The Eagles didn’t just lose to the Bears on Monday night. They got handled, 27-7, and the performance left a few clear winners and a long list of people whose stock is sinking fast as Philadelphia turns toward Week 4 against the Los Angeles Rams.
There were a couple of bright spots hidden inside the mess. Drew Kendall kept his footing in his first real start against the Titans and backed it up in Chicago, where he didn’t allow a single QB pressure across 33 pass-protection snaps.
Saquon Barkley also gave the offense life early, piling up 73 yards on 11 carries in the first half after a stinger in Nashville and a mostly quiet Week 1. And Tanner McKee, simply by not throwing a disaster like Andy Dalton’s awful interception, put himself in position to be the QB2 again after a preseason that left his stock at rock bottom.
The safety picture is a different story, and it’s getting messy. Kenny Moore wasn’t even active, but his stock still went up because Marcus Epps was a liability and Michael Carter II wasn’t much better after replacing him.
That’s part of a larger problem for the Eagles, who need help next to Drew Mukuba, and Mukuba didn’t play well either. Moore, elevated to the roster on Tuesday, should get a real shot at that job.
On the other side of the ledger, Jihaad Campbell had another rough outing in coverage. That’s not the easiest assignment against a Ben Johnson offense, but the rookie linebacker has been fighting the same battle through three games now, and the leap fans were hoping for from the 2025 first-rounder still hasn’t shown up.
Riq Woolen had been cruising through two games, allowing only two catches and looking every bit the bargain. Monday night was a different story. He made mistakes, and the biggest one came on Kalif Raymond’s 41-yard touchdown, a reminder of why teams were reluctant to hand him a long-term deal this offseason.
Tank Bigsby also took a hit in the stock report, and this one was self-inflicted. He got bailed out by Quinyon Mitchell’s fourth-and-goal PBU, but the fumble on a second-and-20 checkdown deep in his own territory was the kind of mistake that gets a back sent to the sideline. He didn’t play again after that, and with Will Shipley waiting, Bigsby basically opened the door for a change at RB2.
Jalyx Hunt’s season is still waiting to catch up to the hype. He led the team in sacks last year, had a strong camp, and the pass-rush win rate numbers are still positive, but the production through three games just isn’t there. With Jonathan Greenard ramping up, the Eagles need more from him soon.
Tyler Steen also hurt himself with a costly unnecessary holding call that erased a long Barkley run. The interior has been shaky across the board, and Steen’s play - in a contract year, no less - only gives Howie Roseman more reason to attack the trenches early in the 2027 draft.
And then there’s Sean Mannion’s offense, which has looked lifeless after halftime for three straight weeks. The Eagles have punted over and over and over coming out of the break, and whatever is happening after intermission clearly isn’t working.
Coaches may not love the phrase “halftime adjustments,” but Mannion has to come up with something different. Right now, the second-half offense has been bad enough that the eye test and the numbers are saying the same thing.
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The no-call stood, even though the shove may have kept Carter from a sack, and the sequence only got stranger when Rome Odunze dropped a touchdown pass on the same play. For Philadelphia, it was the kind of moment that leaves plenty of frustration behind, not just because of what Carter did right, but because the flag never came. [Read more 🡒]