Eagles end season in heart breaking fashion 26-24 in Wild Card

This one hurts. It hurts a lot. The season has come to an abrupt end in the wild card round of the playoffs as the Eagles have fallen to the New Orleans Saints in a close nail biter 26-24. With 3 minutes left Nick Foles through a touchdown pass to Zach Ertz to put the Eagles up by 1. I thought to myself as I am sure a lot of other Eagle fans did that there was too much time for a Saints offense that has Drew Brees as their quarterback. Yet #9 wasn't the one that put the dagger in the heart of a Eagles defense that forced 2 interceptions on Brees and completely shut down Jimmy Graham the entire game no, it was the power running game of Mark Ingram that sealed the Eagles fate and advanced the Saints to the divisional round where they will play the Seattle Seahawks (Lets  hope they get smoked no?). This actually reminds me a lot of the last time the Eagles were in the playoffs in 2010 when in a close wild card match up against the then to be super bowl champions Green Bay Packers, a rookie running back that nobody unless you are from Buffalo or Green Bay knew of gashed the Eagles to end their season and that was James Starks. Ingram really has been ineffective all year and most of the time he was hurt. It really bugs me that how terrible the Saints run game has been just happened to turn it up at the right time but hey I guess that is what you have to do to win right? Adjust. The Saints got the ball back with roughly 2 and a half minutes left to go and the Eagles held 2 timeouts to make sure they got the ball back, well that didn't happen. Three straight 3rd and shorts, Drew Brees sneaked up the middle behind his center to pick up the first down. Bennie Logan and the defensive line had no answer. As the clock ticked away with constant first downs there was nothing the Eagles could do but pray for a missed field goal by journeyman kicker Shayne Graham. Well that miracle did not come true. The Eagles fell in another wild card game and the fans went home with their heads down but that's not how the team approached it after the game. Nick Foles said in his press conference how proud he was of this team and that they are going to keep their heads up high and hey why shouldn't they feel proud of what they did this year? A brand new coaching staff took a 4-12 nightmare to a NFC East championship and a impressive 10-6 record after struggling in the beginning at 3-5. I am extremely proud of this team and can't say how much I am looking forward to the draft and training camp and getting back at it next year with a very young but promising squad. A young QB in Nick Foles can be the answer and a defense that is one big time safety away from potentially taking this team all the way, and hey isn't that the goal anyway? In the words of Herm Edwards "You play to win the game". Peace out Eagles Nation!