PHILADELPHIA -- There is something about Week 4 that serves as an inflection point for this Philadelphia Eagles team. Even the setting was the same as last year.
There was plenty of concern externally that the collapse of 2023 had carried into 2024 after Philadelphia was beaten 33-16 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers late last September, a loss that dropped the ultra-talented Eagles to 2-2.
Running back Saquon Barkley pierced through the outside panic after the game to offer perspective that proved to be right on the mark.
"I don't think we've put together a complete game -- or even close to a complete game -- so far this season," he said from the visitors' locker room at Raymond James Stadium. "But the beauty of it is, it's not college football. ... Everything we still want to accompli