Week 9 was a smattering of disappointment and cathartic joy. In the Philadelphia Eagles’ case, it was occasionally both at the same time.
The 2023 regular season reached its halfway point with an occasionally thrilling, slightly disappointing Sunday. The Kansas City Chiefs fended off the Miami Dolphins in an international game where neither team looked especially great. The Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys played a gross fourth quarter where Philly appeared content to give the game away and the Cowboys were raised too properly to accept such an unearned gift.
Thus the most exciting comebacks of the week belonged to … C.J. Stroud and Joshua Dobbs. Wild! Ultimately there was plenty to like about Sunday’s action. There was also plenty to hate, particularly if you were a big fan of the matchups in Super Bowls 42 and 46.
Let’s dig in.