Colin Cowherd believes the Eagles will take a step backward during the 2023 season.
After a surprising season last year, many people seem to be on the Eagles’ train as they have been picked as the favorites to get back to the Super Bowl. Not everybody agrees with that notion.
FOX Sports Radio’s Colin Cowherd recently went on a rant as he explained why the Eagles might be primed to “fall off a cliff.”
He then went on to list several teams from previous years like the 49ers, patriots, Rams, Ravens, and Chargers.
For that reason, he thinks the Eagles will suck during the 2023 season.
“Now do we think Philadelphia is the best team in the NFC? I do,” Cowherd said. “Second-best roster to San Francisco but this team got really good when Nick Sirianni said I’m giving up the play-calling. Shane Steichen is who Justin Herbert had a great rookie year with and who Jalen Hurts went from, is he any good? To a possible MVP. Coaching matters. He’s gone.”
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“Offensive line is really, really old,” Cowherd said on his FS1 show The Herd. “And the other thing is Nick Sirianni gave up calling and then they got really good. Uh oh, they lost both coordinators including the play caller Shane Steichen who is now coaching for the Colts. I know Eagle fan, you know you’re getting back to the Super Bowl, but there is a lot of blinking lights here.”
Cowherd makes some valid points with Pro Bowl offensive linemen like Jason Kelce and Lane Johnson ages 35 and 33 and the team does have a brutal 2023-24 schedule, as their 2023 opponents have the highest 2022 winning percentage in the NFL.
Jalen Hurts needs to stay healthy as he is a QB that does run a lot and was injured last season. Losing Miles Sanders may not be an issue as the Eagles replaced him with DeAndre Swift and Rashaad Penny. They can take a lot of pressure off Hurts if they can do their jobs.
One thing working against them is the ability to win the NFC East for the second year in a row. No team has done that since the Eagles when they won in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004.
