Eagles blitz production from LBs, DBs

Not a lot of conclusions to be drawn here. The sacks by Eagles linebackers in 2009 pretty much fell in line with other years, and they even performed a little better than usual.

Here are the defensive backs.

The Eagles had 7.5 fewer sacks from their linebackers and defensive backs in 2009 than in 2008. And during the five-year stretch, if you take away 2007, the percentage was significantly lower.

The team's offseason moves were interesting in that they focused on bolstering the defensive line. I have said constantly that this is still going to be a blitzing defense, but I'll admit there's a little part of me that wonders if McDermott would like to only send the four defensive linemen just a little bit more often, allowing the LBs and DBs to focus on coverage.

Maybe I can ask him about that at Lehigh, which is only 16 days away.

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