Twenty-two rushing yards on 18 attempts. Seriously, you read that right. The Eagles’ offense managed to make everything feel agonizingly difficult out there again. Yeah, there were some glimmers on the rewatch, I promise, but for a huge chunk of that game, it was just rough. Look, I was at the game in London, and the atmosphere was absolutely bonkers, Eagles fans were unreal, but even that couldn’t totally mask the football struggles.
The Run Game Is a Flat-Out Disaster
Let’s just rip off the band-aid and talk about this run game because it’s dragging everything down. Before the final drive, their second-half offense had scraped together 10 yards on 15 plays, leading to four punts. You cannot keep putting your defense in that position. It’s just not sustainable. The offensive line is dealing with a bunch of changes, no doubt, but some of the assignments and play calls made an already tough situation even worse. Remember how I wrote in the preview that DaVon Hamilton is a beast of a nose tackle? So why, oh why, are you asking Willie Lampkin, a small left guard making his first start, to block him on fourth-and-1? From shotgun? With your *third-string* running back? What part of that scenario screamed “good idea” to the staff? Lampkin has to do his job, sure, but you’ve gotta give your guys a fighting chance, especially when personnel is already short. This was the opposite of making life easier. Those rushing numbers aren’t just bad, they’re a total disaster.
Passing Game Shows Glimmers, But Far From Fixed
Now, the passing game? That was a little more interesting, thankfully. There were moments when I felt a tiny bit more confident, which is something, right? Empty formations seemed to give Jalen Hurts some clearer answers when the pressure came, and we even saw a couple of successful under-center play-action throws. But don’t get it twisted, Hurts definitely left opportunities out there, especially over the middle. So, it wasn’t one of those games where the quarterback had zero chance; there was enough to see a path forward. Still, the under-center passing game has this recurring issue: they go into a condensed formation, try to get Hurts moving, and boom, an unblocked defensive back is right in his face. Again. It’s so hard to build a functioning play-action game when that keeps happening. And yeah, there were still far too many head-scratching calls in the pass game. Just check this out, what even is this spacing? What are they trying to achieve here?
The defense is being asked to do too much, way too much, with the offense sputtering like this. Something’s gotta give, and fast.
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Originally reported by Bleeding Green Nation.
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