Bradley Fletcher saw a lot of Dez Bryant's back on Sunday night. (Getty Images)
Bradley Fletcher saw a lot of Dez Bryant's back on Sunday night. (Getty Images)

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Bradley Fletcher, CB, Eagles

Here's the good news: Bradley Fletcher's performance against the Cowboys on Sunday night wasn't his worst game of the season. According to ProFootballFocus.com, that came in Week 11 against the Packers and Jordy Nelson. So there's that.

The problem is that Fletcher remains a huge liability in the Eagles' secondary. And while he's had good games -- see Week 10 against the Panthers, when he was targeted nine times and allowed just two receptions -- those have been rare and always against offenses not particularly adept at the forward pass.

Meanwhile, there seems to be no pattern to his worst efforts this season, which came against the Redskins (Week 3, when we still Kirk Cousins was the future in Washington), Cardinals (Week 8), Packers (Week 11), Titans (Week 12) and Cowboys.

Just how bad was it for Fletcher on Sunday night? Dez Bryant had three touchdowns with Fletcher supposedly in coverage. When it was over, Tony Romo had targeted Fletcher five times, thrown five completions for 88 yards, and had a perfect passer rating of 158.3 against the cornerback.

Here's Bryant's first touchdown catch:

And his second:

And his third:

So, yeah, Fletcher had an awful game. It was so bad, in fact, that the Eagles eventually had Cary Williams follow Bryant, even though they almost always have their cornerbacks play on one side of the field.

For the season, PFF ranks Fletcher 72nd among 110 cornerbacks. But because there's no depth at the position, coach Chip Kelly is forced to stick with him.

“There will be no further moves in the starting rotation,” he said on Monday.

Kelly then explained why he has confidence in the beleaguered cornerback.

“I've seen Fletch compete. I think he gives you everything he has and the one thing I like about Fletch is that he's going to compete out there. He made a bad turn once on the ball. The other ball, I think if you look at it really, it was a perfect football thrown by Tony (Romo) and a great route run by Dez, and getting matched up with one of the best in the league: a big, tall, physical receiver and that's a tough matchup for anybody. But we still have confidence in Bradley and he's going to be our corner this Saturday.”

This brings us back to something we've been saying for a few weeks, but about the Eagles' quarterback situation: Kally has an uncanny ability to get the most out of his passers -- and that's been crystal clear with both Nick Foles and Mark Sanchez -- but the Kelly QB Effect is mitigated against good defenses.

Similarly, the Eagles' secondary has been able to get by against lesser teams, but now that they're in December -- and in the middle of a playoff run -- things become much more tenuous. And those issues will remain should Philly find its way into the postseason.

But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. After a 7-2 start, the Eagles are 9-5 and face the very real possibility of being on the wrong side of the playoff conversation. Even if they go 2-0 against the Redskins and the Giants, they'll need some help, either from the Cowboys, who now lead the division, or the Lions, Packers or Seahawks.

And should Philadelphia still be playing in January, this much is certain: Expect the opponent to target Bradley Fletcher.

In the meantime, if you're looking for a silver lining, this is all we could come up with:

About that Browns defense

It's easy -- and for some, fun -- to point and gawk at Johnny Manziel crash-landing into rock bottom in his first NFL start. But here's a fun fact for his detractors, via ProFootballFocus: Yes, we can all agree than Manziel was terrible, but he wasn't much worse than his counterpart on Sunday, Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.

PFF graded Manziel at -5.0 and Dalton at -4.3.

"While everyone will be talking about the struggles of Manziel, the Bengals had their own issue ... as the Andy Dalton roller coaster hit another dip this week," wrote Michael Mountford. "Dalton struggled with passes over 10 yards where he completed just two of 10 for 26 yards, an interception, and also saw another interception dropped by Joe Haden."

There's also this: Plenty of very good NFL quarterbacks fell flat in their first NFL start.

It's impossible to imagine how Manziel might have played worse, but it's not like he got any help from his defense.

And don't forget, Dalton and his struggles throwing the ball made the Bengals' offense one dimensional and the Browns were still helpless to do anything about it. Rookie Jeremy Hill ran for 148 yards on 25 carries (two touchdowns), and Gio Bernard added 79 yards on 15 carries. Rex Burkhead even got three carries, including a touchdown. All told, the Browns' D allowed 244 rushing yards at 5.4 yards per clip. By any measure, that's horrific.

But maybe this outcome shouldn't have been surprising; according to Football Outsiders, the Browns' defense ranked 11th overall -- second against the pass (which helps explain Dalton's numbers), but 29th against the run (which explains everything else).

Manziel's play may have made Bernie Kosar "want to throw up" (gauntlet thrown, your move, Merril Hoge) but it's not like he had any help. Put another way: Kyle Orton didn't do a whole helluva lot on Sunday (14 of 27, 158 yards, 0 TD, 1 INT) but the Bills' defense shut down Aaron Rodgers and the Packers and Buffalo pulled out its biggest win of the season.

The Bears, all of them (again)

Jay Cutler is the face of the sad-sack Bears but he's not the only problem. (Getty Images)
Jay Cutler is the face of the sad-sack Bears but he's not the only problem. (Getty Images)

There really isn't much to say at this point. The Bears remain an abomination, and second-year coach Marc Trestman, when not staring into space dreaming of anywhere but Chicago, looks wholly overwhelmed. Then there's offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer, who outed himself as a rat last week, and "franchise quarterback" Jay Cutler can't get out of his own way.

There are reports that Trestman might get fired after the season, which seems perfectly reasonable, even for an organization that has been slow to make personnel changes. Kromer probably won't be back, and defensive coordinator Mel Tucker is expected to be fired, too.

The ineptitude is enough to make Hall of Famer and former Bears defensive end Dan Hampton suggest that the coaching staff should be waterboarded. Perhaps the most amazing thing about this isn't that Hampton's joking about torture, but that not one commenter on the story was offended by his remarks. In fact, a lot of them embraced the idea. That's how bad things are in Chicago.

On Monday night, Cutler threw three more interceptions and he looked very much like a man that had given up. Frankly, it's hard to blame him, even if he's partly (mostly?) to blame.

The Bears can't release Cutler (can they?), seeing that they signed him to a six-year, $126 million extension 11 months ago. And there's not a team out there willing to trade for him and take on that contract.  So for now, all he's thinking about are the final two games and, presumably, that he can escape it all in exactly 12 days.

Tight end Martellus Bennett, who has been a bright spot (81 receptions, 857 yards, 6 touchdowns), is well aware of the leadership void.

"We don't really have a flow or a rhythm. I think there are some positions on the team that need to step up with leadership and things like that around the club," he said. "Overall, I just feel like we need passion to come from certain places. And I don't think the passion is always there all the time. Overall, it just hasn't been there."

"Those positions" could be just about anybody, from general manager Phil Emery right on down the org chart. Now the question becomes how can the Bears' fix this in the coming months. The short answer is they probably can't.