One stat that may be the key to victory against the Eagles

[seabowl]

The original post on this thread was right on then money. The Eagles D wore out and their O was not on the field much.

 

[hawknation2014]

Because Philly runs that racecar offense the problem is if they either score quickly or can't get first downs they put tremendous pressure on their D. They are 4th worst in time of possession in the league whereas we are near the top. With our ball control O we have a chance of wearing them out by mid 3rd quarter. A heavy dose of Beastmode if this happens will probably bode well for the Hawks. A variation of this O has been run in the past and the main issue is the stress it puts on the teams D running this scheme. Will be interesting to see for sure.

Good call. :thirishdrinkers:

 

[RiverDog]

The original post on this thread was right on then money. The Eagles D wore out and their O was not on the field much.

Yea, good call in the OP, seabowl. We won the TOP battle 42-18 and we ran 85 plays to their 45, nearly a 2-1 margin. By sticking with Kelly's style, the Eagles offense wore out their own defense. It is a double edge sword. Pete and our defensive coaching staff did a great job in preparing for that offense. If it hadn't been for Ryan's butterfingers, this would have been a real beat down.