Originally posted by YACBros85:
Originally posted by tankle104:
Originally posted by Patton:
Originally posted by YACBros85:
I watched the condensed version of that game last night. One of the biggest things that jumped out at me was how aggressive their d line was playing early on. It seemed they were in the backfield a lot. We started countering that by letting them get by our o lineman and throwing screen passes behind it. It worked really well and helped open the offense up later in the game. The run game wasn't getting much early on but we stuck to it and eventually 1-2 yard gains started turning into 6-7 yard gains late in the game.
I'd like to see Mason get some carries. We need to wear them down early, then let Brock find those seam passes down the field.
One thing for certain, no costly mistakes!! Can't give them anything, at the same time we have to force them into mistakes.
One other thing, last time they played it was only Demeco's 2nd game as DC, I think he's come a long way since then.
The problem with playing Mason is that it makes our play calling a lot more predictable - that's probably why he doesn't play much until the end
Agreed. It has been reported that the eagles d isn't very good against 21 personnel. With CMC, Juice, Kittle, Deebo and Aiyuk we are able to run the entire playbook.
Hopefully Kyle will find himself in manageable 3rd down situations where he can have confidence in just lining up the backs and getting the short yardage we need to extend drives. It would be great if the running game is strong early.
We need to get those 7-8 gains on 1st downs like other teams seem to get on us.
[ Edited by Patton on Jan 27, 2023 at 7:39 AM ]
