To say the Philadelphia Eagles are a team in crisis might just be an understatement.

Sitting pretty at 8-4 with a 1.5 game lead over the Dallas Cowboys, who already lost to the Detroit Lions in Week 14 on Thursday Night Football , if the Eagles win out, they make the playoffs, and even if they don't, they have a pretty good chance of making it to the postseason in the NFC one way or the other.

And yet, the vibes around the team have just been off as of late, to the point where Saquon Barkley told The Athletic's Zach Berman that the Eagles' sideline energy has been “ awful ” all season long. Article Continues Below “During games? Honestly, I think it's been awful,” Barkley explained via Zach Berman. “I think if you ask anybody, if they're being honest, we'd all agree on that.

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