The Philadelphia Eagles offense is in a freefall, hitting statistical lows not seen in over two decades, making this one of the worst units in franchise history. We’re talking numbers last seen when flip phones were cool. This team’s current points per game, sitting at a dismal 18.8, is their lowest since 2012 when they averaged 17.5. But it gets so much worse.
London Dungeon and Losing Streaks
As if battling a collapsing offense wasn’t enough, this team just got back from a trip across the pond. And let’s be real, the absolute last thing any team on a losing streak needs is a trip to London. History isn’t on their side, either. Teams on a losing streak that play in London, like the Eagles were, are a horrendous 7-20. Think about that for a second. It’s even more depressing when you dig into it: three of those seven wins were against other teams *also* on a losing streak, so someone had to win. And four of those seven wins? Yeah, those were by the Jaguars, who, of course, play in London every single year. Meanwhile, teams on a winning streak are 8-4 over there, with only one of those losses coming to the Jaguars themselves. It’s a bad omen, folks. A really, really bad omen.
This Might Be the Worst Eagles Offense of Your Lifetime
Seriously, strap in, because these offensive stats are brutal. Their 269.75 yards per game? That’s the lowest since 1999, which clocked in at 239.38. Yards per play is at 4.69, also the worst since ’99’s 4.04. Yards per attempt is 5.6, a low not seen since 2000’s 5.4. Adjusted Net Yards per attempt sits at 4.7, worst since 2000’s 4.6. And don’t even get me started on the completion percentage (59.1) and sack rate (9.45). They’re the worst since 2020 (55.9 and 9.80 respectively), but if you exclude that, the completion percentage is actually the worst since 2005 (54.4) and sack rate is the worst since 1998 (9.49). Their yards per completion (9.5) hasn’t been this low since 2016 (9.4). Rushing isn’t saving them either, with 4.2 yards per attempt, which is the same as last year and the worst since 2018 (3.9), with yards before contact per rush at 2.5, the worst since 2019 (2.3). And if you’re tracking specific quarterback metrics since 2019, their bad throw percentage (23.6) and on target percentage (67.0) are both the worst they’ve ever been. It’s a full-on offensive collapse. The 1998 Eagles scored 10.1 points per game. Can they really sink that far? They’d need to average less than 7.4 points per game the rest of the way to hit that low. They can’t be *that* bad, right? Right?
The Travis Hunter Experiment Paid Off!
On a brighter note, sometimes you just need to make a change for a player to click, and it looks like the Travis Hunter experiment finally found its footing. Last year with the Jaguars, he was playing at least 53% of snaps on offense in every game, but only more than 40% on defense just twice over seven games. The verdict? He was good at neither. It was wild. Now, it seems like the Jaguars are making him a full-time cornerback and part-time wide receiver. Week 1 saw him on 59% of defensive snaps, and that share just kept increasing, playing every single snap last week. His offensive snaps? Just 15 total this year, and zero last week. And what do you know? Now that he’s a full-time CB and part-time WR, he’s now a good CB. Sometimes, you just gotta know where to put your guys! It reminds you that sometimes these new ‘position-less’ football ideas just need to settle.
The Eagles have a lot of work to do to dig themselves out of this hole. With an offense sputtering at historic rates, every upcoming game is going to be a battle to just put points on the board.
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Originally reported by Bleeding Green Nation.
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