The Eagles are mostly to blame for the disastrous loss to the Bears on Black Friday

Less than a week ago, the defending Super Bowl champions Philadelphia Eagles they appeared well on their way to winning the NFC East and having a great chance to defend their NFL title. However, after a shocking Week 12 loss to the Dallas Cowboys and a Black Friday loss at home to the Chicago Bears , head coach Nick Sirianni‘s Eagles are spinning.

The Eagles are still in first place in the NFC East at 8-4, but what was a monstrous 3.5 game lead over the Cowboys is now down to 1.5 games. The Eagles have played consecutive bad games.

The Chicago Bears entered Lincoln Financial Field with momentum and a powerful game plan. Coach Ben Johnson decided he wanted to attack the Eagles’ powerful defense with their running game. The Eagles seemed completely unprepared for the Bears to release running backs Kyle Monangai and D’Andre Swift. Both running backs topped the 100-yard mark.

Syrians and defensive coordinator Vic Fangio almost always get the best of their counterparts. But that wasn’t the case against the Bears as head coach Ben Johnson won the coaching battle.

Hurts of bear fighting

The Eagles needed quarterback Jalen Hurts to speed up the attack, but failed to get that unit out of neutral. The Eagles managed a field goal in the first half, and after scoring a second-half touchdown to pull within one point, Philadelphia had a chance to take the lead after a turnover in Chicago. As the Eagles reached the Bears 12 on a 3rd-and-1 play, the Eagles called on Hurts to run a quarterback sneak.

That play is widely known as the “tush push,” and was one of the team’s most successful plays. However, against the Bears, Hurts ended up fumbling and the Bears recovered. That led to a Chicago touchdown that extended the lead to 8 points.

Hurts completed 19 of 34 passes for 230 yards with 2 TDs and 1 interception. He only attempted 4 runs and they gained 31 yards. It wasn’t enough to keep the Eagles in the game against the Bears.

The Eagles needed Hurts to be close to his best, and he was just mediocre. Hurts and Syrians are mostly to blame for the defeat against Bears.