Philadelphia Eagles
Super fitting that the Eagles’ 2019 season was filled with “silver linings.” Despite injuries and issues on both sides of the ball and Orlando Scandrick talking about wearing shorts in the rain, the team managed to play its average-best when it counted the average-most. When the mediocre dust settled, the Eagles found themselves atop the NFC East. Now, because of a silly NFL playoff seeding system, the Eagles will host the Seahawks in Philly for a wild-card battle. It’s the greatest 9-7 story since the 2011 Giants.
2020 Resolution: Get to know the 2020 Draft. Playoff-bound teams are in a different position, with more immediacy, but the Eagles are too banged up for them to really make a push. Yes, there’s no telling what will happen during the playoffs—again, this team might go 2011 Giants, which is funny to say aloud—but the real need is for this team to mend the broken pieces, while understanding the team has ton of free agents who probably won’t all be back next season. For the first time in a while, they will have draft picks available to help rebuild for the future (because that Wentz cap hit isn’t going to disappear magically, leaving every coveted free agent available for a cash-filled cloud ride to the City of Brotherly Love).