THREE DECADES AGO, noted 20th-century philosopher and synth genius Howard Jones unwittingly supplied the Eagles with the only logical motto for their remaining nine games:
Things can only get better.
At 3-4 and 1-2 in the NFC East, the reconstructed Birds, minus their top receiver, running back and guard from the 10-win 2014 team, have only one bad loss among them, and even that one is easily explained.
Before they happened, it might have been hard to swallow losses at Atlanta, now 6-2 overall and 29-15 at home since 2009, and at Carolina, now the only unbeaten team in the NFC.