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Message: [QUOTE="bpo57, post: 5565661, member: 1572"] Depends which part of the season you want to focus upon. A month ago Philly was playing without Nakobe Dean and Nolan Smith while Jalen Carter was banged up and missed some time. Now all three are back healthy. But most importantly they traded for Jaelen Phillips and he's been a beast. Earlier in the season Philly couldn't get pressure and now they have a ferocious pass rush. They throttled GB and DET by putting a lot of pressure on Love and Goff while also stuffing the run game. First half of last year they were a middling defense, second half they were the the best D in the NFL. Don't think it's far fetched to say they're playing like the best defense in the NFL right now. One other unrelated point - Philly has beaten LAR, DET, TB, GB already and a win over CHI on Black Friday would go a long way to wrapping up up any tiebreaking scenario for home field in the NFC. [/QUOTE]