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Eagles news: Birds can get help for No. 1 seed tonight; Josh Allen hurt; updated playoff scenarios

The Eagles will likely enter the playoffs as the No. 3 seed, but could still move up.

Jalen Hurts and the Eagles will host at least one playoff game at the Linc.
Jalen Hurts and the Eagles will host at least one playoff game at the Linc. Read more
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What you should know
  1. The Eagles (10-5) will face Josh Allen and the Bills (11-4) Sunday in Buffalo, where snow is in the forecast.

  2. The Eagles clinched the NFC East and a playoff spot, but could still move up to the No. 1 or No. 2 seed.

  3. Saquon Barkley and the Eagles ran angry in the second half against the Commanders. Jeff McLane thinks it's about time.

  4. Columnist Mike Sielski wrote a eulogy for the Tush Push, which died Saturday against the Commanders.

Eagles can get help for No. 1 seed tonight

The Eagles have already clinched the NFC East and will host a wild-card game at the Linc, but the Birds still have an unlikely shot at landing the No. 1 seed.

Here's how the NFC playoff picture looks after Sunday's games, with five teams having already clinched a postseason spot:

NFC playoff picture

Josh Allen injured ahead of Sunday's game against Eagles

There's snow in the forecast Sunday in Buffalo, where the Eagles will take on the Bills with playoff seeding on the line for both teams.

The Bills will officially clinch a playoff spot if the Indianapolis Colts lose tonight to the San Francisco 49ers, and they'll enter Week 17 still in the hunt for their sixth-straight AFC East title.

Reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen injured his ankle during Sunday's win against the Cleveland Browns, but X-rays taken at halftime were reportedly negative and he finished the game for the Bills.

The Eagles need to continue to be angry runners

Saquon Barkley had rushed for just 52 yards on 14 carries when he came to the sideline late in the third quarter. The Eagles had taken a 14-10 lead after a 17-play, touchdown-scoring drive, but they did so in spite of the struggles in the running game.

It’s been a season-long slog on the ground, but there have been glimpses of hope in recent weeks. And Barkley, who’s had to run into more stacked boxes than ever in his eighth year, felt that he wasn’t taking advantage of opportunities against a weakened Commanders defense.

“We got a little fired up on the sideline, but it was good,” Barkley said. “It’s all out of love, let’s say that. We want to do what’s best for the team when we’re winning games and hold each other accountable. But thank God it happened for me, to be honest, because it put me in my bag, as people would say.”

Former Imhotep Charter star's catch propels Bears into the playoffs

After overcoming a 16-6 deficit late in the fourth quarter Saturday night, the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers, in overtime, 22-16, thanks to a 46-yard touchdown reception from Philly native DJ Moore.

Three plays after the Bears stopped Green Bay on its drive in overtime, quarterback Caleb Williams found Moore, an Imhotep Charter graduate, off a play-action post route to score the walk-off touchdown, his sixth touchdown reception of the season.

“I just had to run, run like I did in practice and connect like we did at practice,” Moore said of his winning reception. ”It was really a practice rep but we did it in a game. Like I said, it was just amazing that we did it against the Packers.”

2025 Eagles schedule

  1. Week 1: Eagles 24, Cowboys 20

  2. Week 2: Eagles 20, Chiefs 17

  3. Week 3: Eagles 33, Rams 26

  4. Week 4: Eagles 31, Buccaneers 25

  5. Week 5: Broncos 21, Eagles 17

  6. Week 6: Giants 34, Eagles 17

  7. Week 7: Eagles 28, Vikings 22

  8. Week 8: Eagles 38, Giants 20

  9. Week 9: Bye week

  10. Week 10: Eagles 10, Packers 7

  11. Week 11: Eagles 16, Lions 9

  12. Week 12: Cowboys 24, Eagles 21

  13. Week 13: Bears 24, Eagles 15

  14. Week 14: Chargers 22, Eagles 19

  15. Week 15: Eagles 31, Raiders 0

  16. Week 16: Eagles 29, Commanders 18

  17. Week 17: Eagles at Bills, Sunday, Dec. 28, 4:25 p.m. (Fox 29)

  18. Week 18: Commanders at Eagles, TBD (TBD)

Rob Tornoe