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PHILADELPHIA -- Sometimes there is no need for ducking, dodging or creating spin. You have to give props to Denver head coach Josh McDaniels for understanding this after his team lost here, 30-27, in the final seconds to the Eagles Sunday.

McDaniels was asked about his Broncos' playoff chances after they fell to 8-7.

"I know what happened,'' he said. "We have to do our job. Now we've been put in a situation where we need some help.''

Many coaches in the NFL like to act as if they are so focused that they have no idea what is cooking in the league around them. Often they flinch at any hint of playoff talk.

McDaniels was acknowledging that only one NFL regular-season weekend remains. That he knew in the moments leading up to this loss, that the Jets had upset the previously unbeaten Colts. That the seemingly buoyant Ravens had fallen short in Pittsburgh. That the Texans had flattened the Dolphins.

 

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