Gary Shead

Hello and good morning Eagles fans! Tonight the Eagles will display the much awaited return of the fan favorite Kelly Green jerseys which should make fans hopeful for an emotional boost. The absolute slop they put up against the abysmal Jets last week. The team only had 14 total carries and that is not going to get it done this week. The Eagles have arguably the best rushing attack in the NFC and a prolific back leading the way in Swift. So, if the Eagles utilize their running game and keep the Dolphins’ high powered offense off of the field they could win this game tonight. However, I don’t think that happens. Dolphins 28, Eagles 17

Pat Mulranen

The Miami Dolphins are the highest-scoring team in the league averaging about 37.2 points per game. The Dolphins also lead with 2,992 yards of total offense, but the Eagles are second in with 2,370. The Eagles are fifth in average points (25.8), but that should be higher if they did not underperform Week 6 against the New York Jets. Listen, last week was not pretty. It was Jalen Hurts’ worst career game, and the coaching did not help. But Hurts and the offense should not be a concern Sunday night. The unit will be fine. There’s no way they struggle to score more than 14 points again with the weapons they have on offense. Lane Johnson being active is a big help. Being at home… the Kelly Green jerseys… the offense will be coming in hot!! 

The concern, however, should be the defense.

Sure, they looked great last week. The Eagles had four turnovers, but the defense still gave the Eagles so many chances to win. The defense played amazing, and there’s absolutely no denying that fact. But it was Zach Wilson and the Jets, who settled for field goals after being handed opportunities to score a lot more. If that was a better team, the score could have been 35-14 instead of 20-14. Again, give all the credit to Sean Desai and the defense. But the Jets are not great, and the Eagles defense is still not 100%. 

Can the Eagles defense  still play like that against a better team? Can they stop Tua Tagovailoa and his red-hot offense? Can they stop Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle? Even though the Birds have a great run defense, how effective can they contain Raheem Mostert?

The defense worries me this game. I think the Eagles will try to stay at pace with them, and it will be a close game. But with Reed Blankenship injured (along with almost all the other safeties besides Terrell Edmunds), and even with the return of Jalen Carter and Darius Slay, this might be a hard battle for a defense missing some pieces. When the schedule came out, I had this as a loss. Actually, I had this as our first loss. I hate the fact we lost to the Jets and this could be back-to-back losses, but I just don’t think the Eagles will stop the Dolphins enough defensively. But I would love to be proved wrong.

Dolphins 33, Eagles 28