Whether you want to believe that is another matter, as several veteran quarterbacks could be available via trade this offseason and the Eagles’ three first-round picks could put them in position to select a rookie signal-caller. No executive is more aggressive than Howie Roseman and certainly no franchise wheels and deals quarterbacks quite like the Birds.Īccording to Roseman, the Eagles are confident in Jalen Hurts being the team’s starter in 2022 as he enters his third season as a pro. 3.It’s a phrase that will live in infamy among Eagles fans, but it bears true looking at how this organization has conducted itself over the last two decades. Washington (6-7) leads the division and finishes the season in Philly on Jan. Philadelphia is still with reach in the NFC East. The Eagles visit the Arizona Cardinals (7-6) on Sunday. Cornerback Darius Slay is in concussion protocol.Ġ - After allowing 53 sacks in the first 12 games, the Eagles’ depleted offensive line didn’t give up any. Cornerback Avonte Maddox will miss at least a couple weeks. Safety Rodney McLeod will miss the rest of the season after tearing an ACL. Kicker Jake Elliott missed a 22-yard field goal a week after missing his second extra point. The third-year pro has a career-high six sacks and three forced fumbles this season. Wide receivers caught only six balls.ĭefensive end Josh Sweat had two sacks, forced a fumble and had one tackle for loss. "Each week is a little bit different from a game-plan standpoint and those are things that we as coaches look at and put a plan together and practice and go play.” “Do I want Miles Sanders to do what he did? Yeah, I would rather give those rushing attempts to him and Boston (Scott) and Corey (Clement) and the guys and use Jalen and the quarterbacks when we have to. “You don’t want to run your quarterback 18 times, not in this league, because you see the amount of hits that he took,” Pederson said. Hurts carried the ball 15 times, excluding three kneel-downs. Hurts had 106 on the ground and Miles Sanders ran for 115. The Eagles ran for 246 yards against the Saints, who hadn’t allowed a 100-yard rusher in the previous 55 games. "And so yeah, I agree with the fact that everybody around the backup quarterback has to pick up their game and support, because you can’t do it yourself.” If they do their job, then it makes the backup quarterback just have to do his job and just distribute the ball and get us in and out of the right plays. Do the little things to help the backup quarterback. It’s one of the things I did last week is kind of challenge everybody on offense, coaches included - and this is something we’ve struggled with all season - but to be able to coach a little bit better, execute a little bit better in practice, and really do the little things. “I see guys sort of step their game up when a backup comes in because. “I think everybody rallies around,” Pederson said. The defense forced two turnovers and held the Saints scoreless in the first half. The offensive line didn’t allow a sack for the first time this season. The Eagles got their best all-around effort against New Orleans. Tends to play well and you always see what’s going to happen the next time out, right? So, it’s hard to pinpoint, but I think you can kind of point a finger at a couple things.” "Then of course, you’ve got to take the backup quarterback himself. Maybe you pull back or pull plays that you’ve used earlier in the season, time on task, all kinds of things play into that. I think as play callers, as you put plans together, maybe you keep things a touch smaller. “There’s just not necessarily a lot of film out there on these guys. “You can pick out a lot of different teams that have had backup quarterbacks with success,” Pederson said. He pointed out the Saints were 8-0 without Drew Brees over the past two seasons until the Eagles handed them a 24-21 loss. The offense was more simple and far more reliant on the run with Hurts. Sign up for NBC Philadelphia newsletters.Ĭoach Doug Pederson faced questions Monday about whether he calls a different game for Wentz. Get Philly local news, weather forecasts, sports and entertainment stories to your inbox.
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