A.J. Brown in November: "You can't keep slapping a Band-Aid over that and expect to win late in the year and think you're going to go to that at the end of the year. It's not going to f---ing happen."
He was right.
Sirianni offers nothing. His “connection with players” was supposed to compensate for his lack of offensive mastery, yet he’s fighting mid-game in the playoffs with star players.
One staff maximized talent, the other is hilariously unskilled, riding the success of an elite GM.
Eagles offense with a 35th percentile performance, based on EPA/drive.
That's with 10 of 11 starters available on the NFL's most expensive offense. Going up against a bottom-5 defense.
Counted on defense to bail them out all year. In the end, they were who we thought they were.
Let me tell you what you are going to see when you look at the tape of your 4 consecutive 3 and outs to end the game:
Drive 1: 1st and 10 slant flat with a backside TE screen that was never in play. This was a throw the ball to AJ Brown no matter what because it's the only possible route to throw play.
Drive 2: QB sneak to get some breathing room, followed by a 2nd and 8 run out of 13 personnel, where the defense slanted hard to the play side because they knew you always run away from Grant Calcaterra's side (who you also asked to 1 on 1 block a DE btw)
3rd drive: Shotgun run out of 12 personnel with Grant Calcaterra as a puller, followed by a 2nd and 7 run with Dallas Goedert as a FB.
4th drive: 11 personnel run with Dallas Goedert as a FB (because that worked so well last time) followed by a 2nd and 13 shotgun run.
Shotgun run out of 12 personnel with Grant Calcaterra as a puller followed by 2nd down run with Dallas Goedert as a FB
11 personnel run with Dallas Goedert as a FB followed by 2nd and 13 shotgun run
You designed the inefficient plays. You called them. You put your offense in a situation where they were continually operating from 3rd and long, just like you have all year.
The under-center boot legs that worked so well in the 1st half? Not called.
The empty sets that worked so well last week? Not called.
The RPOs that worked so well earlier in the season? Not called.
Just run, run, 3rd down hitches or go balls. The only semblance of creativity was putting Dallas Goedert at FB which, in addition to being creative, was also stupid.
It is honestly baffling how schemed to fail this offense is.
George Pickens was spotted asking for — then sniffing — a very suspicious Gatorade bottle from a Cowboys trainer. Reminder: NFL teams are banned from giving players smelling salts… @NFLonPrime@dallascowboys
The Lions threw Quinyon Mitchell’s way six times and he didn’t give up a reception. That’s tied for the most targets without allowing a reception in the NFL over the last two seasons, per @NextGenStats