A Christmas wish for 5 NFL teams

It's Christmas time...

and many NFL teams and their fans are wishing for good presents. The main present in the joy of winning. Of going to the Super Bowl and hoisting that Lombardi Trophy, but in order to do that, some other presents need to be gifted beforehand...

Eagles: Good Receivers

They either cannot catch, don’t get open, or get injured. If you want Wentz to thrive like he did in 2017, before the injury (and a Super Bowl run led by his backup, Nick Foles), you need to give him a good supporting cast. Agholor is hot and cold, and the Eagles biggest threat in the passing game is Zach Ertz or Deontay Burnett, who has been on the practice squad nearly all season. If the Eagles want to make it to another Super Bowl, they need more reliable wideouts.

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Cowboys: Get Rid of Jason Garrett
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This wish looks as if it will be granted. With a team full of talent, they don’t even have the top spot in the lackluster NFC East. The Cowboys have stars such as Zack Martin, Ezekiel Elliot, Dak Prescott, Amari Cooper, Leighton Vander Esch and more, however they still manage to lose games. Garrett has lost belief from the players in the locker room, as well as the management of top. Garrett’s promises have not been fulfilled for nearly ten years now, and it’s time the Cowboys say goodbye to him and move onto another coach.

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Browns: Just fix everything
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The players are not performing. However, how can you perform with the way Freddie Kitchens coaches. The first thing the Browns need to do is to get rid of Kitchens, and then some of their players. To many personalities in one locker room is a recipe for disaster, and the Browns have just that. After coming off of the most promising season in nearly a decade for Brows fans, they have let the Dawg Pound down yet again with lackluster performances. Despite having Baker Mayfield, Nick Chubb, David Njoku, Odell Beckham jr, and Jarvis Landry, the Browns still find a way to not make the playoffs. I think Browns fans are wishing for LeBron to return to the Cavs again so they can at least have one franchise win a trophy.

Lions: Get Stafford help
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Matthew Stafford is currently injured, and this is because of how little help he receives. To start off, Matt Patricia should get fired, for a defensive coach he has only made the Lions defense regress. Meanwhile on the offensive side of the ball, the Lions give almost zero protection to the quarterback, and as a result, Stafford has become an injury prone QB. It’s to bad as many say Stafford would be the best in the NFL if he were on a different team, which I do find true. The talent is there, however no talent in the world can handle what Stafford has to deal with. A good example of a quarterback whose talent was wasted just like Stafford is Andrew Luck. Luck was dealt with a bad offensive line, took a beating that wore him down both mentally and physically, and he retired at 30. Lions fans are hoping to find some good offensive linemen under the tree this year.

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Chargers: Get some luck
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Here is a list of Chargers losses within seven points

Lions 13 Chargers 10
Texans 27 Chargers 20
Broncos 20 Chargers 13
Steelers 24 Chargers 17
Titans 23 Chargers 20
Raiders 26 Chargers 24
Chiefs 24 Chargers 17
Broncos 23 Chargers 20
Raiders 24 Chargers 17

Out of those nine games that they lost by seven or less, four of them were by three or less. This is an absurd amount of games to lose this closely. Many of them have been last second touchdowns for the opposition, or in one case a call overturned at the last second which would cost the Chargers the game. To all of the Chargers fans out there, you need some luck. They have a playoff caliber team, but they don’t have the stroke of luck you need in order to make a playoff run. This is also a year of Phillip Rivers talent wasted yet again, and his time is running up. On the bright side, at least they get a decent draft pick.

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Chris Dailey

Founder, The Sports Court

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