Gameday – GB at PHI

Posted: November 27th, 2022 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | Comments Off on Gameday – GB at PHI

It feels like the Eagles last game was a long time ago. I guess sitting through football games all day Thursday, Friday, Saturday and today has caused that feeling. I am ready to see the Eagles play. Hopefully they are ready to play a good game.

Here are some key things I’ll be watching tonight.

Get a Lead

The Eagles have trailed most of the past two games. They held at least a 12-point lead in the first eight games of the season. That streak came to a crashing hault. It would be great to see them play well and build a lead tonight. The reason for the deficits the past two weeks was a lot of sloppy play. The Eagles need to get out of their funk and back to playing good and smart football.

TE Play

The Eagles love using 12 personnel. They have packages for 13 personnel as well. Last week they played too much 12 and 13 personnel. When they went 11 personnel in the 2nd half, the offense looked better. I don’t think that was a coincidence.

That said, they do need to get production from the TE spot. They do need to give the guys chances to make plays. That is too valuable a position to just put it on the back burner. I’m curious to see what the Eagles coaches do and if they mix in some specific plays to get the ball to the TEs.

Robert Quinn

Quinn has played the Packers a lot in his career. He knows their scheme and their blockers. Maybe this will be the game he finally breaks through and gets a sack. He got some pressure last week, but you know he’s dying to get to the QB.

Miles Sanders

The last three weeks, starting RBs have gone for at least 81 yards on Green Bay. Six teams have run for 150 or more yards on them. This is a team you can run on. Sanders could have a big game if the Eagles will feed him the ball. He has only one game of 90 or more yards in the past six outings.

Tackling

The Eagles must control the GB running attack. Aaron Jones is strong and fast. AJ Dillon is a powerful runner. The Eagles must tackle those guys well. They need to get a lot of players to the ball and make sure to go in strong. Reaching for them won’t work. You better wrap and be physical.

*****

The Eagles are pretty healthy (aside from the guys on IR). No surprises on the inactive list.

Packers LB De’Vondre Campbell is inactive. Rookie Quay Walker is the team’s leading tackler and will be running the defense. You can bet the Eagles coaches will try to confuse him with RPOs and different looks.

*****

I’m not a big uniform guy, but I know some people love that stuff. The Eagles will have black uniforms and black helmets. That’s not my cup of tea, but I’ll learn to love them if the Eagles go get a win in them.

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