he Philadelphia Eagles (11-6), after losing five of six games to close out the 2023 regular season, hit the road to take on the NFC South Champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (9-8), in an NFC Wild Card Game on Monday, January 15.
Neither of these teams are entering the playoffs with much momentum, as the Eagles tumbled from closing the month of November as the No. 1 seed in the NFC to beginning the postseason as the No. 5 seed. Meanwhile, Tampa has won five of six, but only one of those victories came against a team that qualified for the playoffs.
Here are five Wild Card game predictions generated by Heavy Sports’ AI-powered projections model, powered by our partners at Quarter 4:
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts operated on the fringes of the MVP conversation during the first half of the season, but faded down the stretch.
Over Philadelphia’s final six games of the season, Hurts mustered only 1,161 yards with five touchdowns to five interceptions with 195 rushing yards and four rushing touchdowns while being sacked seven games.
Our model projects another tough evening for Hurts.
Jalen Hurts Projections: 16.1 completions for 175.2 passing yards, 1 touchdown, 1 sack.
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