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Did the Eagles get ‘exposed’ in Monday’s loss to the Chicago Bears? Depends on who you ask.

Here's everything national pundits are saying about the Eagles, following Monday's 27-7 loss to the Chicago Bears.

Eagles linebacker Jonathan Greenard waits in the tunnel before Monday's game against the Bears in Chicago.
Eagles linebacker Jonathan Greenard waits in the tunnel before Monday's game against the Bears in Chicago.Read moreMonica Herndon / Staff Photographer

The Eagles suffered their first loss of the season at the hands of third-stringer Case Keenum and the Chicago Bears in the Windy City.

After a game that saw the Eagles struggle on both sides of the ball, most of the discourse surrounding the team has been centered around concerns over their safeties, the play calling, and ultimately who’s to blame.

Here’s everything they’re saying about the Birds following their Week 3 loss on the road:

‘They got beat up’

The Bears put together an 11-play, 66-yard opening drive to score to start the game. From that moment they continued to bully the Birds on prime time.

“This was a team loss; they got beat up,” said Jeff Saturday on ESPN’s First Take. “When you saw how the defense was playing and how they were responding, and to your point about Case Keenum, it was like he had the answers to all the test questions and had printed them out.

“Here’s the thing about the bad sign for the Eagles: they had four designed runs in the second half. Are we serious? Did y’all see the holes that Saquon Barkley had at the beginning of the game? You and I could have [run] through them and got five to six yards. It was unbelievable, and they went totally away from it.”

‘The Eagles got exposed’

Keenum, the Bears’ third-string quarterback, looked like a stud against the Eagles defense. The 38-year-old QB, who hadn’t started a game since Christmas Eve in 2023, was 24 of 34 for 247 yards and two touchdowns.

“The Eagles got exposed in what we already knew their weaknesses are,” said former Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho on The Speakeasy podcast. “At safety, who the [expletive] is going to step up and play? [Andrew] Mukuba hasn’t been good enough. Then you try to throw in Michael Carter II, hasn’t been good enough. So, at safety, who the [expletive] is going to step up and play?

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“This isn’t just a bad game, this is a bad sign because against the Tennessee Titans, we saw these issues as well. We saw bad tackling issues against the Commanders. … We saw the signs. It’s no longer just a bad game. These signs have existed week after week after week. Is it just one loss? Absolutely. But you better tidy things up quickly or one loss will become a domino effect into multiple losses.”

‘The offense is just too lethargic’

The Eagles offense didn’t do anything to offset their defensive performance. They turned the ball over three times, including a Tank Bigsby fumble and two interceptions. Not to mention, penalties plagued the team early, including an intentional grounding call on Hurts on the opening drive.

“The Eagles looked bad,” said Shannon Sharpe on the Nightcap Show. “Unless that defense reverts back, unless Saquon can start running through people again, and the offensive line starts blocking like they were then, I don’t see it again. Yeah, you can win some games. But, you’re not winning a championship again with this offense like this. This offense is just too lethargic. It does nothing. No creativity.

“They need to really unleash Hurts and let him throw the football. … I think [Hurts] is a good quarterback. I think the thing is in order for him to get better, he’s going to have to play off script and they’re going to have to expand the playbook. This offense is just too simplistic to really do anything. Either you trust him or you don’t.”

Hurts finished the night 16-of-25 for 153 yards. Barkley rushed for 82 yards on 15 carries.

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Who is to blame?

So, who is to blame for Monday’s loss?

To former NFL linebacker Manti Te’o, there’s a few people that can have the finger pointed at them.

“Who do we blame for the struggles, is it Sean Mannion or is it Jalen Hurts? And it’s a little bit of both,” said Te’o on Good Morning Football. “It’s going to take some time. Now, I don’t know how much time the Eagles have knowing the division that they’re in and knowing the conference in the NFC that they’re in.

“I hope that there is some trust between the coordinator, the head coach, the quarterback, and the rest of the offense because there is too much talent on that team for them to be the only team in the NFL that has yet to score in the first quarter of a game.”

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