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First Posted: 12/9/2014 PHILADELPHIA &#8212; The Philadelphia Eagles went from being considered Super Bowl contenders to longshots in a one-week span.
That&#8217;s why Chip Kelly preaches: &#8220;Praise and blame are all the same.&#8221;
After dominating the Cowboys in a 33-10 win on Thanksgiving, the Eagles had seemingly stamped themselves as one of the elite teams in the NFC. But they followed up with a 24-14 loss at home to the Seahawks that dropped into the second tier behind Green Bay (10-3), Arizona (10-3) and Seattle (9-4).
They&#8217;re 9-4 and tied with Dallas for first place in the NFC East going into Sunday&#8217;s rematch against the Cowboys at Lincoln Financial Field.
&#8220;They understand it doesn&#8217;t define you,&#8221; Kelly said about a bad loss. &#8220;Someone says that you played well and you&#8217;re real happy about it and then someone says you play poorly. I think you have to answer to yourself.&#8221;
The Eagles have been a resilient team under Kelly. They haven&#8217;t lost consecutive games since Week 7 and 8 last year. They&#8217;re 16-5 since.
Each time they&#8217;ve lost this season, the Eagles rebounded with two straight wins. They&#8217;re averaging 36 points per game following a loss. They&#8217;ll need another strong bounce-back effort and the Cowboys are the perfect opponent.
&#8220;This team has good resolve,&#8221; Kelly said. &#8220;There&#8217;s no better thing to get their attention than playing the Dallas Cowboys at home in the Linc in front of our crowd, so I think they will be fired up for it.&#8221;
The Eagles practiced indoors Tuesday because of rainy weather, focusing on the mistakes they made against Seattle.
&#8220;We don&#8217;t look at it like the past game is going to dictate our success this week,&#8221; tight end Zach Ertz said. &#8220;It&#8217;s the business of football. It&#8217;s a roller coaster. The highs are high and the lows are low.&#8221;
Kelly relies on his veteran players to make sure younger guys don&#8217;t dwell on losses, especially when the stakes upcoming are high.
&#8220;We have a mature group of guys so that&#8217;s never a problem,&#8221; linebacker Connor Barwin said. &#8220;This game is so important so late in the season.&#8221;
It might be tougher for some players to forget the loss to the Seahawks because guys like Richard Sherman and Michael Bennett criticized the Eagles afterward. But the Eagles realize there&#8217;s a chance they&#8217;ll play the Seahawks again in the playoffs.
First, they have to beat the Cowboys.
&#8220;They were the better team, but hopefully we see them down the road,&#8221; linebacker Trent Cole said of Seattle. &#8220;Our focus is on Dallas. It&#8217;s a very big game and we have to win.&#8221;

Resilient Eagles look to avoid consecutive losses