The 2025 Eagles are sort of like Lucy with the football. And the fans are Charlie Brown.

Every time fans feel good about their team — the top team in the NFC by record and Super Bowl odds entering Sunday's action — Lucy pulls away the football and the fans go flailing to the ground.

After exploding to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter in Week 12 against the Cowboys in Dallas, the offense turned itself off and the defense couldn't limit the big play. And Xavier Gibson muffed a late-game punt he had no business trying to return. The resulting 24-21 loss doesn't have anyone in Eagles Nation feeling remotely good about a team still very close to clinching a division title.

As we do every week, here's a look at a player whose stock is soaring, and an area of serious concern:

Stock up: A.J.

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