Commanders are sitting down Daniels for the remaining games, and it will be Mariota.

Knowing that, ....the question is who can we sit down and rest???

There are some players who we could rest, but ....

The most important player being Jalen Hurts. Should we take Hurts out for several games???

To me...It seems that a few games of rest for Hurts might give Eagles a better chance in the playoffs.

I wouldn't sit the starters unless a) the playoffs are locked up, and the seedings are virtually locked up. It is highly unlikely the Eagles get the one, and probably unlikely they get the 2 seed. First thing to do is lock up a victory against the Commanders as soon as possible and rest the starters. If statistically there's no chance to lose the 3rd seed or gain the 1st or 2nd then I rest the starters by Buffalo.

1st we have to actually lock up the division. Then, we still have a shot at the 2 seed (and a very slim shot at the 1 seed). The Bears are who we're battling for the 2nd seed right now and they have somewhat of a murder's row for their last 3 opponents: GB, SF, Det. If they drop 2 of those 3...which there's a realistic chance they do...and we win out, we get the 2 seed. I'd prefer to be the highest seed possible because, just like last year, if the 1 seed loses in the divisional round then we get HFA for the NFCCG again.

Of course, that means we'd need to, you know...win out and win 2 playoff games first.

In any case, we shouldn't rest starters until we know our seeding is locked in.

1 hour ago, EazyEaglez said:

I wouldn't sit the starters unless a) the playoffs are locked up, and the seedings are virtually locked up. It is highly unlikely the Eagles get the one, and probably unlikely they get the 2 seed. First thing to do is lock up a victory against the Commanders as soon as possible and rest the starters. If statistically there's no chance to lose the 3rd seed or gain the 1st or 2nd then I rest the starters by Buffalo.

49 minutes ago, EaglesAddict said:

1st we have to actually lock up the division. Then, we still have a shot at the 2 seed (and a very slim shot at the 1 seed). The Bears are who we're battling for the 2nd seed right now and they have somewhat of a murder's row for their last 3 opponents: GB, SF, Det. If they drop 2 of those 3...which there's a realistic chance they do...and we win out, we get the 2 seed. I'd prefer to be the highest seed possible because, just like last year, if the 1 seed loses in the divisional round then we get HFA for the NFCCG again.

Of course, that means we'd need to, you know...win out and win 2 playoff games first.

In any case, we shouldn't rest starters until we know our seeding is locked in.

Exactly this. We don’t rest starters until the division is locked up and our seeding is confirmed.

Ideally we want the Pack to beat the Bears and then we are only one behind.

If we beat Commanders and lose to Bills, we are likely locked into 3 seed and can rest starters for second Commanders game.

100 percent. Finish the job then rest and get an healthy as possible. I say we lock of the division then can start sitting players.

We only have a few games you want Hurts to sit the rest of the regular season when we don't even have the playoffs locked up? Have to do that first

Anything can happen at any time, but with probably one more win guaranteeing us the division.

I am debating if chasing second seed is worth the risk.

See Patrick Mahomes.

3 hours ago, Traveler Vic said:

Anything can happen at any time, but with probably one more win guaranteeing us the division.

I am debating if chasing second seed is worth the risk.

See Patrick Mahomes.

Win this week, and anyone nicked up, sits til the post season. Everyone else needs to be ready to go as I may play starters a limited amount just to avoid rust.

Eagles still have a chance for the second seed so i would not rest starters for this reason. Then with the way this season played out till now nothing is absolutely garantee. Eagles are only 2-2 in the NFC east. I would not be surprise if the tie with Commanders. They will be really motivate to beat us after that beat down they received in the NFC championchip last year. We will see

23 minutes ago, chris9210 said:

Eagles still have a chance for the second seed so i would not rest starters for this reason. Then with the way this season played out till now nothing is absolutely garantee. Eagles are only 2-2 in the NFC east. I would not be surprise if the tie with Commanders. They will be really motivate to beat us after that beat down they received in the NFC championchip last year. We will see

Mariota is terrible so I see him running for his life and just trying to get through the game without getting killed.

8 hours ago, chris9210 said:

Eagles still have a chance for the second seed so i would not rest starters for this reason. Then with the way this season played out till now nothing is absolutely garantee. Eagles are only 2-2 in the NFC east. I would not be surprise if the tie with Commanders. They will be really motivate to beat us after that beat down they received in the NFC championchip last year. We will see

This was my mindset as well...I am almost positive they have not forgotten that beatdown last year.....

In 2022, we only needed to win 1 of the final 3 games to get the #1 seed, so we rested Jalen (shoulder) for the next two --- both losses and had to start him to win the season finale.

On 12/16/2025 at 9:45 AM, EaglesAddict said:

1st we have to actually lock up the division. Then, we still have a shot at the 2 seed (and a very slim shot at the 1 seed). The Bears are who we're battling for the 2nd seed right now and they have somewhat of a murder's row for their last 3 opponents: GB, SF, Det. If they drop 2 of those 3...which there's a realistic chance they do...and we win out, we get the 2 seed. I'd prefer to be the highest seed possible because, just like last year, if the 1 seed loses in the divisional round then we get HFA for the NFCCG again.

Of course, that means we'd need to, you know...win out and win 2 playoff games first.

In any case, we shouldn't rest starters until we know our seeding is locked in.

The odds of the 1 seed are below the odds of me banging Kate Beckinsale.

"So you’re saying … there IS a chance!!”

On 12/18/2025 at 12:13 AM, Bwestbrook36 said:

Mariota is terrible so I see him running for his life and just trying to get through the game without getting killed.

They tried to build their team on old players 2 years in a row.

They got extremely lucky last year. This year it caught up to them big time.

11 hours ago, time2rock said:

The odds of the 1 seed are below the odds of me banging Kate Beckinsale.

"So you’re saying … there IS a chance!!”

The older she gets, the better your odds. One day, it will come down to you or all her cats. That's when you make your move.

At this point the 1 and 2 seeds are long shots, but I think they still need to at least try to play against the Bills, but I wouldn’t be so eager to put any dinged up players out there or players returning from injury.

Here is the 1 seed scenario:

Wk16:

Colts beat 49ers tonight.

Wk17:

Eagles beat Bills.

Bears beat 49ers.

Panthers beat Seahawks.

Wk18:

Eagles beat Commies.

Lions beat Bears.

49ers beat Seahawks.

and the Rams lose to either the Falcons in week 17 or the Cardinals in week 18.

Here is the 2 seed scenario:

Beat Bills and Commies while Bears lose to 49ers and Lions (+ a few other thin scenarios involving other teams tied with the Eagles and Bears).

Here is the 4 seed scenario:

Lose to Bills and Commies while Panthers beat the Bucs and Seahawks.