What did Philly have that Seattle lacked?

[Sox-n-Hawks]

An actual OC who gets it, and an actual O Line.

And a hard pipe hitter for a RB that makes the defense respect the run game.

 

[SoulfishHawk]

Shoot, they have THREE very good RBs. Pretty impressive.

 

[adeltaY]

A losing schedule from the previous season. Let’s see how they do in 2018.

That only affects two games. The rest of their schedule was the same as that of their NFC East brethren. One of those games was against the Bears, which was definitely an easy matchup. The other was against the Panthers, who went 11-5 this year.

 

[xkj1985x]

Eagles lost to @Chiefs, @Seahawks, and Cowboys. 10 win team, 9 win team and 9 win team.

To be fair here....the loss to KC came in Week 2 @ Arrowhead and it was even 13-10 going into the 4th, when they started 5-0 before exploding. Eagles lost two games in two of the top five toughest places to play in the league.

The Cowboys loss is whatever....it was in Week 17 and the Eagles starters played 1-2 series (Foles played a little longer and was god awful). Who cares about that one.

A losing schedule from the previous season. Let’s see how they do in 2018.

While you aren't wrong. Do you feel this about the Jags, too? Vikings? Saints? Panthers? Rams? If you attribute a 3rd/4th place schedule to being the reason for their success then the Seahawks are in a superb spot next year since all of these teams were merely a product of their schedule.

 

[adeltaY]

The Eagles have to play the Vikings and Rams as other first place teams (Saints too, but they're playing the NFCS anyway). That should be fun! They also already beat both those teams this year.