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Philadelphia Eagles news and links for 1/23/25.
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The Philadelphia Eagles’ Pass Offense Defies Modern Playoff History (and It May Not Matter) - The Ringer
Is the rest of the Eagles team so dominant that they don’t need a consistently good passing game to win a title? So far, the answer would appear to be yes. But such teams are few and far between in this century of the NFL. The 2015 Broncos won in Peyton Manning’s final season even though he had been one of the least efficient passers in the league during the regular season. The Broncos had the league’s best defense and never scored more than 24 points on offense in any of their three playoff wins. Manning did engineer a crucial fourth-quarter game-winning touchdown drive to beat Pittsburgh in the divisional round. He finished the 2015 playoffs with the worst expected points added per dropback of any Super Bowl champion quarterback in the past 15 years, at minus-.223 per play. The Eagles’ pass offense has barely been better than that, at minus-.190. The only other quarterbacks to win the Super Bowl this century with a negative EPA per dropback in the playoffs were Trent Dilfer in 2000 and Tom Brady in 2001. That was a vastly different era of football. There’s some inherent survivorship bias in the data below—teams who win the Super Bowl usually need to pass the ball better in their biggest games, which the Eagles haven’t yet played—but it shows how much of a relative outlier Hurts would be.
Eagles-Commanders Game Preview: 6 questions and answers with the NFC Championship Game enemy - BGN
2) Commanders starting right guard Sam Cosmi suffered a season-ending injury in Detroit. To what extent is his absence a concern and how will Washington replace him? Well it is a concern, especially playing against Jalen Carter this week. Cosmi was one of our better offensive linemen (and one of the only Ron Rivera draft picks still on the team). However, Trent Scott came in and filled in pretty well for him against the Lions. Scott has primarily served as a depth offensive tackle for us previously, so it was curious to see him act as the replacement guard, but I think the coaches haven’t been too happy with our depth IOL and thought Scott could do a better job. Scott played well for 3 quarters against the Lions, but that’s less of a fearsome front than the Eagles, so we’ll see how he does in this game or if they use someone else.
NFC Championship Edition: Five Questions with Bleeding Green Nation - Hogs Haven
Although the Eagles offense hasn’t been quite as good as the defense, it has still been good, ranking 8th in total yards and 7th in total points over the regular season. However, that overall productivity masks a big difference in the run and pass game, as the Eagles are ranked 2nd in rushing yards and 29th...
