Life comes at you fast, even for an NFL Champion. Eight months prior, the Philadelphia Eagles were on top of the football world, having captured the franchise’s first Super Bowl title with a thrilling win over the New England Patriots.
But after blowing a 17-point, fourth-quarter lead to the visiting Carolina Panthers on Sunday, the Eagles have started 2018 with a mediocre 3-4 record, sinking them to a predicted 45 percent chance of making it back to the playoffs. Very few defending champs have experienced a bigger drop-off to start the following year, and the early-season dejection has Philly’s faithful wondering whether this is just a standard Super Bowl hangover or something worse.
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