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Super Wild Card Weekend has already delivered several stunning upsets, with the Packers destroying the Cowboys in Dallas and the Texans cruising past the Browns in Cleveland. Could another underdog prevail to close out the first round of the playoffs?
Even a year removed from a Super Bowl shootout with the Chiefs, the Eagles certainly profile as a team capable of getting bounced early, entering Monday night’s prime-time wild-card showdown with the Buccaneers having lost five of their last six amid reported internal turmoil. Tampa Bay barely made the playoffs as the winner of a wide-open NFC South, but Todd Bowles and Co. have a promising track record against Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, even if the visiting Birds are slight road favorites.
So who actually has the edge? And how can you tune in? Here’s everything you need to know:
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Keys to the game
Will Philly lean on the run? The Eagles beat the Bucs in fairly decisive fashion when they last met in September, but they did it in large part due to a solid workload for D’Andre Swift. Tampa’s run defense has since tightened up, while the Eagles’ ground game has gotten spottier. Nick Sirianni might be wise to get Swift involved early and often in an effort to control the clock.Who can cover Mike Evans? No one necessarily views the Bucs as a dangerous passing offense, but Baker Mayfield wisely feeds Evans on the outside, and usually it pays off. It helps they’ll be up against one of the worst secondaries in the NFL. Though Darius Slay is back after an injury-related absence, Philly’s sorely lacked speed on the back end.Have the Eagles learned anything offensively? Even if we shrug off the Philly defense as a lost cause, even the most loyal of Eagles fans are desperate for some…
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Author : Cody Benjamin
Publish date : 2024-01-15 23:50:37
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