You could see this one building for the Eagles.
They had already flirted with trouble in Week 1, edging the Commanders in Washington 24-22, then barely surviving the Titans on the road 24-20. Those wins counted, sure. But they also came against weaker opponents, with the offense leaning on Jalen Hurts to play hero ball while the defense turned in two uneven showings.
That approach finally caught up with them in Chicago.
The Bears hammered the Eagles 27-7 last night, and it was hard to argue with the final score. Hurts couldn’t cover for the offensive line’s ongoing issues, the pass rush still couldn’t get home, and the secondary spent the night breaking down. Case Keenum - the same quarterback the Eagles beat in the 2017 NFC Championship Game - carved them up for a 110.8 rating, throwing for 247 yards and two touchdowns without an interception.
Through three games, the numbers are ugly enough on their own. The Eagles are allowing 23.0 points per game, which ranks 16th in the NFL.
They’ve managed just three sacks and still haven’t forced a turnover, leaving them at minus-5 in turnover differential. Per Sumer Sports, they sit 23rd in EPA/play and 20th in success rate.
The problems have been spread around, but the back end has looked especially shaky. Drew Mukuba, Marcus Epps and Michael Carter II have all had issues with missed tackles and busted assignments.
Nakobe Dean’s absence has been noticeable, and Jihaad Campbell hasn’t matched what Dean was giving them. Still, the bigger concern is up front, where the defensive line has not come close to delivering on the preseason hype.
That’s the part that should sting most, because the investment is massive. Jalen Carter got a 4-year, $152 million extension with $107 million guaranteed.
Jordan Davis landed a 3-year, $78 million deal with $64 million guaranteed. Jonathan Greenard signed a 4-year, $98 million extension after coming over in a trade from Minnesota, and Jalyx Hunt looks like the next one in line for a similar payday.
Greenard had just returned from two weeks on the injured list, so expecting him to be fully ramped up would be unfair. The same grace does not extend to everyone else. Moro Ojomo and Nolan Smith, both young players trying to position themselves for major deals, have been quiet.
At some point, this group is supposed to look like one of the league’s best. Right now, it doesn’t. Getting carved up by Case Keenum in a prime-time game in 2026 is a bad look for any defense, let alone one that entered the season with top-five expectations.
The offense had its own mess to sort through, and the preseason worries about the line were justified. Landon Dickerson’s inability to get fully healthy has been a problem. Drew Kendall, last year’s fifth-round pick, has held up reasonably well at center, but the rest of the unit has struggled.
Tyler Steen has been rough at right guard. Cam Jugens, who moved from center to left guard with Dickerson out, has not found any real consistency.
Jordan Mailata, one of the team’s highest-paid veterans, has not looked like the same player since the 2024 Super Bowl season. Lane Johnson has been fine at right tackle, but he can only do so much.
There was one sequence in particular that captured the night. On first-and-goal from just outside the 1 in the second quarter, the line failed to create enough push for Saquon Barkley to punch it in. That left Sean Mannion to throw on third-and-goal from the 2 with Andy Dalton, and Dalton’s pass was picked off in the end zone.
A 95-yard drive came away with nothing.
Dalton is not the answer and never should have been in that spot, but the bigger issue was the inability to get Barkley across the goal line on the first two downs. That can’t be ignored.
For a while, it looked like the run game might stabilize things. Barkley ran for 73 yards on 11 carries in the first half, and the Eagles had some success early.
Then the second half arrived, and the ground game disappeared. Barkley carried four times for nine yards after halftime.
Hurts was left dealing with too many long-yardage situations, and the results were predictable. He finished with 153 passing yards, two turnovers, and no second-half points. The protection was mostly adequate at times, but penalties and poor execution on first and second down kept the offense behind schedule all night.
The coaching staff didn’t help. Nick Sirianni’s decision to pass on fourth-and-1 near midfield in the third quarter, with the Eagles trailing 20-7, looked like a vote of no confidence in his own team.
Afterward, Sirianni admitted he made a mistake. Later, he went for it on fourth-and-5 in the fourth quarter after the game had essentially been decided.
The sequence made little sense.
Sean Mannion also kept dialing up screen passes behind the line to Makai Lemon, and the receivers were not being schemed open effectively.
The Eagles had already survived a messy opening stretch against inferior competition. Against Ben Johnson’s Bears, that luck ran out.
Now comes a tougher road. Matthew Stafford and the Rams are next in Philadelphia, and they arrive at 1-2 looking for revenge in what the source describes as their own personal house of horrors. After that, the Eagles head to Jacksonville to face a Jaguars team that has allowed the fewest points in the league through the first three weeks.
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