The Eagles’ tough finish to the common season carried over to the playoffs.
Tampa Bay (9-8) jumped out to a 10-0 lead in a dominant first quarter of its Tremendous Wild Card Weekend showdown with Philadelphia (11-6). The Bucs outgained the Eagles, 178-26, and had a 10-1 benefit in first downs.
Their greatest play got here on vast receiver David Moore‘s 44-yard landing moments after Mike Evans dropped a possible landing.
Cornerback Eli Ricks collided with teammate Avonte Maddox, permitting Moore to interrupt open. From there, Moore made an impressive transfer on a reduce inside to get previous Darius Slay earlier than he slid previous Keelee Ringo and Maddox to get into the top zone.
The Eagles have been a multitude since Week 13, going 1-5 and permitting a median of 30.3 factors per sport. For the season, Philadelphia ranked twenty sixth in complete protection (356.1 yards per sport) and thirtieth in scoring protection (25.2 factors per sport).
Moore entered the wild-card spherical with 5 receptions, 94 yards and a landing in seven video games in 2023. He was a seventh-round choose of the 2017 NFL Draft for the Seahawks and solely had three profession postseason touches earlier than his landing.
With standout vast receivers Mike Evans and Chris Godwin, Moore wasn’t anticipated to be a lot of a menace on Monday night time. Nevertheless, primarily based on how the Eagles have performed for the previous month and a half, anybody could make a spotlight.
