The Eagles would probably lead the NFL this season in upended expectations, if the league kept track of that sort of thing. So far, the biggest of those has been that the team has continued to win despite the absence of Carson Wentz. The Eagles’ style has changed, of course. They’ve gone from mauling all comers with Wentz to squeaking out close games with Nick Foles, and in that transition they’ve shown that their strongest trait is their resiliency, their ability to shrug off injuries to important players or avoid potential pratfalls and problems to keep winning.
Along the way – even well before the regular season began, in fact – there have been plenty of episodes that, to one degree or another, threatened to damage the Eagles’ chances of reaching the point that they’ve reached now: 14 wins in 17 games, a berth in the NFC championship game, a victory away from a berth in Super Bowl LII.