Eagles' D fails to reach goals; blitz breakdown
The Eagles' defense is failing to reach the goals it set before the season. Plus, here's a look at the team's blitz schemes through two weeks.
On the season, here's how the Eagles' blitzes have broken down by individual player:
As you can see, Sims has been the Eagles' most active blitzer, by far. McDermott will blitz Hanson from the slot a couple times a game. We can pretty much mark that down, going back to last year.
I've been impressed with Allen's ability as a blitzer. He has two interceptions on his own, but Allen was actually blitzing on the Eagles' two other inteceptions this season.
And finally, here's a look at how many times each Eagles defensive lineman has dropped back into coverage (for the season). Of the 11 blitzes against Detroit, the Eagles dropped a lineman back on seven of them.
Earlier Sunday, I rounded up who is picking the Eagles.
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