Teams have devalued the position in recent years, but the best offenses this season have elite backs as their catalysts.

Former NFL coach Herm Edwards isn’t a fan of the sport’s risk-averse/player safety practice that occurs at the end of the regular season for playoff teams. For Edwards, now an ESPN NFL analyst, “football players play football,” not sit and watch when they’re healthy.

For NFL Insider Adam Schefter, it's hard to blame the Eagles, especially after what happened last season to wide receiver AJ Brown, who injured his knee in their final assignment against, incidentally, the Giants. Brown missed the Wild Card face-off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, which the Eagles lost.