Sound the alarms — 5 observations from Eagles-Seahawks a day later

The Eagles blew a 10-point lead to Drew Lock on Monday night, they only scored 17 points against an injured and struggling Seattle Seahawks defense, and have now lost their third straight game.

Are the Eagles frauds?

Here are my five observations a day after the loss:

From blown out to blowing

How about these last three weeks of Eagles football, huh?

After losing the last two games by at least 20 points to the San Francisco 49ers and Dallas Cowboys, it seemed like things could not have gotten any worse. Right?

Welp.

The Eagles led 10-0 in the second quarter, 17-10 early in the fourth, then and 17-13 with a minute left. They never did enough to put Seattle to bed, and they had so many opportunities.

A deep ball to Quez Watkins, which was totally unnecessary, turned into an interception, one touchdown on their last seven drives against a team that had lost four straight games, allowing 17 second-half points against a bad offense with Drew Lock at quarterback, and finally, another interception on a deep ball they did not need when their best chance to win is picking up another 12 yards and taking your chance with Jake Elliott and a 61-yard field goal.

For most of this season, the Eagles found ways to win, which was tremendous. However, Monday night in Seattle they found a bunch of ways to lose.

Winning games how the Eagles were winning them was not sustainable. The flood gates have opened.

Should Hurts have played?

If Jalen Hurts was so sick that he couldn’t function as a passer, he should not have been playing. Hurts is incredibly tough, no question, but he missed many open guys, which is rare.

He passed for 143 yards against the NFL’s 26th-ranked pass defense. In the second half, he was 8-for-14 for 64 yards and two interceptions, and he did not complete a pass longer than 18 yards.

Marcus Mariota, Eagles backup, did not have a good preseason by any means, but he is a serviceable quarterback and is healthy. Mariota should have probably should have been out there Monday night because Hurts did not look good enough.

Look at Seattle. They started Lock over Geno Smith because Smith was not 100%, and he got them a win.

The coster?

The unnecessary deep ball to Watkins may have cost the Eagles the game. Not just because Watkins has been nearly useless for the past two seasons and most deep shots his way wind up failing tremendously, but just because the offense was moving, the running game was working, and there was 8:15 left in the game.

Keep moving the sticks, run the ball, and wind the clock down.

Yes, Julian Love was grabbing Watkins’ jersey down the field, which was not called because of course not. The real issue was the play call, not as much the execution. The Eagles did not need a deep shot there at all. They needed to run the clock.

Not the same Braberry

James Bradberry was a second-team all-pro and the second-ranked corner in the league last season.

This year? Not so much. Not even close. He is statistically one of the worst corners in the league.

Lock targeted Bradberry four times on the game-winning drive, and Bradberry could not do anything. He claimed to have been “playing the sticks.” But as a corner, in that situation, you have to pick up the receiver near you and stay with him and not let him burn you. That is not what happened Monday night.

If Darius Slay returns, should Bradberry be benched? I do not know the answer to that.

Starts at the top

The coordinators have not been good this season, including Matt Patricia who made his, I guess we will call it debut Monday night. However, it is time to look right at head coach Nick Sirianni after this third straight loss.

Sirianni has been amazing here through his first two-and-a-half seasons. But everything this team does is on him. The 49ers and Cowboys losses, ok. Those are two very good teams on extra rest against a team that was gassed.

Now, the Seahawks who have lost four straight games, started a backup quarterback with eight career wins in six seasons, were down 10 points at halftime, and this is what happens?

As the head coach, you cannot let this transpire. Your offense managed seven points after their second possession and your new defensive coordinator, which is a decision you lied to the media about earlier last week, allowed a 92-yard game-winning drive in the last two minutes to DREW LOCK, you have now lost three straight games after a 10-1 start, those being the biggest games of the season, you are no longer an elite team, and no longer a Super Bowl contender like you once were, what, a month ago?

Sirianni has responded when there has been adversity. But this is adversity he has never experienced as a head coach.

This is on him.

And for those with the narrative that the season is “over”: it is not. The Eagles have three games — all against bad teams (New York Giants, Arizona Cardinals, and the Giants again) — to attempt to right this ship. If they win out, they win the NFC East, and the top is still in play.

Do they deserve these accolades? We will see.