The Eagles clinched a playoff berth on Sunday, but the team doesn’t look like a postseason favorite after dropping their third straight game to an NFC opponent.
On Monday night, Philadelphia allowed 17 second-half points, blew a late lead, and allowed Drew Lock to drive Seattle 92 yards for a game-winning touchdown pass to Jaxon Smith-Njigba with less than a minute remaining.
Jalen Hurts would eventually get picked off by Julian Love for a second time, and the Eagles are now 10-4 with just three games left on the schedule.
With preparation for the Giants set to begin, we’re looking at the studs and duds from Monday night.
Stud--D'Andre Swift
D’Andre Swift logged his most carries since Week 9, finishing with 82 yards on 18 rushes.
Dud--Jalen Hurts
Hurts was sick, but there are no excuses to be made, as the All-Pro was outplayed by Seahawks backup QB Drew Lock.
Hurts was intercepted twice, and passed up several open targets on multiple plays, choosing to chase deep balls to A.J. Brown on those occassions.
Dud--Quez Watkins
Watkins logged more snaps than Julio Jones and Olamide Zaccheaus combined, but finished with 0 catches, on two targets, and one poor effort play on Jalen Hurts’ first interception of the game.
Dud-James Bradberry
Bradberry allowed the game-winning 29-yard touchdown to rookie receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and the Seahawks made a conscioius decision to target the veteran with Darius Slay sidelined after arthroscopic knee surgery.
The Seahawks were 7-of-8, for 116 yards, 1 TD, 0 INT, and a 118.8 rating when targeting Bradberry.
Dud- Eagles pass rush
Even with Matt Patricia taking over play-calling duties on defense, the pass rush again allowed a quarterback to feast on a battered secondary.
Philadelphia only registered two sacks on the night, and not nearly enough pressure.
Seattle had success on the ground, and the Georgia duo at defensive tackle appears to be slowing down.
Haason Reddick was held without a sack, while Nolan Smith and Patrick Johnson offer little as pass rushers.
Dud--OC Brian Johnson
Johnson had a good opening drive of play calling, and things went downhill between the offensive coordinator and QB Jalen Hurts.
Philadelphia’s offense struggled to get into a rhythm.
The Eagles ran the ball less in the second half despite holding the lead and chose to chase big plays in the passing game.
Hurts bypassed taking what the Seahawk’s defense gave, instead choosing multiple deep shots with the game on the line and Jake Elliott within striking distance of sending the contest to overtime.
