Has Eagles’ Chip Kelly lost the team?

It was an historic defeat for the Eagles.

The Lions played well defensively across the board, with the Eagles not scoring their second touchdown until the score was 48-7. We still have five games left. It also was their first Thanksgiving loss. “And I pride myself on being an Eagle”. “We’ve got to create more pressure, and Calvin was obviously a very hard matchup for us”. Those are losers. That’s the way you lose games. The Eagles managed just 222 yards of total offense in the game and held the football for just 22 minutes.

By the end, it got so bad that Detroit fans, who haven’t had much to cheer for, either, this season, began the wave – while they had the ball. He had previously beaten Indianapolis at 9-0 in his fourth career start in 2006 and New Orleans at 13-0 three years later. The Eagles have other weapons; running backs DeMarco Murray, Ryan Mathews, and Darren Sproles, wide receivers Nelson Agholor and Jordan Matthews, and tight end Zach Ertz are certainly enough to give Kaep viable offensive options. Of course it’s going to be the first place people go to, because that’s the part of the team Kelly put his stamp on the most, and that’s also where the most glaring weaknesses are. It has been a tough year and it is questionable if Chip Kelly will be able weather the storm of failure and fan criticism.

After falling behind 14-7 in the second quarter, the Eagles went three-and-out with two incomplete passes followed by a sack, one of six backup quarterback Mark Sanchez would absorb. Sanchez, incredibly, lost despite not throwing a pick.

In the secondary, the Eagles have no choice but to let Eric Rowe, their second-round pick, learn on the job after Nolan Carroll broke his ankle and was lost for the season. If the Lions can find a way to do the unthinkable and sweep the Packers, they find themselves facing two back up quarterbacks, the 32nd ranked Saints defense and a Bears team that hasn’t beat them since 2012. He had one carry that gained more than 4 yards and eight that gained 1 or less.

Pass the air sickness bag, please.

In the locker room, not one player dared to state the obvious, for obvious reasons.

Oh, there is no doubt he deserved his shot as an National Football League coach. Those are losers. That’s the way you lose games. “And right now we’re not doing it”. “When you have two back-to-back games like that, it absolutely starts with me”. Detroit’s lead jumped to 31-7 as the receiver brought down his second touchdown of the game.

-RUN DEFENSE: B. The Lions rushed for just 108 yards on 30 carries. Two series’ later it was confirmed. Theo (Riddick) and Ameer (Abdullah) is coming along and developing.

Quarterback Matthew Stafford finished with a career-high 137.8 passer rating, an accurate representation of his efficiency as he went 27 of 38 for 337 yards and five touchdowns. He was easily the Eagles’ best inside linebacker, and his emergence would have enabled the Eagles to rely less on Ryans and Alonso. Meanwhile, Philadelphia inked from Seattle Seahawks corner Byron Maxwell to big bucks. Running back Joique Bell added a rushing touchdown.

“It is getting late”, S Malcolm Jenkins said. Left tackle Jason Peters, plagued by injuries all season, left the game with an ankle injury as well.

The Eagles couldn’t keep drives going, partly because they were dominated up front.

On the list of personal disappointments, Kelly had no problem prioritizing this setback. That, Kelly said, made all the difference.

“Didn’t coach well today”. We didn’t really do anything well today so it’s very disappointing.