A deeper look at what went right and what went wrong for the defense, why not playing starters in the preseason was absolutely the right decision and more in…
A deeper look into what went right and what went wrong for the defense, a crazy Nick Sirianni stat a lot of Eagles fans won’t like and why not playing the starters in the preseason was absolutely the right thing to do.
A lot of issues showed up on defense Friday – lack of pass rush, tackling, stopping the run – and the field condition could definitely have something to do with all of them. But there’s one thing the Eagles did exceptionally well on defense and that was deny the Packers in the red zone. The Packers had four red-zone drives and scored one touchdown and the Eagles’ defense near the goal-line – especially on the Packers’ first two drives – was the difference between a win and a loss.
The win certainly masked a few issues the Eagles have to address, and one of them is run defense. Yikes. The Packers only ran 21 times but for 163 yards, and that’s 7.8 yards per carry, which is absurd. That’s tied for the 4-highest rushing average ever recorded against the Eagles and the most rushing yards ever against the Eagles on 21 or fewer carries. It’s also 7-worst in NFL history on opening day. The Eagles are probably fortunate the Packers didn’t run more than they did.
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