PHILADELPHIA — Even when they were consistently winning earlier this season, the Eagles were often squeaking out victories despite an out-of-sync offense, which made lots of fans see ghosts of Christmas past, still haunted with PTSD by the epic collapse of December 2023.

That year, coming off a Super Bowl appearance against Kansas City, the Eagles started 10-1 — surviving a bunch of close games with a choppy offense and a rubber-band and Band-Aid defense — before losing six of their last seven, including getting bounced in the first round of the playoffs.

Now, the Eagles have lost two straight and four of their last eight. Their defense, unlike in ’23, had been among the best in the league, but even that side of the ball has faltered lately, surrendering a whopping 473 yards to Dallas an

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