The Andy Reid Epiphany
The Andy Reid Epiphany
The Andy Reid Epiphany
Bob Vetrone Jr.
There was a time during the heyday of the Andy Reid era (you forgot there was one, didn’t you?), where he would seemingly have a moment of clarity during the bye week, and the Eagles would run the ball more often after their time off. And, lo and behold, the team would win more games.
That seems to have fallen by the wayside, although they have continued to show improvement in their Post-Bye record.
Here are the total numbers excluding the 1999 and 2000 season, when the Birds’ bye came in Week 16; Below that are the year-by-year numbers for 2001-11:
2001-06 |
Runs |
Pass Plays |
Run Pct. |
Record |
| Pre-Bye | 648 | 1153 | 36.0% | 16-12 |
| Post-Bye | 1827 | 2328 | 44.0% | 48-20 |
| 2007-11 | ||||
| Pre-Bye | 661 | 1001 | 39.8% | 12-14 |
| Post-Bye | 1449 | 2161 | 40.1% | 34-19-1 |
| PRE-BYE | POST-BYE | ||||||||
| Season |
Bye Wk. |
Runs |
Pass Plays |
Run Pct. |
Record |
Runs |
Pass Plays |
Run Pct. |
Record |
| 1999 | 16 | 401 | 488 | 45.1% | 4-11 | 23 | 35 | 39.7% | 1-0 |
| 2000 | 16 | 362 | 585 | 38.2% | 10-5 | 35 | 42 | 45.5% | 1-0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 109 | 156 | 41.1% | 2-2 | 303 | 406 | 42.7% | 9-3 |
| 2002 | 6 | 135 | 225 | 37.5% | 3-2 | 354 | 359 | 49.6% | 9-2 |
| 2003 | 3 | 32 | 96 | 25.0% | 0-2 | 385 | 421 | 47.8% | 12-2 |
| 2004 | 5 | 95 | 153 | 38.3% | 4-0 | 281 | 431 | 39.5% | 9-3 |
| 2005 | 6 | 88 | 224 | 28.2% | 3-2 | 277 | 438 | 38.7% | 3-8 |
| 2006 | 9 | 189 | 299 | 38.7% | 4-4 | 227 | 273 | 45.4% | 6-2 |
| 2007 | 5 | 106 | 155 | 40.6% | 1-3 | 315 | 471 | 40.1% | 7-5 |
| 2008 | 7 | 140 | 230 | 37.8% | 3-3 | 287 | 399 | 41.8% | 6-3-1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 81 | 120 | 40.3% | 2-1 | 303 | 591 | 33.9% | 9-4 |
| 2010 | 8 | 154 | 270 | 36.3% | 4-3 | 274 | 340 | 44.6% | 6-3 |
| 2011 | 7 | 180 | 226 | 44.3% | 2-4 | 270 | 360 | 42.9% | 6-4 |
Comments (3)
Reid had an ephup...er...epiban....er....he had a big idea. He finally became the last person on earth to realize that making an offensive line coach your defensive coordinator was insane.— Larry Byrd- Doesn't matter. Beyond tired of Reid. As a fan you lose desire when the coach does the same thing over and over. It's beyond stale.
Game day performance, red zone inefficiencies, penalties, clock management and refuses to run the ball with an overmatched Oline, a struggling QB turning the ball over at record rate and terrific back that he refuses to lose. As a result the opposing dee tees off on Vick every week and he gets hit 10-12 times a game.
Vick has not played well but any QB - Brees, Brady, Rogers would all be rendered much less effective getting hit 10 times a game.
Get Reid and his vertical game, have to put players in a better position out. He's in the 14th year of a 5 year plan.— Fan74 - With that offensive line, Andy may want to keep chucking the ball. The running game was pathetic against the Lions. McCoy has to stop going backwards.— SteveS11
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