The Eagles enter this postseason the same way they did two years ago when they won the Super Bowl—as underdogs.
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Philadelphia is the only home team not favored during the Wildcard Week, as the Seahawks are -1.5. TheRinger.com ranked as the Eagles as the least likely team to win the Super Bowl. This time, however, it may be warranted as the Eagles could be without at least six of their top offensive players.
"Obviously it can galvanize it a little bit," Eagles offensive lineman Jason Kelce told Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Thursday.
"I mean we put ourselves in that situation, I think it's a little bit different than the underdog situation in 2017. I think we earned the right to be not underdogs with our record and the way we had played throughout the season, but I feel really confident with the way our team has been progressing throughout the season and just looking forward to the game this Sunday."
Kelce, 32, is entering his fourth postseason. He's 4-2 in six career playoff games, playing 100-percent of the snaps in all six of them. Cataldi asked Kelce about the differences between the playoffs and regular season, in general.
"The teams are better so your margin of error is that much smaller," Kelce explained. "You have to be that much more consistent in doing your job and doing your assignment. The emotions and energies are ramped up and there is more on the line. It's one and done and we've kind of been in that mindset for the last four weeks. So, for us, obviously the stakes are higher now that we're in the playoffs, but at the end of the day it's still one and done and you still gotta go out there and to do your job, execute your assignment. Don't let the situation get you to do something that you haven't been doing. For the most part, it's just football. It's the external forces that cause you to change up what you're doing."
