Saturday, November 25, 2017

Eagles Close In on NFC East Crown Against Chicago

The 5-6 Dallas Cowboys' current three-game free-fall including Thursday's 29-6 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers has set the stage for the 9-1 Philadelphia Eagles to inch all that much closer to the NFC East Division title with a win at home against the 3-7 Chicago Bears this Sunday afternoon. If the Eagles can nail down their 10th victory of the season as heavy home favorites, they would clinch the division with one more Dallas loss. This could come as quickly as next Thursday with the Cowboys playing host to the 5-6 Washington Redskins on Thursday Night Football.

Even if Philly stumbles against Chicago and Dallas stays alive by beating the Redskins, it is still a foregone conclusion that the Eagles will lay claim to their first NFC East title since 2013. Clinching the East in Week 13 would be great but this team wants more! The loyal, die-hard fans in Philly want more! All the new faces on the 'standing room only' Philadelphia bandwagon want more!

With the Eagles getting quite a bit of national attention behind the play of second-year phenom Carson Wentz at quarterback, the Oddsmakers in Las Vegas expect much more from our beloved Birds than a division title with the them penciled in as favorites at most of the books in town to face the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII.

Standing in their way are teams such as the 9-2 Minnesota Vikings, who ran all over Detroit on Thanksgiving Day to remain a half game off the pace in the NFC. The 8-2 New Orleans Saints are riding an eight-game winning streak into this Sunday's showdown against the 7-3 Los Angeles Rams. It is pretty safe to assume that two of the top four teams in the conference heading into the stretch run of the regular season will eventually tee it up against one another on Sunday. Jan. 21 in the NFC Championship Game.

I am banking on Philadelphia hosting that game against the Saints, but for now all my energy is going into this Sunday's home game against the Bears.

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