Had the Eagles won Christmas night in a routine, mundane fashion, they wouldn’t look like the NFL’s favorite punching bag today. Had they simply tread water, kept mistakes to a minimum, performed maintenance on their NFC lead and eased past the underachieving Raiders — at home, yet — alarms wouldn’t be ringing all over the conference and throughout Philly. Instead, the Eagles barely survived, were a nightmare on offense and sowed doubt across the league and its followers:
