Just call them Reign Men.
This is a game that so many Eagles teams that have let us down in the past would have lost.
A miserable, rainy day. An opponent that had not won a game.
It had all the makings of a 'trap' game.
There was even the dreaded missed extra point. Two of them, actually. We've seen these kinds of games before. But this team seems intent on proving every week that they are different.
The Eagles coughed and sputtered - especially on offense. But they won.
They stand 7-1 and have the best record in the NFL at the halfway point of the season.
Who saw this coming?
Carson Wentz was not at his best. The running game seemed to be spinning its wheels on the Linc's sloppy surface.
But the Eagles defense would not budge, steamrolling a 49ers offensive line that almost ran out of healthy players, and making for a thoroughly miserable day for rookie quarterback C.J. Beathard.
Even Doug Pederson got into the act. For some reason the coach insisted on dialing up more pass plays late in the game when the Eagles should have been more concerned with working the clock.
None of it mattered.
This team - at least through eight games - is showing to be a different type of Bird.
And they're 7-1.
Yep, Reign Men.
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