When did Eagles die?

When did Eagles die? The last time the Eagles won anything?

This past Sunday in a 24-21 win over the Titans, two of the Eagles' biggest-name players from earlier in the decade – Riley Cooper and DeSean Jackson – were knocked out of the game against injuries while the other two – Malcolm Jenkins and Nelson Agholor – were held without a catch for the second time in a week.

But the bottom line is that the Eagles haven’t been competitive against some of the league’s bestWhen did Eagles die?

When did Eagles die?

We ask the question in three ways:

A) From the Philadelphia Eagles' perspective,

B) from the perspective of the various members of the Eagles, and

C) from the perspective of the fans of the Eagles.

As far as the Eagles are concerned, they lost the 2012 NFL draft to the Seattle Seahawks. In the 2012 season, the Eagles lost Super Bowl XLVII to the New England Patriots, and the EaglesWhen did Eagles die? In “The Book of Sports,” the authors, Paul Zimmerman and David Maraniss, make the case that the once-great Eagles and the Super Bowl team they became came to an unhappy end when the coach who had them in his thrall, Dick Vermeil, was fired and replaced by the quarterback of the team’s first-year coach, Tom Landry. The Eagles’ fortunes, in other words, seemed to fall apart before the ball was kicked.