The Eagles open the year under a dark cloud

Charlie Honer
Staff Writer

The Eagles season so far has been less than ideal. Starting off the season 1-4-1 is not the best beginning for a fairly recent Super Bowl winner. The Eagles have been hit with a dark cloud of injuries the last couple of years including this one. Multiple positions are down to backups and for some, they have even taken people off the practice squad.
  They started the year with a 27-17 loss to the Washington football team. Carson Wentz came out and threw for 270 yards, 2 touchdown passes, and 2 interceptions. They had no running game and Washington won in a 17-0 comeback. In week 2, they played the Rams and lost that one 37-19. They would tie against the Bengals the next week with a score of 23-23.
  They would get their first win in week 4 against the 49ers with a score of 25-20. Carson Wentz only threw for 193 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception. There was virtually no running game, and this game was won by the defense. They would go on to lose the next two weeks to the Steelers (38-29) and the Ravens (30-28).
Over the course of the next two weeks the Eagles would play two different divisional games against the Giants and the Cowboys, in the NFC East it's anyone's game. Week 7 they played the Giants where they just barely got away with a win, winning 22-21. The next week they played the Cowboys. This game was a battle for the top spot in the NFC East, except it wasn’t much of a battle. The Eagles had their share of mishaps but pulled away to win 23-9.
  The first half of the season isn't going too well. Even though the Eagles are at the top of the NFC East that title won’t help them in the playoffs playing better teams. We can only hope that they get it together over the next couple of weeks.