Knee-Jerk Reactions: Goodbye Playoffs?

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Eagles are struggling.

Monday night was their sixth loss in eight games and their eighth straight game where they've scored 24 points or less.

It was an ugly 27-13 loss at home to the Green Bay Packers.

The city is losing faith in Doug Pederson, quickly.
44 called passes to 14 called runs at home doesn't make any sense.
They Eagles have been winning games by running the ball, controlling the clock, and winning the turnover battle -- they did none of that.
Wendell Smallwood averaged 4.1 yards per carry, but somehow only received nine carries!

Good thing Nelson Agholor was inactive! Paul Turner caught 0 balls on 0 targets and Jordan Matthews -- who was playing well (4 catches, 4 targets, 47 yards) -- injured his ankle in the second quarter.
Bryce Treggs can play a role in the NFL as a deep threat, but Turner (5'11, 185 pounds, 4.60 speed) is not going to make an impact.
Dorial Green-Beckham had the best game of his season (6 catches, 10 targets, 82 yards), but five of his six catches came in the first half.

Fletcher Cox, who I have been a defender of, was invisible against a backup interior offensive lineman finishing with one total tackle and no sacks for the seventh straight game. Add in his third 15-yard roughing the passer penalty on a third down which results in a touchdown for the opposition, and Cox is now on the bad side of the fan base.
As a team, the Eagles did not record a sack.
Nolan Carroll had his worst game of the season and Leodis McKelvin wasn't much better.

Jordan Hicks and Carson Wentz were probably the two best Eagles.
Hicks had six solo tackles, eight total, and a QB hit.
Wentz was 24 for 36 with 254 yards, 0 TD's, 1 INT and 33 rushing yards, 1 TD without his top RB, top two WR's, and three starting offensive lineman. He was sacked four times.

The Eagles sit at 5-6, five games behind the 10-1 Dallas Cowboys and 1.5 games behind the 6-4-1 Washington Redskins.
The wildcard may still be a mathematical possibility, but the Eagles currently sit in the 11th spot out 16 NFC teams.