Thoughts on Alshon Jeffery and 3 other Philadelphia Eagles WR duds

With all of the inconsistencies that everyone has seen with the Philadelphia Eagles offense, this would be a good time to look at Alshon Jeffery and some of the other scapegoats on offense.

Is it possible to see your favorite team win and wake up the next morning feeling like they didn’t. Oh, you have no idea. Almost 24 hours after the Philadelphia Eagles‘ Week 9 win over the Chicago Bears, it’s almost as if fans are in mourning. Maybe it’s the visible deterioration of Alshon Jeffery.  Maybe it’s the weather. Whatever it is, it just feels like there’s a lot to talk about and it is.

Let’s start with the offense. Had the Philadelphia Eagles gotten out to a 19-0 lead on November 3rd and that lead would have held up, you may not have heard anything negative on the day after. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way.

Philly did their best to collapse. The Bears put up 14 points, put an entire fan base’s nerves to yet another test, and seemed to have all of the momenta until Philly responded with a 16-play drive that took over eight minutes off of the clock to help seal things.

So, here we are. The Eagles have constructed a two-game winning streak, and there are three narratives. First, the defense can’t get it done. Second, the offense isn’t good enough. Third, if the offense can’t sustain drives with some consistency, there will be more collapses in the future.

The scapegoats haven’t changed for a while. Let’s take a look at some of them.