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Eagles Woes Continue, 2-2 Heading Into The Bye

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After another pitiful performance in Tampa Bay, the Eagles sit tied for 2nd in the NFC East.

Hopefully the Eagles can avoid meeting the Buccaneers in the Wildcard round, again.

Moving on to the early bye week at 2-2 isn’t the end for the Eagles, but it isn’t instilling much hope.

 

Offensive Woes

Sure the Eagles have been without A.J. Brown for multiple weeks and spent a game and a half without Lane Johnson & DeVonta Smith. But they only average 21.5 points per game in 4 games this season, which drops to 17.3 not including the packers game.

This is also a team that has 8 turnovers on offense and 8(!) 3&Outs. What gives?

Where’s The Motion?

Last season, the Eagles ranked dead last in motion(10.9%) While the Chargers(25.9%) were ranked 8th(Kellen Moore’s last team) while having Easton Stick start multiple games at QB.

With the hire of Moore in the offseason, everyone was expecting a more competent offense. Now loaded with even more talent in the backfield and along the offensive line.

But through 4 weeks…

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The Eagles are in the middle of the pack. Which becomes concerning when you see NextGenStats posting the Eagles used 65.8% in their season debut.

Makes you question why there’s been such a decline in only a matter of weeks.

 

  • Why are the Eagles afraid of short yardage plays down 3 of their best players?

  • Down 2 of your Weapons. Why does Saquon only see the ball 10 times? No wonder the offense stalls.

  • After admitting to being the one to call a USELESS fake QB sneak in New Orleans. How much of the Offense does Nick Sirianni have control of?

And most importantly.

  • Why does this team feel so similar to last years?

 

The Missing Piece

Normally, when a team cleans house, they clean house. It was already questioned last year what Nick Sirianni did as Eagles head coach following last years disastrous end. Somehow, he was able to keep his job.

Brian Johnson was let go as the scape goat to the collapse of the offense compared to their Super Bowl season. But now in Washington, Jayden Daniels is thriving as the Commanders hold 1st place in the NFC East.

Dennard Wilson is now the Defensive Coordinator in Tennessee, and finding some success with a team that isn’t having a great season. After spending last season with the Ravens as a Defensive Backs Coach & Passing Game Coordinator, the same position he held in Philadelphia the 2 years prior.

There’s multiple coaches who have left the Eagles who are finding success. And yet the Eagles seem to be stagnant now 2 years after their Super Bowl appearance. Even after bringing in highly valued coordinators on both sides of the ball.

With many inconsistencies and similarities causing concern just 4 weeks into the season. A 2-2 record might not look bad, but how many head coaches can survive a 3-8 run to end and begin seasons with high expectations?

 

With the weakest strength of schedule in the league and 13 games still left to play. There aren’t many excuses for this Eagles team to not still be competitive and push for a top seed in the playoffs. But with the way they’ve been playing, there better be some good performances following the bye week. Otherwise the playoffs could soon be out of reach.

 

 

 

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