One of NFC's best teams not going to playoffs; guess which one

One of the best teams in the NFC is not going to the playoffs.

At least one of the best teams right now.

That would be your Philadelphia Eagles. Go ahead and snicker. Name me a team that has been playing better over the last three weeks.

None of that is likely to soothe the ruffled feathers of Eagles fans perturbed at the fact that the Birds will be watching the playoffs on TV along with the rest of us.

And we have Andy Reid to blame for that. Of course, it should be said we also have Andy Reid to blame for the Eagles’ turnaround.

The 2011 Birds were cooked by Reid’s rash decision to bring in a completely untested defensive coordinator in Juan Castillo. Put that together with a volatile mix of a lockout, no min-camps, an abbreviated training camp, and you have the disaster that was the first half of the year.

Never fear, Reid will be back to take another shot at this thing.

Still up in the air is whether Castillo will be with him, at least in his role as defensive coordinator.

Yes, Castillo was put in a horrible position of having to learn on the job. The NFL is no place for such foolhardy decisions.

The Eagles learned that the hard way.

For now, we have to be reassured that Reid and his team will actually “do a better job” when next season rolls around.

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