Originally posted by genus49:
Originally posted by socalfan21:
Originally posted by genus49:
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There is a middle ground between both of you guys.
The team was FAR from a corpse however the defense was not playing well at all in the playoffs. They did get on track but there was a reason coaches had to have the "effort" talk heading into the SB. I'd also saying not having Clelein Ferrell and Hufanga definitely hurt our ability to stop the run. Once Greenlaw got hurt in the SB that was the killer of course.
The OL also was far from anything to write home about. Deebo was also playing hurt from the GB injury.
So like I said...somewhere in the middle is the correct analysis. Certainly when compared to the team Hurts had around him it's not a contest. Eagles were incredibly healthy going into the SB and had studs across the board. Virtually no weaknesses. Hell they even got solid play from Oren Burks because their DL and secondary was so good...also didn't hurt that KC was dealing with major pass pro issues.
That defense in 2023 in the post season was awful. Purdy using his legs and his brain won them two playoff games. If it wasn't for him making clutch plays, they would have never made it to the SB.
That's true but saying the team in 2023 was a corpse was way over the top. The defense was sloppy as hell in that Lions game but came up in big moments and having the skill players we had definitely helped as well.
I think we can easily say Brock didn't have as dominant of a roster around him and had to do a lot more than Hurts did to get to the SB.
I was referring to the playoffs... the regular season doesn't matter once you get to the playoffs... also the defense started to look slow in the last weeks of the regular season