Movement is not the key to success, as quite a bit relies on scheme and personnel. As an example, among the many 10 highest-scoring offenses within the NFL, 4 are throughout the high 10 in snap-motion share, together with the Miami Dolphins (2nd, 32.0), San Francisco 49ers (third, 29.3), Detroit Lions (sixth, 27.3) and Baltimore Ravens (seventh, 27.0). In the meantime, roughly the identical quantity of groups reside within the backside 10, together with the Eagles (4th, 27.4), Buffalo Payments (fifth, 27.3) and the highest-scoring staff within the league, the Dallas Cowboys (1st, 32.3).
Coming into Week 14, the Eagles rank fourth in points-per-game, eighth in yards-per-play (5.4) and ninth in yards-per-game (361.7). So, the offense’s lack of movement would not appear to be a lot of a difficulty, proper? Not so quick.
After a blowout loss to the 49ers, the Eagles’ reliance on Hurts, backed by a seemingly predictable offense, has apparently been uncovered. The 49ers attacked Hurts and the Eagles in another way than most groups, focusing extra on containing the Philly QB as a substitute of chasing him round. Void a ton of movement from the Eagles, the 49ers did not have to vary a lot when it got here to lining up their go rush and it confirmed in a 42-19 thumping in Week 13.
Not everybody has the type of impression gamers on the defensive finish that the 49ers do, however as their All-Professional defensive finish Nick Bosa instructed Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports activities Bay Space, they “put the blueprint on the market” to decelerate the Eagles.
If something, the movement stats present an absence of offensive creativity on the Eagles’ half, which opponents will ultimately reap the benefits of. Now 14 weeks into the season, it is mighty late within the marketing campaign to make wholesale adjustments. Nonetheless, after the debacle towards the 49ers, it will be fascinating to see if the Eagles take a distinct strategy towards the rival Cowboys on “Sunday Night time Soccer.”