In Defense of the Defense

The Eagles defense is ranked 6th overall in the league for yards allowed and is 10th in points allowed .

The Eagles' offensive and defensive units are both in the top 10 in the league for scoring and yardage. (4th in the NFC defensive rankings, 6th in the offensive conference rankings).

How is this team 5-5-1?!

And I gotta be honest. Those rankings astounded me. Is the rest of the league that bad or the Eagles much better than people give them credit for. A big knock against Andy Reid right now is that his poor drafts and player personnel decisions are coming back to haunt him. And yet, on both sides of the ball his squads are by every definition and measure - save the most important one, the record - is an upper echelon team.