This preview article should be about a game that is shaping up to be a throwback to 20th century football, with two teams devoted to the run trying to make the ground game go against two defenses built to stop it.
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But that’s not what this article is about.
Instead, this brief game “preview” is no genuine preview at all; it is a short editorial that revolves around a healthy and rested Eagles team at home against an injured team depleted by the NFL’s COVID protocols.