The collapse ended with a blowout loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFC wild-card round, as Philadelphia lost six of seven to close the year. As a result, the Eagles fired both coordinators Brian Johnson and Sean Desai while head coach Nick Sirianni's future was in doubt.

New season, new Eagles. But the fallout from the team’s late-year collapse is still on the minds of many in the organization. Virtually every player, coach, and staffer has been asked for their thoughts on what happened.

"I think it was a connection piece. Teams like the Chiefs are well-connected, upstairs and downstairs. Front office and the locker room," Gainwell said on the Javien University Podcast.

In new comments from running back Kenneth Gainwell, however, he breaks down how bad things were throughout the entire organization. Gainwell highlighted a lack of "connection" between the "upstairs and downstairs" ultimately fueled the team's implosion to end the year.