Every team is convinced in September that it will find a way to get to the playoffs, no matter whether it is the defending champs or a team in transition. The Eagles had a rookie quarterback and a rookie head coach. They had new systems for the players to learn. That's not the formula for getting to the postseason. Still, you always have that as your goal. You want your team playing deep into the month of January.
That didn't happen for the Eagles this year, but the team can feel good about what happened on Sunday. Carson Wentz threw a pair of touchdown passes and didn't turn the ball over.