EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - It's a trip to Seattle instead of London and a lower first-round slot in this year's draft. Other than that, it's impossible to know what the future holds for the Eagles, a team looking for a head coach, a quarterback and an identity now that the book on this season has been sealed.
If you believe the team owner, the immediate future should not be nearly as painful as the recent past, which culminated Sunday with a mostly meaningless 35-30 win over the New York Giants at Met Life Stadium.
No, Jeffrey Lurie does not think the 2016 Eagles will be a rebuilding team even though the 2015 version became a crumbling one that required the removal of coach Chip Kelly and the owner feeling the need to conduct formal interviews in an attempt to gauge the pulse of his players.