Eagles' Numerology
Five numbers that mattered in Sunday's 20-19 Eagles loss to the Dolphins.
33
The Eagles' rushing yards on their final 18 carries Sunday. That's 1.8 yards per carry. Against a defense that came into the game ranked 31st in run defense and 26th in yards allowed per carry. DeMarco Murray had a 13-yard run on the first play of the Eagles' next-to-last possession of the first half. From that point on, they had only one run longer than 4 yards. Eleven of their last 18 runs gained 2 yards or less. They averaged only 2.3 yards per carry for the game, their second lowest rushing average of the season.
4.36
Points per 100 yards the Eagles averaged against the Dolphins, which was their season low. Previous low was 4.40 in their 20-10 Week 2 loss to Dallas. They ran a season-high 88 offensive plays and had their third smallest point total of the season. They scored 14 points on their first two possessions, and only five on final 12 drives.
48.3
The Eagles' touchdown percentage in the red zone this season. It's the 11th lowest in the league and the lowest of the Chip Kelly era. They have converted only 14 of 29 trips inside the 20 into touchdowns, including two of five against the Dolphins. Mark Sanchez' costly red-zone interception with 4 1/2 minutes left in the game was the Eagles' fourth of the season, which is the most in the NFL. Their five red-zone touchdown passes are the league's fourth fewest. Sanchez and Sam Bradford have a combined 48.7 completion percentage in the red zone.
4
The number of offensive holding penalties the Eagles were flagged for against the Dolphins, including two more on center Jason Kelce. That brings the Eagles' season total to 21 and Kelce's to a team-high eight. Before this season, Kelce had only 10 holding penalties called against him in 46 career starts. Kelce was called for one hold on a second-and-9 play in the second quarter that killed a drive and another in the third quarter that offset a facemask penalty on the Dolphins that would have given the Eagles a first down at the Miami 25.
41
The number of passing first downs the Eagles have given up on third down this season, including five more against the Dolphins. That's the fifth most in the league, behind only the Giants (50), Baltimore (49), Tampa Bay (43) and Jacksonville (43). Ryan Tannehill threw for 217 yards Sunday and 121 of them came on third down, including a 43-yard third-and-three completion to Rishard Matthews on a slant route late in the third quarter that gift-wrapped the Dolphins' game-winning touchdown, and an 18-yard completion to Jarvis Landry, also on a slant, on a third-and-7 on the Dolphins' final possession when the Eagles needed to get the ball back. Opponents have completed 64.3 percent of their third-down passes against the Eagles. By comparison, the Eagles' third-down completion percentage is 48.4.
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