Getting Healthy

Posted: December 30th, 2023 | Author: | Filed under: Philadelphia Eagles | Comments Off on Getting Healthy

The Eagles have dealt with a lot of minor injuries this season. Luckily it seems like the team is getting healthy at the right time of the year.

It looks like Avonte Maddox should play on Sunday. He’s been out since Week 2. The Eagles have struggled with covering slot receivers since he got hurt. Maddox coming back could give a nice boost to a unit that is 30th in third down defense. He has practiced the last couple of weeks so hopefully that got some of the rust off him.

The return of Maddox gives Matt Patricia and the coaches some options. They have James Bradberry, Kelee Ringo and Eli Ricks available outside. They have Maddox and Bradley Roby for the slot. There are three safeties who have been playing pretty well recently. The coaches could rotate DBs to keep them fresh or focus on who they think gives them the best matchups. We’ll see what they do on Sunday.

Landon Dickerson will be back at LG. Sua Opeta played well last week, but Dickerson is an upgrade and can help the run game be dominant at times.

LB is up in the air.

Zach Cunningham is questionable for Sunday. Nick Morrow isn’t 100 percent, but should play. Shaq Leonard is coming off his best game so that means the team doesn’t have to rush anyone back. Ben VanSumeren did some good things so having him start again wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world. If you need someone to chase Kyler Murray around, BVS is the fastest LB on the team and would make some sense from that perspective.

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The Cardinals are not getting healthier.

Murray has been sick this week, but he should be fine by Sunday.

The loss of Brown means one less weapon for Murray. Fotu is a massive (6-5, 334) run stuffer. The Cardinals run defense isn’t good with him. It should be even weaker without him.

The Cardinals have 16 players on IR as of today. The Eagles have 8. Arizona didn’t have a talented roster when the season started, but losing that many guys has made things even harder. They aren’t 3-12 by accident.

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It is amazing that Jake Elliott was plucked off the Bengals practice squad back in 2017. He’s now one of the best kickers in the league.

One of Howie’s best moves was signing Elliott.

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Speaking of great Eagles…

Allen is one of the best CB’s I’ve ever seen. He could cover. He could hit and tackle. And he was a big time playmaker. He absolutely deserves to be in Canton. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that he gets in.

One of my favorite Eagles moments of all time.

Go to YouTube and watch the clip. Amazing play. Secured the win for the Eagles in a wild game.

Allen picked off 54 passes in his career. He had 8 pick-sixes. Darius Slay and James Bradberry have combined for 47 picks and 4 TDs. That should give you an idea just how good of a playmaker Allen was.

I wish Seth Joyner would get some HOF attention, but off-ball LBs just don’t register. People love pass rushing LBs and MLBs. Joyner was a big time playmaker who could cover, play the run and blitz. He is one of the best LBs I’ve ever seen play. It kills me that he gets no real consideration.

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