What have we learned thus far in Week 13? FOX Sports' staff of NFL writers joined forces to deliver insight and analysis from around the league.In this weekly story, we'll tell you what we noticed, what we heard and what to keep an eye on next.1. Philadelphia's once impermeable defense has been exposedThe front line of the defense might as well have been a brick wall through the first nine weeks of the season. There was no room for anyone to run through them. For the most part, no one even tried.ADVERTISEMENT Over the past three weeks, though, that wall has looked more like a door.This was never supposed to happen to a team that features , and super-rookie in the middle of its defense, but this Eagles defense has looked alarmingly vulnerable against the run recently. After giving up an average of just 66.3 yards per game on the ground over the first three weeks of the season, that number has swelled to 162.3 over the last three games.The Eagles could argue Kerry Carpenter Jersey that their past three opponents the Chiefs, and 49ers ran far more than their first nine opponents because all three played with a lead, and that's true. But they've also had more succe s. The Eagles were giving up just 3.7 yards per carry in the first nine games, and 4.9 per carry over the last three.Why? It's hard to pinpoint a reason. Injuries surely haven't helped. The Eagles' thin linebacking corps was mi sing on Sunday and Cox was battling through a groin injury that kept him out of practice all week. The 49ers, like the Bills, also did a lot of their damage to the outside, where the Eagles DTs can be le s of a factor.And the fact that all of their past three opponents played with a lead is definitely significant. But keep in mind, this alarming trend started in the first half in Kansas City three weeks ago when Isaiah Pacheco barreled through the Philly defense for 66 yards on 12 carries in the first half about half of the Chiefs' 121 first-half rushing yards. The Chiefs are a middle-of-the-pack rushing team and they weren't running out the clock in the first half of a game that was tied 7-7 for most of the second quarter.Brock Purdy, 49ers shut down Jalen Hurts, Eagles Dave Helman reacts Tackling seems like the major i sue for the Eagles one that's been a problem since last season. It was particularly evident two weeks ago when they couldn't contain or wrap up Bills quarterback Josh Allen on his way to 81 yards on nine carries. It was a huge i sue against the 49ers, too.That's obviously something the Eagles have to fix quickly, heading into an NFC East showdown in Dallas next Sunday night. Because the best teams in the NFL have clearly gotten the me sage: The way to beat the Eagles seems to be on the ground. Ralph Vacchiano2. He won't win MVP, but Tyreek Hill is dominating his positionThe NFL MVP is a quarterback award, but if it wasn't, you could make a great case for Dolphins receiver Tyreek Hill.Hill leads the NFL with 12 touchdown receptions and remains on pace to shatter the NFL record for receiving yards he's on course for 2,098, and nobody has ever reached 2,000.He now has 299 more receiving yards than any other player, and that puts him on pace to have the greatest margin of victory in that category in league history the Secretariat of receiving yards. He's on course to win by 423 yards, breaking the record of 375 yards set by Hall of Fame receiver Marvin Harrison in 2002. Calvin Johnson won by 366 when he tallied a record 1,964 receiving yards in 2012.Hill's quarterback, , has the fifth-best odds to win MVP, but all of the top six candidates by odds are quarterbacks, despite the fact the league likely won't have a 40-touchdown pa ser for the first time since 2019.The A sociated Pre s MVP voting (50 writers select a winner) is dominated by quarterbacks. Over the past 10 years, quarterbacks have received 470 of 500 votes 94%.In 2021, wh
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