NFL Week 14 Closing Thoughts: Eagles & Bears Move Forward

NFL Week 14 was fraught with dramatic finishes and bad weather games. Once the dust had settled last night in Chicago, it was clear the most significant developments in the playoff race had taken place in the NFC East and NFC North. On a week where the divisions had their best two teams playing crisscross matchups with each other, the teams that needed it the most–the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears–got a leg up.