ON MONDAY, after his team limped home from its 27-16 beating in Carolina the night before, Eagles coach Chip Kelly put forth his usual wash-rinse-repeat cycle of excuses for his faltering squad.
The problem with talking about "cleaning things up," however, is that if you still need to do that after seven games, it likely means your detergent isn't any good.
It is safe now to say the Eagles are what their 3-4 record states they are - a mediocre team that can stay in the playoff race only because the rest of the NFC East is just as mediocre.