![]() ![]() During their 2 1/2 seasons together with the Eagles, Sanders has been stopped for a loss twice as often. There’s a perception that Jordan Howard is a straight-ahead no-nonsense runner and Miles Sanders is more of an all-or-nothing guy who can bust a huge gain but is also prone to losing yardage. Makes you wonder why anybody would run against them on 1st down.Ĥ. The Eagles are actually 7th-best in the NFL on 1st down against the run at 3.9 yards a pop. ![]() Just makes it very difficult to stop anybody when you’re almost guaranteed to be in a hole by second down. The league average is 67.6 percent, which is high. Opposing QBs are 94-for-119 on 1st down this year, which is 79.0 percent. But as bad as those numbers are, the numbers on first down are worse. A lot has been made of opposing quarterbacks completing 75.5 percent of their passes, which puts the Eagles on pace to allow the highest completion percentage in NFL history. He’s still a work in progress in pass blocking, although he’s getting better. One of the reasons the Eagles have run the ball so well the last few weeks is Dickerson’s size, power and athleticism. Rookie Landon Dickerson is one heck of a run blocker. Overall, the Eagles have committed just seven turnovers, 3rd-fewest in the league and tied for the fewest in franchise history after nine games with the 2004 Super Bowl team.Ģ. Hurts has made huge strides when it comes to protecting the football.ġA. Hurts now has the best career interception in Eagles history and 13th-best in NFL history (minimum 400 attempts). And he's averaged one interception every 68 pass attempts this year, 7th-best in the NFL after averaging one every 37 attempts a year ago. He’s reduced his total fumbles from one every 37 snaps to one every 111 snaps. This year he’s played 557 snaps, hasn’t lost a fumble and has thrown four INTs. Remember what a big issue fumbles and interceptions were last season? Hurts played 334 snaps in 2020 and turned the ball over six times – four interceptions and two fumbles. Something Jalen Hurts has not gotten enough credit for this year is dramatically reducing his turnovers. Must be Roob’s 10 Random Eagles Observations time!ġ. An area Jalen Hurts has shown remarkable improvement, an unbelievable stat that gets even more unbelievable and an Eagles achievement that hadn’t happened in 72 years. ![]()
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