and Jets. Then comes their bye week.
After their bye week comes the last four games of their regular season, all against division rivals.
They end the season against the Dallas Cowboys in Philadelphia....a week after the Cowboys have played the Cardinals.
A loss by the Cowboys to the Raiders or Saints, one loss to the Washington Unnamed, a loss to the Cardinals combined with an Eagles run on the Giants twice, Washington twice and the Jets........does any of this seem unrealistic?
The Eagles has been a team that almost always surges late in the season. It is entirely possible that a 10-6 Eagles team hosts a 10-6 Cowboys team in a game #17 to determine the division champion.
We all know the typical outcome of such a game.
The Cowboys must avoid this scenario at all costs by creating their own end of season surge.