Philadelphia Eagles can't stop Kirk Cousins and Washington, fall to 1-3

Too bad there won't be anything to talk about on the Philadelphia airwaves this week.

The Philadelphia Eagles, who were in the bright offseason glare after a ton of controversial moves by coach Chip Kelly, aren't a good football team. Against the Washington Redskins, who might not be too great themselves, quarterback Kirk Cousins — who isn't very good either — drove downfield and broke the Eagles' hearts with less than a minute to go on a pretty 4-yard touchdown catch by Pierre Garcon.

And when the Eagles got the ball back for one last chance, Sam Bradford threw a checkdown, got sacked, got sacked again, and then the Eagles ran a ridiculous multiple-lateral play and the Redskins picked off a lateral to end the game. Washington won 23-20. The Eagles are in sole possession of last place in the NFC East.

Kelly's grand experiment isn't working out this year. No, the Eagles aren't going to fire Kelly tomorrow. The man still won 20 games the past two years without a decent quarterback. But this season has been rough. Mostly Bradford has played exactly like he did with the St. Louis Rams, which was mediocre. The Eagles invested a lot in him for this season and it doesn't look like a winning move. DeMarco Murray hasn't done much. The Eagles gambled on the health of Kiko Alonso and he's hurt too.

The Eagles' offense seemed to be coming alive a bit last week with Ryan Mathews running well. With Murray back, Mathews had just five carries this week and the running game didn't do much at all. Bradford was a little better, hitting a couple big plays in the second half and throwing for three touchdowns, but the Eagles still came out on the short end.

The NFC East has enough issues that even at 1-3, Philadelphia isn't dead. But Kelly will have a tough week as the media there grills him again on what is going wrong with his master plans. There aren't many answers yet.

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